Phan Van Duc - the person who recreated the image of Le Cong Vinh
(Baonghean.vn) - Witnessing Phan Van Duc's impressive performances at the AFF Cup 2018, many Vietnamese football fans are thinking of striker Le Cong Vinh at the tournament exactly 10 years ago.
Objectively, Le Cong Vinh is the best player of the Vietnam National Team at the AFF Cup 2008. Because the talent and contribution of Vinh "com" to the team is so obvious and there is nothing to discuss further.
On the journey to the championship of coach Calisto and his team, the player from Nghe An contributed to 3 extremely important goals (2 goals and 1 assist). Simply put, 10 years ago, Le Cong Vinh was the "hero of heroes".
First was the situation of "setting the table" for Nguyen Quang Hai to score in the second leg of the semi-final against the Singaporean team. When the match was coming to the final minutes, the score was still 0-0 after the whole match, Le Cong Vinh had a brave, intelligent dribble and unexpectedly eliminated the home team's defender, then accurately crossed for Nguyen Quang Hai to tap the ball into the Singaporean net. Thanks to this goal, the Vietnamese team overcame Singapore with a 1-0 victory and won the ticket to play in the final match.
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| Le Cong Vinh's header in the second leg final against Thailand at the 2008 AFF Cup. Photo: Internet. |
Yesterday (December 6), wonderful memories of Le Cong Vinh re-ignited in the minds of Vietnamese football fans. The face that made 40,000 spectators at My Dinh Stadium and tens of millions of football fans in the country burst into emotion came from Nghe An. That was Phan Van Duc, who was exactly 11 years younger than Le Cong Vinh (Le Cong Vinh was born in 1985, and Phan Van Duc was born in 1996).
Phan Van Duc's brave, intelligent and surprising dribble, followed by a cross that seemed to be set up for Nguyen Quang Hai to shoot into the Philippines' net in the 83rd minute, reminded us of Le Cong Vinh's move back in the day. What's special is that both players who finished the ball were named Nguyen Quang Hai.
The image of Le Cong Vinh in the second leg of the AFF Cup 2008 semi-final against Singapore was completely recreated by his junior Phan Van Duc in the second leg of the AFF Cup 2018 semi-final against the Philippines.
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| Phan Van Duc is shining brightly in the Vietnamese national team jersey at the AFF Cup 2018. Photo: Archive. |
Of course, all comparisons are lame. Each player has strengths and weaknesses, is in different conditions and especially not at the same time. Therefore, who is better than who is just the point of view of each person. In short, the journey Phan Van Duc is taking has many similarities with the career journey of Le Cong Vinh in the past./.
