Huu Thang takes the "hot seat" to replace Cong Vinh: Killing two birds with one stone
The failure of calculation and trust in Cong Vinh forced Ho Chi Minh City FC to resort to the teacher, the senior of the former striker of the Vietnam national team. And at least until now, that calculation is considered somewhat wise by the team of the city named after Uncle Ho.
Before Cong Vinh was chosen by Ho Chi Minh City FC, the team, which was then a V-League rookie, was practically zero in terms of team quality and brand.
With such an inexperienced squad, if they want to compete in the V-League, there is no other way but to force Ho Chi Minh City Club to change blood as well as build a name to receive attention from the city's departments and agencies. And this is the reason why Cong Vinh was chosen.
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| Many Nghe An players like Quang Nam (red shirt)... |
Present at the rookie team V-League, Cong Vinh started the blood change and of course the first choice was still SLNA players - where the former acting president of HCMC Club came from, as well as had a very special relationship.
And now, when Cong Vinh left, he left behind a team that was quite pure... Nghe An. It should also be added that the players from here, no matter where they come from, are a very special group, so that Ho Chi Minh City Club could not help but invite Coach Huu Thang to sit in the chairman's chair of the team with a very clear intention: to control the people of Nghe An.
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| participated in Ho Chi Minh City Club under Cong Vinh's role as acting president. |
This choice of the Saigon team is clearly correct, when the new club president Huu Thang, since his time as a player and coach, has always been a symbol, prestigious enough with the players from Nghe An, no matter where.
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Cong Vinh is famous, even more successful in his career than his senior, his teacher, Coach Huu Thang. And he has contributed to the HCMC Club in the early days with his youthful dynamism.
But after all, the former striker of the Vietnamese national team is still not mature enough to do... big things. The biggest proof is that Cong Vinh almost arbitrarily opened his own community football center, even though the leaders of the HCMC Club did not like it, and was also planning to establish a larger academy.
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| And now coach Huu Thang takes over the hot seat with many challenges. |
And less than 24 hours after launching his own community football center, the chairmanship of the Saigon football team was immediately transferred, when the HCMC club said that Cong Vinh "played better" than him, even though he was receiving the team's salary.
After Cong Vinh, looking around, Ho Chi Minh City Club wanted to find another replacement, and had to rely on Coach Huu Thang, a worthy name and also ready to join the game.
Because as mentioned, the former captain of the Vietnam national team is more mature, has more prestige in his career and most importantly, shares the same idea with the City team, at least in the story of building a football academy. So, Huu Thang and the HCMC club belonged together, not long after Cong Vinh withdrew from the position of acting president of the club.
Choosing Huu Thang, of course, in addition to the above reasons, the City team also more or less sends a message to the places that need it: The team is still on the path of good development, with prestigious people ready to come here to work on football together.
It is not known how long this relationship will last, but at least the City team has achieved its own goal, or simply, the chairman's seat has been filled, instead of letting Mr. Miura be both the coach and the team's spokesman all these days.
