Difficulties for Dinh Xuan Tien

This season, Dinh Xuan Tien has gradually regained his form and fitness to compete for a place in the starting lineup. The midfielder born in 2003 has played in 14/17 matches with nearly 800 minutes on the field.

But it was not until the matches in 2025 that Dinh Xuan Tien made a clear mark. With the absence of Michael Olaha, the midfielder wearing the number 9 shirt was arranged to play as an attacking midfielder right behind Benjamin Kuku. This helped Dinh Xuan Tien to develop his excellent attacking ability. The clearest proof is the 2 goals that brought 2 victories forLam River Nghe Anbefore SHB Da Nang and Hai Phong Club.

These performances are reminiscent of Dinh Xuan Tien in 2023, where he not only excelled at club level but also excelled with U23 Vietnam to win the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 tournament. Also at this tournament,Dinh Xuan Tienwon the title of top scorer.

However, the last two matches in V.League witnessed the inexplicable "disappearance" of Dinh Xuan Tien. Although his name was on the reserve list, the midfielder wearing the number 9 shirt did not play even 1 minute. This was partly due to the return of striker Michael Olaha after injury and partly due to the stable performance of players such as Le Dinh Long Vu, Ho Khac Ngoc or Ngo Van Luong. However, not being able to play 1 minute in the last 2 matches is difficult to explain.

Along with that, Song Lam Nghe An achieved favorable results in these two matches, making Dinh Xuan Tien's position in the Nghe An team even more shaky.

Fortunately, V.League is on hiatus, Dinh Xuan Tien was called up to the Vietnam U22 team to prepare for the tour in China. This could be a great motivation for the player born in 2003 to regain his form and inspiration to compete.

However, in the Vietnam U22 Team, Dinh Xuan Tien will also have to compete fiercely to get a starting position. They are midfielder Nguyen Van Truong of Hanoi Club, midfielder Le Viktor of Hong Linh Ha Tinh or Nguyen Thai Quoc Cuong of Ho Chi Minh City Club. These are all players playing in the same position as Dinh Xuan Tien and have had quite good performances recently in the V.League.

Therefore, Dinh Xuan Tien will have to try his best to get a position in the official squad, thereby scoring points in the eyes of the Coaching Board.Vietnam U22 Team.

Hopefully, midfielder Dinh Xuan Tien will overcome this difficult period to have good performances in the U22 Vietnam team as well as Song Lam Nghe An Club in the upcoming period.