Cong Vinh and "afternoon dream"
(Baonghean.vn) - For those who understand Vietnamese football, the CV9 boss's separation from Binh Minh Group was something that was predicted. When they cannot find a common voice, "divorce" is considered the best solution for every "love affair".
Binh Minh Group is a rather secretive football company, not many people know that they are the real owners of Ho Chi Minh City Club. At first glance, it seems that the real owners give CV9 full authority to decide on matters related to the team, but those who understand Binh Minh Group see that this is not necessarily the case.
Evidence of 16 months in power at Ho Chi Minh City Club, CV9 is still only the acting President of the Club.
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| After many apologies to the home audience, CV9 resigned as acting President of Ho Chi Minh City Club, ending his short 16-month tenure as coach. Photo: Internet |
To be fair, CV9 has been a leader in the V-League and has been relatively successful in building a professional brand. Immediately after taking office, CV9 improved relations with the press and fans, which is the right direction for the European model.
Cong Vinh repaired the toilets, changing rooms, bought buses, directly sold tickets, and brought singers to Thong Nhat Stadium to entertain. The LED advertising system at Thong Nhat Stadium was CV9's idea, and the act of clasping hands to apologize to the audience after losing a match was also the idea of this young manager.
Cong Vinh is the third generation of football bosses in Vietnam, starting to realize the concept of football business. But everything has only stopped on the stands, Ho Chi Minh City Club has not made a professional mark even though billions have been paid by Binh Minh Group.
Experts confirm that the 4th place in the V-League 2018 rankings is only temporary, and they will find it difficult to maintain it in the next 3 rounds.
First of all, Cong Vinh was also quite cunning when he quickly erased all the “imprints” of his predecessor by “skillfully firing” coach Alain Fiard after the first season. Remember, coach Alain Fiard was also nominated by the Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation. This is a product through the cooperation between the Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation and Lyon Club, not a choice by anyone.
When the season ended, 13 players were mercilessly kicked out of Thong Nhat Stadium by CV9. In the opposite direction were a series of famous names in V-League such as Phi Son, Ngoc Thinh, Hai Anh, Thanh Diep, Van Thanh, Van Thuan, Ngoc Duc... along with notable foreign players.
In the "Nghe Hoa" campaign, Phi Son is the most valuable name among the 8 players of Nghe origin, the remaining name is central midfielder Van Thuan who transferred from Saigon.
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| Sam Ngoc Duc (7) is the junior CV9 brought to Thong Nhat Stadium who is causing the most disappointment due to his malicious playing style. Photo: Internet |
People talk a lot about the different views of the female general of Binh Minh Group and CV9. For example, the story of finding a head coach for Ho Chi Minh City Club, when Vinh favored the option of coach Calisto with rich experience but high salary while Binh Minh Group chose the younger coach Toshiya Miura.
CV9's determination to spend a lot of money to fire former MU player - midfielder Rodrigo Pereira Possebon to bring in Portuguese teammate Tavares born in 1985 also made things messy. CV9 was also blamed for wasting Gonzalo because he did not get naturalized in time, so he sat around doing nothing while TP HCM's playing staff was seriously lacking.
The main thing is that the players CV9 personally brought in are not performing effectively. PS10 was injured at the beginning of the season, Hai Anh, besides receiving numerous yellow cards, did not make any impression. Experts do not understand why CV9 brought in Sam Ngoc Duc, who was the third choice for left-back at Hanoi FC after Van Dung and Van Hau.
The Nghe An player born in 1992 was disciplined for 8 matches and fined 30 million VND, after kicking Hai Phong's Anh Hung with both feet in round 14 two seasons ago.
Indeed, it is not wrong that Ngoc Duc continues to be suspended for 4 matches after the tackle that killed Van Duc on Vinh field in the 1/8 round of the National Cup. Captain Dinh Luat, CV9's former teammate, is also a factor that distorts the image of Ho Chi Minh City Club when he has malicious moves. With 19 yellow cards and 1 red card, Ho Chi Minh City Club is becoming the center of all criticism for its rough and offensive playing style.
Only an insider can accurately analyze the "unsavory" relationship between CV9 and Binh Minh Group, but it can be said that both are not satisfied with each other.
Cong Vinh left and people also thought that coach Miura would have difficulty staying until the end of the season, if he did not have an iron hand to quickly restore order.
