Coach Le Thuy Hai: "If I were the head coach, I would keep Thanh Trung"

Coach Park Hang-seo has a reason to eliminate Thanh Trung

The Vietnamese team finalized the list for the 2018 AFF Cup by eliminating Dinh Thanh Trung and Duong Thanh Hao. Like Minh Vuong before, Coach Park Hang Seo's elimination of the 2017 Vietnamese Golden Ball Dinh Thanh Trung was a surprise.

However, according to coach Le Thuy Hai, now is not the time to care about who Mr. Park will eliminate or keep. What is important is how the Vietnamese team plays in the AFF Cup 2018 after the decisions on personnel and playing style of the Korean strategist.

Thanh Trung retired from the national team immediately after being eliminated from the list of players attending the AFF Cup 2018. Photo: SN

"If I were the head coach, I would keep Thanh Trung because he is an experienced player whose expertise has been confirmed after many years of playing for the national team and at the club. However, this is the decision of coach Park Hang-seo, so we should respect it. Mr. Park has a reason to remove Thanh Trung to keep another player in the national team. This is completely a deliberate decision of the coach," said coach Le Thuy Hai.

"Coach Park Hang-seo is now a famous person, so he must know what to do to maintain his brand and image. Mr. Park is very careful in every decision and thought," Mr. Hai expressed.

Regarding Thanh Trung's announcement of his retirement from the national team, Mr. Hai "lo" said that it was normal: "I just want to tell Trung that as a human being, one must have aspirations. But those aspirations cannot always be achieved. Because you are human, you cannot always be in the best form. At that time, we can stop."

It's sad not to win the AFF Cup!

"If coach Park Hang-seo keeps 7 strikers, of course the Vietnamese team will consider an attacking style of play in the AFF Cup 2018. Playing with many strikers, playing offensively against any opponent but not winning the championship is very sad. We have to win. If all the expectations this year are not met, then they will never be met again. Therefore, it is very difficult for Mr. Park, not easy," said the former coach of The Cong Club.

According to coach Le Thuy Hai, we should not be too concerned about who Mr. Park uses or who he leaves out. Photo: SN

Mr. Hai "lo" believes that if this year we do not win the AFF Cup 2018, the success of Vietnamese football at the U23 level may be forgotten, simply because only the national team level represents a football culture.

What matters is the result on the field. Photo: SN

"So it can be seen that even if we win the U23 Asian Cup runner-up or reach the semi-finals of the Asian Games but do not win the AFF Cup 2018, it is nothing to talk about. This is pressure, but it is the reality that is happening to the Vietnamese team as well as coach Park Hang Seo at this time," Mr. Hai analyzed.

Do not be subjective to any opponent - Coach Le Thuy Hai frankly said that with the Vietnamese team falling into Group A with only Malaysia being strong, not reaching the semi-finals is too bad. However, with all the opponents making "hard" statements, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team must also be very careful.

Nghe in the National Team: Elite and combative

(Baonghean.vn) - Unlike the time of Coach Huu Thang, Coach Park Hang-seo - a foreign coach - only called up 2 SLNA players plus a few faces from Nghe An to serve the team. It is worth mentioning that the SLNA "army" this time is not large, but is certainly elite.