The pride of the Vietnamese national team shirt

(Baonghean.vn) - Vietnamese public opinion and fans are asking why Anh Duc has been indifferent to the national team for so long, but now he is following the call of coach Mai Duc Chung...

At the end of the 2014 AFF Cup, striker Anh Duc suddenly said goodbye to the Vietnam national team. Some opinions said that his decision was due to the fact that coach Toshiya Miura placed him on the bench for Cong Vinh in the national team. While at the club level, Cong Vinh was the one who had to be the bench for Anh Duc, which may have hurt Anh Duc's pride.

In 2015, striker Anh Duc shone again, helping B. Binh Duong win the double of the National Championship and National Cup, while Cong Vinh's contributions to the team from Thu Dau Mot were almost negligible. And the clearest proof of Anh Duc's form and class is the title of Vietnam Golden Ball 2015.

Striker Anh Duc is an excellent player in the attack of Vietnamese football in recent years. Photo: Internet

By the 2016 season, the striker born in 1985 still maintained his ability to score goals regularly in both the domestic front and the arena considered the most fierce in Asia, the AFC Champions League. Thanks to that, Anh Duc was unexpectedly called back to the Vietnam national team by new coach Nguyen Huu Thang when he took office to prepare for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

However, the striker of B. Binh Duong refused to join the national team because of family matters and did not explain further, even though Miura was no longer the head coach. With an effective striker like Anh Duc, any coach would covet him. Coach Huu Thang even put Anh Duc's name on the list without consulting the player about returning to the national team.

Under coach Nguyen Huu Thang, Anh Duc was probably not confident in his level and class because he thought he would have to sit on the bench for the Vietnam national team. Especially when coach Huu Thang always considered Cong Vinh a close and trusted junior. That was a big question mark about Anh Duc's desire to contribute to the national team.

Before the match between Vietnam and Cambodia, coach Mai Duc Chung said that convincing Anh Duc to join the national team was not difficult at all. Meanwhile, the most surprising thing was the decision to return to the national team of the striker who plays for Binh Duong when Anh Duc shared: "Now I feel comfortable, before I was busy with family matters so I could not concentrate with the national team."

In recent years, along with Cong Vinh, Anh Duc has always been the leading all-round striker of Vietnamese football. In V.League 2017, he still has 10 goals. However, the long absence of this player in the national team is truly regrettable, regardless of the reason.

And during a long time busy with family matters, Anh Duc's return to wear the National Team's shirt only made the fans sadder... While we still have Van Quyet, Cong Phuong or other young factors like Ha Duc Chinh. Is it true that "the bamboo is old, but the shoots have not yet grown"? And an excellent, outstanding player like Anh Duc brought a great disappointment about his unserious attitude towards the National Team's shirt?

Quynh Trang