FIFA: Cong Vinh plays football like David Beckham

Before the final round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Asia, FIFA devoted a large article to Cong Vinh.

FIFA chose Cong Vinh as the commentator after his excellent performance in the 4-1 victory of the Vietnamese team against Taiwan.

"Le Cong Vinh is a big star in Vietnam, a national symbol of Vietnamese football. At the age of 31, he continues to score goals, about to break the record for appearances for the national team with 71 appearances, 2 less than Nguyen Minh Phuong, his former teammate who retired from the national team in 2010. Cong Vinh has just scored his 42nd goal for the national team, 10 goals in 15 consecutive matches in the World Cup qualifiers and is the irreplaceable captain of the Golden Stars," FIFA wrote.

Player Cong Vinh - Number 1 star of Vietnamese football

Based on the information collected, FIFA writers compare Cong Vinh to Vietnam's David Beckham.

"Cong Vinh's fame went far beyond the pitch, partly due to his wedding to Thuy Tien, a famous singer he met during a magazine photoshoot in 2008. The handsome couple quickly attracted attention, becoming the David - Victoria Beckham family of Vietnam.

Cong Vinh laughed happily when the person he was talking to compared that image to. Cong Vinh said his wife is famous in Vietnam but their life is very different from David Beckham's family.

Cong Vinh does not like people to put his family's life on the scale to weigh and measure. That is how the media operates its giant machine, and the captain of the Vietnam national team does not care, notice or complain," FIFA described.

Cong Vinh is about to break Minh Phuong's record of wearing the national team jersey

"My name is Le Cong Vinh, not David Beckham," the Vietnamese striker sent a clear message.

He added: "Everything is great now. I have fulfilled my childhood dream of becoming a great footballer. My wife and I are both happy to be famous. People recognise us and ask to take pictures with us.

Of course, sometimes Thuy Tien and I feel tired of being pursued by many people everywhere. We don't have much free time for our private life or to do work like normal people."

Cong Vinh - Thuy Tien have a peaceful, happy life and are compared to the Beckham family.

FIFA assessed that, like David Beckham, Cong Vinh is often the center of public attention. The media scrutinizes, evaluates, and comments on every aspect of Cong Vinh's life and performance on the field. FIFA believes that Cong Vinh is holding the "peak of power" in the national team, and demonstrated that with a strong double in the 4-1 victory over Taiwan.

"I am one of the most experienced players in the Vietnam national team now. I feel free to express my ambition, dribble, shoot and try many things.

When I was young, I was sometimes afraid of my older teammates or coaches, who might scold me if I lost the ball or missed a chance. I look back 10 years ago. That was when I was 19 years old. I watched European teams play, looked at the top Vietnamese stars. Then I told myself, I can do it. At that time, I knew I could do it like today," Cong Vinh shared.

Despite his success in football, Cong Vinh admits that his generation will find it difficult to qualify for the World Cup.

"The World Cup is a dream. But before we dream about the journey to the World Cup, the Vietnamese team needs to focus on the vision, the position in the region and the goal of reaching the final round of the 2019 Asian Cup.

If the Vietnamese team can do that and get more good results, then we can think about bigger things. For the Vietnamese team, the road to the World Cup is still very long. Football is very different from Futsal," Cong Vinh said realistically.

Tomorrow, the Vietnamese team will enter the final match of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Asia against Iraq. Even if they beat Iraq, the chance for coach Nguyen Huu Thang and his team to enter the third qualifying round of the World Cup is extremely small. But the Vietnamese team knows that their goal now is to shape their playing style, just like what coach Huu Thang declared after the match against Taiwan.

"The Vietnamese team cannot be afraid to throw away this spirit and this style of play just because of the result of one match. Everything must be reshaped. The players may lose, I will take all the responsibility," the new head coach of the Vietnamese team affirmed.

According to VTC News