Nguyen Tien Linh and the opportunity to win the title of Top Scorer at the ASEAN Cup

During the Vietnam National Team's away match against the Singapore National Team on December 26, Nguyen Tien Linh was only on the bench. It was not until the beginning of the second half, exactly in the 60th minute, that the striker born in 1997 was sent onto the field by coach Kim Sang-sik.

The appearance of Nguyen Tien Linh helped the Vietnamese team's attack create more pressure on the home team's defense. And in the 90+11 minute of the match, Nguyen Tien Linh overcame the pressure to successfully execute the penalty kick, putting the Vietnamese team ahead.

This goal not only opened the door to play in the final match for the Vietnam Team, but also helpedNguyen Tien Linhhas more chances to win the title of Top Scorer at ASEAN Cup 2024. Currently, the striker who is on the payroll of Becamex Binh Duong has scored 3 goals in this year's tournament.

Thus, the gap between Nguyen Tien Linh and the leading scorer, Muhammad Shawal of the Singapore team, is only 1 goal (3 compared to 4). Obviously, Nguyen Tien Linh's chance of winning the title of Top Scorer at the ASEAN Cup 2024 is extremely high.

According to statistics, in the history of the ASEAN Cup, Teerasil Dangda is the only player to successfully defend the title of Top Scorer, that is, to score the most goals in 2 consecutive ASEAN Cups. Specifically, the veteran Thai striker did that at the ASEAN Cup 2020 and ASEAN Cup 2022.

It is worth mentioning that in the tournament 2 years ago, Teerasil Dangda had to share the title of Top Scorer with Nguyen Tien Linh of the Vietnam National Team, when they both had 6 goals. If he becomes the player with the most goals at the ASEAN Cup 2024, Nguyen Tien Linh will equal the above record of Teerasil Dangda.

It should be remembered that Nguyen Tien Linh is the only Vietnamese football player to have won the title of Top Scorer at the ASEAN Cup. An honor that famous predecessors such as Le Huynh Duc, Le Cong Vinh or Nguyen Anh Duc could not have./.