Tears of Coach Nguyen Huu Thang

(Baonghean.vn) - As a man with a strong personality on the field and in life, but in the most difficult as well as the most glorious times, the image of his parents always appears in the thoughts of strategist Nguyen...

After the first training session with the national team to prepare for the two upcoming matches in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Coach Nguyen Huu Thang truly expressed his most profound feelings on the day he took charge of the team. Not only was it a feeling of honor, pride mixed with anxiety, but more importantly, it was a dream.

“The symbol of Nghe An football” choked up as he shared: “Today, I am the head coach of the national team, unfortunately my parents are no longer here to witness this.” Interrupting, coach Nguyen Huu Thang thought back to his parents.

Although the journey to lead the national team is still long and thorny, surely any parent will be extremely proud to see their son stand up and assert himself after the ups and downs. And no matter how strong, brave and resilient he is, the feeling of his mother is still a driving force that urges this man to overcome everything.

Coach Huu Thang choked up talking about his parents.

Coach Nguyen Huu Thang was born in 1972 in Duc Tho, Ha Tinh. And his decision to follow the football path was supported the most by his mother, although his family life at that time was extremely difficult. Coach Nguyen Huu Thang's mother had a heart disease, so the former SLNA head coach kept in mind and told himself that he would never do anything wrong, because he was very afraid that if he did something wrong, his mother would be the first to suffer.

In 2005, his mother suddenly passed away, and just a few months later, he was in trouble with the law. Those were truly difficult days for the man who was loved and idolized by Nghe An fans.

After the match between SLNA and Hanoi T&T ended, the Nghe An team won the V.League 2011, Coach Huu Thang burst into tears and rushed to the middle of the field to celebrate. It can be said that from this championship, his life and career opened a new page and had an extremely great meaning. In the peak of emotion, he once again thought about the figure of his mother, the person who had nurtured him to take his first steps.

Coach Huu Thang burst into tears after SLNA won the 2011 V-League championship.

With the personality of Coach Nguyen Huu Thang, the author is sure that in the most difficult and tumultuous moments of his life, the “steel” man does not easily shed tears. But on another occasion, the author witnessed the eyes of the Nghe An coach red with emotion, that was 1 month after the decision to stop leading SLNA.

Every night, after each dream about SLNA, dreaming about every corner of Vinh stadium, he suddenly woke up and could not believe that he had left the head coach position of the Nghe An team. Coach Nguyen Huu Thang confided: "SLNA has always been my number 1 choice, even if necessary, I am willing to stay at SLNA unconditionally..."

Continuing, the coach Nguyen talked about SLNA, talked about his hopes and dreams for the team that gave him everything. His desire is to see SLNA with a positive appearance, instead of declining and stagnating like this time. Once again, his eyes almost couldn't hold back his emotions. That's why, time and time again, coach Nguyen Huu Thang refused generous invitations from other teams, wholeheartedly with his hometown team.

A few hours before boarding the plane to Hanoi to sign a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation, the man still hurriedly had lunch with his family and visited his office at SLNA Club. At this time, when he was the head coach of the national team, the writer saw that coach Nguyen Huu Thang still had a heartache for Nghe An football. If one day he succeeds with the national team, the man will never forget the place where he was born, the team that has entered his mind, his dream... And especially, the shadow of his parents.

Recalling old stories helps us see that Coach Nguyen Huu Thang is not only worthy of being called "The symbol of Nghe An football", this man is also a symbol of loyalty, efforts to overcome difficulties, the will to progress and the affection of a true son of Nghe An./.

Trung Kien