"Khong Minh of Nghe An" points out the difference between Van Duc and Trong Hoang
(Baonghean.vn) - In his first time gathering and playing at the AFF Cup 2018, Phan Van Duc played impressively. However, from the perspective of the SLNA Club president, this is not surprising.
At the AFF Cup 2018, Phan Van Duc scored 1 goal and 1 assist, contributing greatly to the clean sheet and semi-final of the Vietnam national team. In this tournament, Van Duc and Trong Hoang were also assigned by coach Park Hang-seo to play as full-backs. Van Duc alone was assigned 3 different positions: right full-back, left full-back and attacking midfielder.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Thanh - General Director of SLNA Joint Stock Company commented: "Phan Van Duc is a player with courage, a desire to compete, contribute and score goals in addition to agility, dexterity and basic techniques. From a very early age, Van Duc has identified his ability and has a clear motivation. For young players coming from difficult backgrounds, this is very important. Secondly, Van Duc is very sensitive in scoring goals. Van Duc's weakness is the ability to collide because of his thin body. In this regard, Duc cannot be compared to Ha Duc Chinh or Nguyen Anh Duc".
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| Mr. Nguyen Hong Thanh is considered a veteran football expert. Photo: SLNA FC |
“In return, Phan Van Duc is an intelligent player, playing football with his head. This is very important. Just like Quang Hai, a small player but plays football with intelligence and cunning. Besides, Van Duc is stubborn and ambitious when on the field. Therefore, he shoots a lot, is very diligent in shooting the ball. Whenever there is an opportunity, Van Duc penetrates the penalty area and shoots, with his left foot, right foot and maybe with his head.
Another factor that makes Van Duc win the favor of coach Park Hang-seo is his ability to support the defense well. He comes from Korea, was an assistant to coach Guus Hiddink, and spent time leading the Korean U23 team, which is used to playing against top teams, so he is very careful. The Vietnamese team does not have the upper hand, so coach Park needs versatile, comprehensive players like Van Duc and Trong Hoang," the president of SLNA Club added.
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| Phan Van Duc and Nguyen Trong Hoang are the defensive and attacking players of the Vietnam National Team at the moment. Photo: Trung Kien |
“SLNA has always built this style of play, Xuan Manh, Van Duc and Trong Hoang play in the attacking wing position but have another role which is to support the defense when losing the ball, falling back to play as a full-back. In the middle is a midfielder, moving up is playing as a striker and falling back is a defender.
To play like that, first of all, the player must be physically fit, hardworking and have tactical awareness. It is because of this that Dinh Thanh Trung was not retained even though he is a very good attacking midfielder, his left foot is very difficult to play. In Quang Nam, Thanh Trung is like a "hero" of the team and rarely has to retreat to defend, which inadvertently limits his defense", Mr. Nguyen Hong Thanh concluded./.
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