Special mark of Nghe An football talents
(Baonghean.vn) - In football, there are things that seem random, coincidental but in fact always belong to a certain inevitable rule. For example, player A is very lucky when meeting team B, and then continuously scores goals against that team, while with other teams it is very difficult. There are also more interesting stories, for example, when competing internationally, players from Song Lam Nghe An (or players from Nghe An) often score memorable goals, leaving a clear mark in their career.
Vietnamese football history will never forget the trip to Indonesia of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam team at the 1963 Asian GANEFO Tournament. That was the match against the Cambodian team, in the first half Van Sy Chi's team was behind 0-2. With courage and excellent football skills, Van Sy Chi scored the equalizer 2-2 and then with his teammates won 3-2 in a historic match. He was a football "grandmaster" who was good with both his right and left feet, with an equal winning rate with both feet thanks to hard training.
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Former football star Van Sy Chi (sitting in the middle) in the The Cong shirt in 1968. Photo: Late photographer Phan Sang |
The miracle is that 34 years after Van Sy Chi's legendary goal, it was Van Sy Hung's turn to shine brightly on the Senayan-Indonesia field with 2 goals to hold the powerful home team to a draw, helping the Vietnamese team win a ticket to the semi-finals of the 1997 SEA Games. He was a skillful, intelligent striker, with a remarkable performance, a "rare thing" in Vietnamese football from the past to the present.
Continuing the tradition of their predecessors, Song Lam Nghe An players, when honored to wear the jersey of the Vietnam national team, U23 Vietnam, or U20 Vietnam, continue to prove their important role in many international tournaments with memorable goals.
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Van Quyen - Golden Ball 2003. Photo: tuoitre.vn |
That was Van Quyen with the only goal against the top Asian team Korea in the qualifying round of the 2004 ASIAN Cup. Remember that at that time, the Vietnamese team was just a small team, very rarely having the opportunity to compete with the powerful teams of the continent, let alone a goal or even a win. Yet Van Quyen did it and the Vietnamese team did it, causing a stir in the entire continent. After that, Vietnamese football always considered it an important milestone to strive for, even though things were never easy.
Following in the footsteps of his senior and teammate at Song Lam Nghe An, striker Cong Vinh also scored the most important goals in his career against the Thai team in the final of the 2008 AFF Cup. In particular, Cong Vinh's equalizer from Minh Phuong's perfect free kick helped the Vietnamese team tie the match 1-1 in the second leg (in the first leg, the Vietnamese team won away 2-1, including Cong Vinh's goal to increase the score) helping Vietnamese football win the championship of the region's number 1 tournament for the first time. That was a demonstration of the top scoring skills of the number 1 striker of the Vietnamese team, of Song Lam Nghe An, which today very few players can reach such a level and efficiency.
That is also Trong Hoang - the "lungless hero" who has been in the Vietnam national team, U23 Vietnam throughout the Calisitor era until Park Hang-seo's time. Trong Hoang has scored many goals, but the most notable is the only goal for the Vietnam national team in an international friendly match with the famous Olimpiacos - Greece in 2004, scored the only goal in the match where the Vietnam national team won against the Qatar national team in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, the only goal in the match where the Vietnam national team won against the Malaysia national team at the 2016 AFF Cup. Remember, up to now, Trong Hoang is the person who owns the most titles including the 2018 AFF Cup championship, 1 SEA Games 2019 gold medal, national championship with Song Lam Nghe An, Becamex Binh Duong, Viettel...
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Dinh Xuan Tien (right) - a new discovery of the Vietnam U20 team. Photo: VFF |
Most recently, in the decisive match in the U20 regional qualifying round towards the 2022 U20 Asian Cup finals in Indonesia, a Song Lam Nghe An player, Dinh Xuan Tien, also shone brightly in both goals scored by U20 Vietnam. Xuan Tien's "key-pass" was the first breakthrough step to open the ball to the wing for his teammate to run down and pass low into the inside, causing the opposing center back to score an own goal, scoring for U20 Vietnam. The goal that raised the score to 2-1 for U20 Vietnam was a masterpiece of youth football, in which Xuan Tien emerged with his sharp tactical thinking and cool scoring skills on an opponent's field that was under a lot of pressure...
To see, in any period of Vietnamese football, football stars from Nghe An and Song Lam Nghe An always have outstanding contributions, creating a strong mark in the common achievements of their teammates, creating great encouragement in the process of reaching new heights and developing together. Hopefully, the young, talented, and never-ending resources of Song Lam will continue to create shocking goals in the stadium, unforgettable matches, delighting fans near and far, worthy successors to the illustrious careers of their predecessors, paving the way...
