This makes it difficult to raise funds.

Present at Thong Nhat Stadium on August 7 to watch the match between Saigon Xuan Thanh (SGXT) and SQC Binh Dinh 1-2, but the chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation (HFF) Le Hung Dung was absent from the trophy awarding ceremony after witnessing the lackluster performance of the champion team SGXT.

Mr. Dung said: “It is a good thing that the city has another professional football team. But that afternoon I was very angry when I witnessed the sub-par performance of SGXT. Not only me, but also the real spectators had the same feeling. It is so sad...”.

* This makes you not attend the award ceremony?

- When in such a mood, few people are excited to appear at the award ceremony. However, my absence from the award ceremony did not affect anything because the VFF president and the main sponsor of the tournament were there.

Present at Thong Nhat Stadium on the afternoon of August 7, Mr. Le Hung Dung (middle) did not attend the award ceremony for the champion team Saigon Xuan Thanh - Photo: SH

* What do you think about the actions of SGXT players?

- I feel sad and disappointed for the unit that spent hundreds of billions of dong to invest and build the SGXT football team. Right when they need to polish the club's name, the brand's image with the public, and attract more spectators to the stadium for the next football season, many people have done the opposite, causing dissatisfaction with the fans.

On the other hand, why don't they think about the fans who have been supporting them from the beginning of the season until now? Why don't they think about giving their all for the club, about the effort, money, and reputation that the club's owner has spent over the past months?

Why don’t they think that playing like that will upset and hurt the main sponsor of the tournament, Ton Hoa Sen? The shallow thinking of some players has caused difficulties for those who do professional work, mobilize sponsorship, and even for the team’s management unit. We cannot use the excuse of having completed the promotion goal, winning the championship early, and then playing however we want is our right. That loose, unproductive playing style will cause many difficulties for other teams in the race for promotion or staying in the league.

* Your unit is also the main sponsor for V-League. But as the tournament gets closer to the end, there are more and more “problems”. Is there a chance that Eximbank will cancel its sponsorship contract with VFF?

- I will say this at the right time, at the right time, to the right audience. In the contract (which lasts until 2013 - PV) there is a regulation that after each football season, Eximbank and VFF will sit down together to review everything before extending the contract or stopping sponsorship.

According to Tuoi Tre