What 'trick' did Huy Hoang use to help SLNA stay in the league?

When SLNA won the V. League championship for the second time in 2011, in the technical area was the powerful head coach Huu Thang, on the field wasCaptain Huy HoangCourage abounded. These two “prestiges” supported each other, firstly disrupting the opponent’s playing style, imposing the yellow-shirted team’s strength-oriented playing style, thereby making most opponents have a defeatist mentality before marching to the “fire pan” of Vinh city.

Huy Hoang's leadership qualities and the role of "big brother" of the team will be promoted to revive the recent decline and serve the most timely goal of preventing relegation, which is urgent at this time.

Huu Thang and the team's "philosophy" have never hidden the fact that "SLNA players are men", they are passionate and determined when they go out on the field, whoever says "cut nails, chop iron" is their business, the events on the field have referees, there are rules, just play. It was so frustrating that a manager later "declared" that he could play friendly matches with anyone, but SLNA would "ban the door"!

On the field, captain Huy Hoang, in the role of central defender, often has precise jumps, neatly intercepting the ball despite his modest height of 1m72, especially his "martial arts" of throwing hooks to both save the ball and directly... intimidate opponents very effectively. Those are lightning-fast kicks right in front of the opponent's strikers and after those situations, the field managed by Huy Hoang often becomes less busy and more comfortable than ever!

Later, when Vietnamese football integrated, talented domestic defenders like Huy Hoang also had to struggle when facing foreign strikers who had excellent physique, physical strength and tricks from "eating other people's rice and chopsticks". Huy Hoang and his teammates tried to stick together and jump as much as they could, but they could only last about 75-80 minutes before they were exhausted and defeated.

Surely many people will not forget the situation of marking and the unsuccessful attempt of Huy Hoang to intimidate foreign striker Samsons (Hanoi T&T) on Vinh field? Surely that was a great lesson for Huy Hoang about "knowing the enemy, knowing yourself" and that there are always people in the world who are "more fragile" than us, especially professional players who have been exposed to many different football environments inside and outside the "lowlands"?

It is interesting that the upcoming formidable opponent who once scored many dream-like goals against SLNA will be… Huy Hoang’s student - Van Quyen. Times have changed, hopefully under Huy Hoang’s hands, the striker who was the top scorer of V. League for many years, when he returned to SLNA, will always follow the tactics of the coaching staff, maintain the habit of scoring regularly and this will truly be an exciting new page for this foreign striker?

Not to mention a very important thing is that SLNA currently lacks a prestigious leader like the captain Huy Hoang of the past. Obviously, Huy Hoang's prestige off the field is not enough at this time, but always needs an exemplary, powerful, and clever player on the field to tighten the comprehensive offensive and defensive team, achieving the best results. Will it be a domestic player, captain Van Khanh or a trusted foreign player? Van Khanh is good at his skills, but his recent mistakes have caused him to have time off due to suspension, because he has more injuries than playing time, so the question of having a good vice-captain (to wear the captain's armband) is often raised. Will he be someone who completes the task excellently or is just weak and sluggish, all are related and greatly affected by the "steadiness" of the head coach.

Of course, every team needs strong personalities on and off the field. That personality can sometimes dare to argue, dare to "turn" against the teacher for example (like Huy Hoang, who was once the main character), it is also for the common good, for the collective. And more than anyone else, Huy Hoang must always clearly know the good and bad of each personality, to know how to "use people like using wood", to rise above to achieve great things, worth mentioning.

Are these the "tricks" of head coach Huy Hoang and his assistants at this time?