Coach Park Hang Seo: Favoring his favorite players or the safe option?
The headache for the goalkeeper position of the Korean captain seemed to have been solved. But now, it seems to be even heavier when the Vietnam team owns 3 best goalkeepers, making coach Park have to think again...
Favor my pet...
At present, Coach Park Hang Seo has 3 goalkeepers including Tien Dung, Van Lam and Tuan Manh. And it is worth mentioning that all 3 are in relatively good form in the first rounds of V-League.
Although he played well, if he could choose, coach Park Hang Seo would most likely give his affection to his favorite student Tien Dung, as the Thanh Hoa goalkeeper has followed the Vietnamese team captain to two consecutive tournaments recently, as well as showing high performance.
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| Tien Dung, with his working time and ability, is winning the affection of coach Park... |
Not only is he a favorite student, the fact that Tien Dung is familiar with the defensive system that coach Park Hang Seo has trained and played for U23 for a long time (and now in the expanded U23 team) is also the basis for the Korean coach to give Thanh Hoa's goalkeeper a starting opportunity.
It makes more sense for the captain of the Vietnamese team to choose Tien Dung, when in fact the goal in the upcoming match has many test meanings for the U23 team preparing to attend the Asiad in a few months...
...or choose the safe option?
If we were to put him on the "scale" to properly evaluate his professional ability, I'm afraid that goalkeeper Tien Dung would hardly be rated higher than Van Lam or his senior, Tuan Manh, who is currently playing for Khanh Hoa Club.
With Van Lam, the overseas Vietnamese goalkeeper has quickly become a memorable name for Vietnamese fans as he has always played well every time he started in the red shirt, as well as at the club level in the past 2-3 years. Even, if not to say too impressive.
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| For solid defense, Van Lam is not a bad choice for coach Park. |
The goalkeeper of Hai Phong Club has a good physique, plays high balls and has reflexes that are rare in the V-League at the moment. At the same time, he has a lot of experience in playing so it is not difficult for him to be the main goalkeeper for the Vietnam national team under coach Mai Duc Chung or Huu Thang.
Tuan Manh is also not a bad choice for coach Park Hang Seo when the goalkeeper of Khanh Hoa Club always plays well when playing for the national team or in the V-League. The achievements of the coastal city team in the past 2 seasons have a great contribution from this goalkeeper.
Choosing Tuan Manh or Lam "Tay" will be a safe solution for Coach Park Hang Seo if he does not want to see his favorite student make some elementary mistakes, or not really have a strong mentality. A typical example is recently when wearing the Thanh Hoa Club shirt, Tien Dung also made a mistake in the AFC Cup.
Despite the "headache" in the story of the goalkeeper, in reality, coach Park Hang Seo is quite comfortable, when there are many worthy choices for the most sensitive position on the field at the moment, because all of them are quite worthy of being given the opportunity in the confrontation with Jordan on March 27.
