Coach Le Huynh Duc returns to Da Nang: love again from the beginning
(Baonghean.vn) - It seemed that Le Huynh Duc would return to the hot seat of Ho Chi Minh City Club for the convenience of family matters, but the coach from Hue unexpectedly returned to Hoa Xuan Stadium. After a whole decade of being with the Han River team, he still has lingering regrets and unfinished business with SHB Da Nang.
It was not until Huynh Duc left the team that people saw the value of this 46-year-old coach. Under the "Le Huynh Duc dynasty", the team on the banks of the Han River won the V-League twice, except for the 2015 season when they finished 9th, the remaining years were all in the top of the rankings. This was the time when Quang Nam football had stable results and played the most worth-watching matches.
Unfinished dream
In the 2016 season, despite finishing 3rd, when it was considered that local players were not used, and the "backed" students showed signs of disobeying instructions, Coach Le Huynh Duc proactively asked to resign.
Before leaving the team, there was a match where he arranged for most of the players from Quang Nam to play, but the whole team played sluggishly, as if to say that there was a problem with the youth training program, not that he did not trust them. Although Mr. Hien and the audience asked him to change his decision, it was unsuccessful.
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| Le Huynh Duc has returned to SHB.Da Nang after a year of absence. Photo: Internet |
During his time as head coach, Le Huynh Duc has repeatedly relegated veteran players to the bench, and has not hesitated to push stubborn players away from Chi Lang Stadium. Le Huynh Duc has also repeatedly spoken out about the team’s youth training issues, which have been neglected for a long time, causing the first team to be “short of goods”. After the generation of Phuoc Vinh, Quoc Anh, Thanh Phuc… the youth team is no longer able to train players with the ability to play in the V-League.
Last season, Minh Phuong took over the hot seat, in addition to bringing in 3 assistants Vu Phong, Minh Dung and Viet Trung, but did not have any quality domestic players. In addition, Do Merlo was constantly injured, other foreign players played ineffectively, causing the team to only finish 9th.
“Although the players are rotated continuously, the tactics do not have many changes. The old tactical diagram is still easy to predict. The attack is not strong, the defense is too weak. The tradition of Da Nang football is always having the top strikers in the National Championship.
The proof is that Da Nang football has the most top scorers in Vietnam. Yet this season they have only scored half the number of goals of the champion team. And the number of goals they have conceded is at the bottom of the National Championship. More than the 3 teams at the bottom of the table.
The feeling of sadness when the season ended. The home team did not win any away matches. This is unprecedented in Da Nang football. Where is the pride now?" The voices of Da Nang fans made it impossible for the club's leaders to ignore. The fact that Minh Phuong was not re-signed was not a surprise.
Love again from the beginning
Le Huynh Duc's love for the land and people of Da Nang is still deep, so he did not need to think too much to nod when the team's leadership invited him to reunite. Le Huynh Duc's first job when "remarrying" SHB.Da Nang is to re-establish the coaching team. The trio Nguyen Quoc Tuan (from HAGL), Tran Van Tho (U17 Da Nang) and former Vietnam national team player Nguyen Viet Thang (PVF) will be present at Hoa Xuan.
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| “Someone will probably come back soon…” - what Quang Nam audiences were hoping for has come true. Photo: Internet |
Looking at the way Le Huynh Duc chooses his assistants, one can see how he wants to recruit players for the new season. The native coach Van Tho, in addition to monitoring and selecting players for the youth team, is also the bridge between the coaching staff and the fans of Quang Nam.
Many people think that Le Huynh Duc is lucky to have good foreign players like Nguyen Rogerio and Merlo, so this is an opportunity for him to prove his talent in judging people. All foreign players under Minh Phuong have left the team.
SHB.Da Nang leaders want Le Huynh Duc, before bringing the team back to its familiar orbit, to find a way to attract spectators to the stadium. Starting over has never been easy and Quang Nam audiences are watching every move of Le Huynh Duc and the new coaching staff.