Gia Tu, Quoc Long: Life is like a dream!

Having different starting points, having struggled in the first steps towards football, but now Quoc Long and Gia Tu have met at a common point. That is, they were selected for the National Team.



Defender Quoc Long

Until now, when looking back on the past journey, Gia Tu still dares not believe that he will be able to play professional football. Coming to the training center of Ha Tinh, Gia Tu simply thought that playing football was "just for fun". Indeed, during the years of being attached to the second division team Ha Tinh, this 23-year-old central defender never thought that his football career could take off like today. However, the turning point came to Gia Tu when coach Van Sy became the head coach of the Ha Tinh team (in 2010). This military commander discovered and trained Gia Tu, helping him to play better and better. Realizing that he had a lot of potential, at the end of 2011, when he came to lead V.NB, coach Van Sy suggested that Truong buy this central defender at all costs.

Coming to a new club with many good central defenders such as Hoang Vissai, Thanh Tung, Nhu Thanh, Gia Tu still got a starting position. His composed playing style, good situation reading and especially his “controlling Westerners” skills helped him make his mark. Playing central defender, in the 2012 season, after 24 matches, Gia Tu only received 4 yellow cards, a number that shows how calm he played.

If Gia Tu started from the Second Division, Quoc Long was trained professionally from the talented group of The Cong. Having been trained in Germany and Bulgaria, but when returning home, Quoc Long still had to go through a long journey to gain a foothold in The Cong in the past and HN.T&T now. Yesterday, when he learned that he was called up to the National Team, Quoc Long was stunned: "I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Now that it has become a reality, there is nothing more joyful."

Regarding the decision to call Gia Tu and Quoc Long to the national team this time, coach Phan Thanh Hung said: “Quang Thanh and Phuoc Tu are injured. Therefore, we want to create conditions for younger faces to show their talents. We see that Gia Tu and Quoc Long contain many good qualities, and they will continue to develop.”

According to Bongdaplus - DT