The sadness of SLNA's absence in the team list

Not counting the 2 players playing abroad, 9/14 V.League 2019 teams have players called up by their coach. Thus, in addition to SLNA, there are 4 other teams, namely Than Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Saigon, Thanh Hoa, who do not have any players called up this time.

Mr. Park Hang-seo's decisions to call up players are always controversial. Photo VNN.

Sadness of missing SLNA training center

With 7 players called, Hanoi is the team with the most players and then HA Gia Lai has 5 faces to reunite with the team, not counting Cong Phuong who is currently playing for Sint Truiden Club (Belgium). Next is Viettel with 4 players, Quang Nam 3 players... even the bottom team S.Khanh Hoa and Nam Dinh also have 1 player, so the fact that SLNA has no players called has hurt Nghe An fans.

Maybe the perspective ofMr. Park Hang-seo's decision to return to the goalkeeper position was different from many fans, when he called goalkeeper Pham Van Cuong (Quang Nam) and Nguyen Tuan Manh (S.Khanh Hoa) but left out Nguyen Manh (SLNA). SLNA's achievement of only conceding 20 goals after 21 matches was greatly contributed by this goalkeeper from Nghe An.

Recently, goalkeeper Tuan Manh (S.Khanh Hoa) made some elementary mistakes in the match against SLNA. A little consolation is that Que Ngoc Hai, Trong Hoang (Viettel) who came from SLNA training center and Nghe An player Cong Phuong were also called up for this training session.

Mostly old faces

Compared to the squad for the King's Cup in June, this time Mr. Park Hang-seo has left out 3 players, including midfielder Minh Vuong, goalkeeper Nguyen Manh and injured center-back Dinh Trong. In addition, Mr. Park added midfielder Hoang Duc, 3 defenders Huu Tuan (HCMC), Lam Anh Quang (Nam Dinh), Thanh Thinh (SHB Da Nang), striker Ha Minh Tuan (SHB Da Nang), 2 goalkeepers Tuan Manh (Sanna Khanh Hoa), Van Cuong (Quang Nam).

Thus, the faces summoned for the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup against Thailand on September 5 are all faces who have worked under Mr. Park, except for new recruits Van Cuong, Huu Tuan, and 3 former players Tuan Manh, Lam Anh Quang, and Ha Minh Tuan.

27 players will join the national team and then the official 23-man list will be shortened before September 1 to go to Thailand. 7 players from the Hanoi team will join the team later than their teammates, at the earliest on August 28 because the day before, they have to play the second leg of the 2019 AFC Cup inter-zone semi-final away at Altyn Asyr Club (Turkmenistan).

Select Hai, remove Quyet

Mr. Park Hang-seo's decisions to call up players are always controversial. Photo VNN.

Captain Van Quyet's absence from the national team this time has caused the most controversy. If striker Van Quyet was absent from the King's Cup friendly in Thailand in June due to injury, now that he is in good form but not being cared for by Mr. Park has left many mixed opinions.

Van Quyet's smart, effortless playing style greatly contributed to the capital team's top position in the 2019 V-League rankings, helping Hanoi reach the 2019 AFC Cup inter-regional semi-finals. Van Quyet himself was also ready to serve the national team but unfortunately was not called up this time.

Up to now, Van Quyet has had 14 goals and 4 assists in the 2019 season. It seems that in Hanoi, coach Chu Dinh Nghiem's ​​team always plays attacking football with the upper hand.

As captain, Van Quyet was “served” by the whole team and he shone. But the team’s playing philosophy under Mr. Park was based on a solid defense and he had no intention of building a style of play around any one player. He chose Hai so he eliminated Quyet and other players in the same position.

It seems that it is not uncommon for players to play well for their clubs but still not be able to make it to the national team. When you trust Mr. Park, you have to respect his professional decisions.
Losing all three pillars of the defense Dinh Trong, Van Hau, Trong Hoang, who have experience in playing, with a rich and energetic style of play, and a sense of cunning, will make coach Park Hang-seo spend a lot of time assembling a new framework. In addition, the overload and boredom of the Hanoi players is something that Mr. Park must solve within the next 10 days of training.