SLNA audience tells Ngo Hoang Thinh - Please don't be Judas

(Baonghean.vn) - The 2-2 draw at Thanh Hoa Stadium not only made Nghe An fans angry because of the pressure of referee Ha Anh Chien, but also because of the offensive way of celebrating of "old player" Ngo Hoang Thinh.

In the 62nd minute, Hoang Thinh scored his trademark goal with a thunderous long-range shot. Hoang Thinh celebrated quite excitedly because the beautiful goal against his hometown team lit up the home team's hope of a comeback. I, like many Nghe An football fans, felt hurt. The hurt was not from a goal conceded by Nguyen Manh, but from Hoang Thinh's "insensitive" celebration.

Hoang Thinh excitedly celebrated after scoring against SLNA. Photo: Trung Kien

Although I know that as a professional player, when entering the field, you have to put aside old feelings. As the old saying goes: "you should protect the tree you eat from". Therefore, I always support players like Thinh to act properly as a diligent worker at the new team. I do not expect Thinh to be lenient when facing his hometown team again. I just hope Thinh will act like a responsible and loyal man.

People often say that modern life has made people more insensitive and heartless. But I do not agree with those comments. And especially the affection in football is always present everywhere on this planet. The image of Batistuta bursting into tears when he scored against his old team Fiorentina right in Toscana. The moment when the Lion King Batigol silently shed tears, the whole Artemio Franchi stadium was silent with emotion. AS Roma fans felt happy to have a very professional player, Fiorentina fans loved and idolized Batigol more. The tears of the Lion King at the Artemio Franchi stadium on November 26, 2000 are an immortal image of the football world.

An arrogant player like Cristiano Ronaldo did not show any joy when he scored against Manchester United. CR7's goal at Old Trafford helped his Real Madrid overcome MU in the 1/8 round of the 2012-2013 Champions League.

After the match, CR7 confessed: “feeling sad” and “experiencing a strange feeling”. It is understandable why the Red Devils fans applauded the Portuguese player when he entered the stadium tunnel.

Just recently, at the end of 2014, Frank Lampard scored against Chelsea, helping Manchester City to a lucky draw. That goal was scored by Lampard in the last minutes of the match, but he still did not show any joy. When interviewed, Lampard said: "It was an awkward situation". Although he no longer wears the familiar blue shirt of Chelsea, all the fans of the Stamford Bridge team still consider him a legend.

Every year, a series of former SLNA players have to face their hometown team. Every time they meet their "old friends", the players and fans have to fall into indescribable emotions. Surely Hoang Thinh and Nghe An football fans still haven't forgotten midfielder Nguyen Hong Viet. In round 12 of V.League 2015, Viet scored the winning goal 2-1 for Dong Nai against the home team SLNA. What's special is that after forcing his former teammate Tran Nguyen Manh to pick the ball out of the net, Viet did not celebrate but raised his hand to apologize to the audience at Vinh Stadium. Viet confided: "No matter where I go, SLNA is still in my mind. Of course, when I enter the field, I have to put my personal feelings aside, but when I score, I can't celebrate."

Well, football in the West or in our country is the same. Love and loyalty are not easily forgotten overnight. As the poet Che Lan Vien once wrote: "When we are here, it is just a place to live, when we leave, the land becomes our soul". Could it be that Hoang Thinh has forgotten what SLNA has given him over the past ten years?

The football world has many Judases, those who betrayed the love of their former team. One cannot forget the celebration of Van Persie, Adebayor against Arsenal, or the excited celebration of Danny Welbeck when he scored against MU at Old Trafford in the FA Cup 2014-2015 season... Those people not only upset the fans of their old team, but also made the fans of the current team doubt the love that these players have for their team.

Hoang Thinh’s actions on Thanh Hoa stadium are not the end of the love that SLNA fans have for him. Nghe An people often sing: “When angry, I am angry, but when I love, I love even more”. Hopefully, Hoang Thinh will learn a valuable lesson for himself./.

Le Thanh Hung

(Chi Khe - Con Cuong)