'There's no smoke without fire'

(Baonghean) -Last week, the referee story was once again stirred up when Mr. Nguyen Trong Thu - the whistleblower who caused the "unique" incident at Thong Nhat Stadium was still allowed to play, while the Long An football team was forced to "change blood" from the President, head coach of the club to the captain and goalkeeper because these positions were banned from practicing.

Although it has nothing to do with his team, but upset by the "one side is more important, one side is less important" behavior of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Duc declared: The referee committee is weak and manipulates everything, so Vietnamese football can hardly develop!

This is not the first time the HAGL boss has spoken out about this issue. Previously, at the 7th VFF Executive Committee Congress, Mr. Duc spoke frankly: "I think Mr. Mui is not bad, has a lot of experience and has contributed a lot to Vietnamese football.

The relationship between football team leaders and referees is becoming increasingly tense. Photo: Internet

However, Mr. Mui has been in the job for too long. Mr. Mui has a son and a son-in-law who are referees, so how can he be an impartial leader? My personal opinion is that Mr. Mui should resign.” However, due to many sensitive issues, Mr. Nguyen Van Mui was still “chosen” to be the Head of the Referee Board.

Through discussions with leaders of some football teams, many people believe that, in fact, the professional level of Vietnamese referees is not as bad as people think, but the problem is that they are "ideologically affected" when officiating in some "sensitive" matches. That gives "distorted whistles" the opportunity to appear in some matches, causing frustration for many football teams.

Previously, Mr. Kien revealed: "There are people who came to contact Hoa Phat and said that if they give the referee 500 million VND, Hoa Phat will definitely win this match...". The truth of this story is not clear, but the story of "free accommodation" and "gifts" from football teams to the "kings of the field" is true, and in the refereeing world, it is often said that "the refereeing depends on the attitude of each team"!

It is not by chance that the "sensitive" story between football teams and referees was "exposed" to the press and public, because some football team leaders themselves had created this "bad precedent", but at some point they themselves could not bear it.

Remember when HAGL first played in V.League, many people whispered that Mr. Duc was "very open" with the referees, so at that time, the teams were afraid of facing HAGL because they were easily "oppressed". Now, Mr. Duc himself is upset with the Head of the Referee Board because he understands very well the relationship between the team and the referee, and who is the one "controlling" the referees to make things difficult for the teams!

Duc Dung