Coach Nguyen Huu Thang used his honor to protect U22 Vietnam

(Baonghean.vn) - Before the news that the match between U22 Vietnam and U22 Cambodia, 4-1, at the SEA Games was suspected of having signs of match-fixing, Coach Nguyen Huu Thang was very upset.

Responding to Nghe An Newspaper reporter, Coach Nguyen Huu Thang said: “This is the time when I want to rest after a period of stressful work. I have no need to defend myself against rumors like this.

I just want to say that I have absolute trust in everything that the U22 Vietnam players have shown on the field. I have absolute trust in all members of the team. No matter what anyone says, that is their right. I affirm that 100% of the current players are the best and absolutely clean. I am willing to take all my honor, everything I have to bet with public opinion on suspicions of match-fixing. If anyone has that ideology and is involved in that matter, I will retire from football."

Coach Nguyen Huu Thang is facing a psychological crisis due to false rumors. Photo: Internet.

Not long ago, coach Nguyen Huu Thang, after retiring from the national team, commented that the current generation of U22 Vietnam players is a generation of players who are comprehensive in both professional skills and moral character. The one-sided information at the level of rumors but has been exaggerated, making the Nghe An coach very sad.

In the past, Coach Nguyen Huu Thang was once caught up in legal trouble for giving money to reward Saigon Port after they beat Nam Dinh, indirectly helping SLNA win the championship in the 2000-2001 season. In the Hidden Corner program, the strategist born in 1972 affirmed that it was a normal thing that people in the world still do openly. And at that time, the law did not prohibit it.

Talking about the negative aspects of football, Coach Nguyen Huu Thang once shared: “If I were the head coach, a senior, a teacher, and incited my students and players to do bad things. Surely they would not have any respect for the coach.”

Before leading the national team, coach Nguyen Huu Thang was personally confirmed by the Director of the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security - Major General Ho Si Tien to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) that Huu Thang had no negative involvement before signing the contract.

On September 11, Coach Nguyen Huu Thang will travel to Hanoi to attend a meeting with the leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to analyze the failure of U22 Vietnam at the recent 29th SEA Games. Although he is very steadfast in his firm stance, the Nghe An coach is showing signs of being quite tired because of the malicious rumors from the public.

Trung Kien