V-League 2018: Newcomer Nam Dinh “young but not inexperienced”

In the last 2 seasons, although he does not have an official title, Coach Nguyen Van Sy has been behind the success of his hometown team Nam Dinh. This “unknown” person is the one who directly plays the role of technical and tactical leader of the team from Thanh Nam so that they finished the 2017 first division, Nam Dinh became the champion and got a ticket to play in V.League 2018.

Starless

For the rookie Nam Dinh, Coach Nguyen Van Sy is the only star, simply because this teacher used to be the head coach of Ninh Binh and Can Tho participating in the V-League arena. Obviously, the experience of competing in this tournament is extremely important because most of Nam Dinh players only play in the First Division, which is not as fiercely competitive as the V-League.

New coach Van Sy is considered the only "star" of Nam Dinh. Photo: Internet

Except for Van Nam returning to FLC Thanh Hoa, the new recruit Nam Dinh did not have many personnel changes, perhaps partly because they established the Joint Stock Company quite slowly, partly because the budget was not abundant. The Nam Dinh coaching board expected a lot from the two foreign players from Trinidad & Tobago and the naturalized goalkeeper Nguyen Quoc Thien Esele.

Striker Neil Benjamin, born in 1994, is a famous player for W Connection. Last season, this striker helped the top team Trinidad & Tobago win second place on the rankings.

Benjamin alone contributed 12 goals with a particularly impressive performance. This explosion helped bring the name of the 1m71 tall player beyond his homeland to the ears of coach Nguyen Van Sy and the audience of Thien Truong Stadium.

Among them, Henry Shackiel is a proven player in V-League 2017 in SLNA's shirt. Quickly integrating with a short-term contract, Henry scored 6 goals but did not see SLNA renew the contract, so this striker played a holding game and quietly left Vinh stadium.

This season, Henry Shackiel came to Thien Truong Stadium to try to prove that the Nghe An team was wrong in not signing him.

Clean football

By relying on mostly domestic players who have grown up from their own training "furnace", Nam Dinh is following the path that HAGL and SLNA are taking. Nam Dinh Club President Nguyen Tan Anh personally takes charge of youth training in his role as Director of the Nam Dinh Youth Training Center. He hopes that Nam Dinh people will not follow in the footsteps of the "early blooming, quick fading" Dong Thap and Ca Mau Football Joint Stock Companies.

Although Nam Dinh is a rookie, its goal is quite clear. Coach Nguyen Van Sy said that Nam Dinh Club wants to reach the 28-30 point mark as soon as possible. "The team does not put pressure on the players. Up to 90% of Nam Dinh players have not played in the V-League yet. The coach's goal for the players is very appropriate" - Coach Van Sy affirmed.

Clean football to attract spectators to the stadium, that is the club's order. Photo: Internet

At the launching ceremony of Nam Dinh Sports Joint Stock Company, Mr. Tran Le Doai - Vice Chairman of Nam Dinh Provincial People's Committee spoke.“The priority of the team from Thanh Nam in the 2018 season is to build a unique playing style and play clean football to attract fans to the stadium.

Through ups and downs, Nam Dinh football has determined to pursue clean football, considering this a measure to help Nam Dinh football continue to have new developments.

Interestingly, in the opening match of V-League 2018, Nam Dinh faced Can Tho, the former team of coach Van Sy, which made this coach struggle to return to the team. This was also the first match of coach Dinh Hong Vinh as the coach of the Tay Do team.

Nam Dinh's first match back in V-League at Thien Truong Stadium is therefore more exciting!

An Thanh