Coach Park Hang-seo: Behind the "stormy" halo
Coming to Vietnam was the biggest turning point in the life of Coach Park Hang-seo. From being forgotten in his home country of South Korea, he became a Vietnamese football hero, with an immeasurable "fortune".
Coach Park is forgotten in Korea
Before he could make his hometown people excited, proud and constantly follow him as the captain of the Vietnamese team, Park Hang-seo was forgotten in Korea.
The beautiful memory of "assistant coach Guus Hiddink" in the Korean team at the 2002 World Cup is now something distant and old. And because he did not leave much of an impression in his later coaching periods, he is considered to be past his prime and no one "cares" about him anymore.
However, even so, for those who are familiar with and have worked with Park Hang-seo, he is an emotional, thoughtful, delicate person with leadership in his blood...
The turning point is called Vietnam!
It must be said that this is a turning point in Coach Park Hang-seo's life, with a relationship that created a "miracle" for himself first: from being out of time in Korea, one day in October 2017 he set foot in the capital Hanoi to step up to the role of head coach of the Vietnam National Team.
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| ... but the turning point came when one day in October 2017 he arrived at Noi Bai airport, Hanoi, preparing to sign a contract to sit in the "hot seat" of the Vietnam National Team. |
Skepticism is inevitable, apart from the only valuable information - he was once an assistant to Hiddink. Other information about him is the nickname "Mr. Sleepy", which makes Vietnamese fans more wary and the media more suspicious.
However, no one expected that this would also be the milestone for Park Hang-seo's "miracles" with Vietnamese football. According to the Korean press, thanks to this relationship, Park was reborn, living a second life - a hero, when he was forgotten in his homeland.
Everywhere you touch, you will have brilliant achievements.
Because he was reborn, Park Hang-seo brought to Vietnamese football a lot of energy, enthusiasm and a "fortune" of coaching experience that he did not have the opportunity to utilize and promote in Korea.
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| Park Hang-seo and U23 Vietnam caused an earthquake in U23 Asia, creating a beautiful image all over the streets of Vietnam and on international media. |
He is truly eager to work, to burn himself out with football and tactics, and human lessons. In addition, Vietnamese football is at the right stage to possess a golden generation of players. Both sides are like fish in water, the teacher inspires, wholeheartedly instructs, the student supplements and perfects the shortcomings and limitations...
U23 Asia in the early days of 2018, the unforgettable memories of Changzhou, the "storm" named Park Hang-seo and U23 Vietnam started from there. Vietnam was on fire, transforming itself on the international arena with a confident competitive spirit like never before, going from one surprise to another, flying all the way to the final of the tournament!
Following that was the historic achievement of Vietnamese football entering the top 4 teams of the 2018 Asian Games for the first time, then satisfying the thirst for the AFF Cup championship after a long 10-year wait, as well as the super impressive Asian Cup campaign - being present in the quarterfinals of the tournament, only to stop before Japan. What the Vietnamese team was praised for was the way they fought, played fairly, and even sometimes overwhelmed their opponents, whether it was Iraq, Iran or Japan.
Great diplomat
Korean media had to exclaim that Park Hang-seo not only "caused a storm" with U23 Vietnam and the Vietnamese team, but he is also a truly great diplomat. Because thanks to him, with the "Park Hang-seo syndrome", the relationship between Vietnam and Korea has become more and more connected and better.
"Park Hang Seo has done what hundreds of other diplomats may not have been able to do", thanks to football. Football has brought joy to everyone, and created great strength.
Football makes Korean people follow and cheer for U23 Vietnam, the Vietnam team and coach Park Hang Seo more and more. And from here, TV stations in coach Park's hometown are happy because of the record ratings for viewers of a live sports program, with Vietnam's matches at the AFF Cup, Asian Cup,...
In Vietnam, Korean businesses have exceeded their revenue, thanks to the image of Coach Park. Everyone is bustling, happy,...
Above all, Coach Park has an immeasurable "fortune", which is the love of the Vietnamese people, who honor him as a "hero" and even his home country, South Korea, must follow him... That's why the face and demeanor of this military leader are brighter and more radiant...
Hopefully, he and Vietnamese football will continue to "shine" even brighter after a great start to 2019...