U22 Vietnam goalkeeper's worries: Behind 1 lost goal
(Baonghean.vn) - After the 2-1 victory over U22 Indonesia, people talked about the lost goal more than the two goals scored by Thanh Chung and Hoang Duc. Simply put, the goalkeeper is the biggest headache for Mr. Park and the coaching staff in the "gold hunting" campaign at the 30th SEA Games.
For those who are knowledgeable about the field, it is not that Mr. Park let Tien Dung rest in the match against U22 Laos, but simply that he had to take advantage of the opportunity to test Van Toan. Everyone knows that in the match against U22 Laos, the opponent did not have enough attacking pressure for the goalkeeper to have to work hard. But in the end, the goal conceded came from center back Tien Dung, in which Van Toan's indirect fault made Mr. Park decide to return to the old plan.
Goalkeeper worries
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| Bui Tien Dung made many serious mistakes. Photo: AFC |
In fact, Mr. Park does not have many options for the goalkeeper position for U22 Vietnam. Young goalkeepers Van Bieu and Van Toan, after their excellent performance at the beginning of V.League 2019, are no longer the main goalkeepers at their clubs. Their experience in international tournaments is zero.
After returning from Changzhou, "national goalkeeper" Tien Dung was mentioned more for brand copyright scandals and advertising than for professional issues.
At the club level, Bui Tien Dung was the rare goalkeeper for both Thanh Hoa and Hanoi. When he could not compete with his seniors Buu Ngoc and Thanh Thang, Tien Dung "gave" B.Binh Duong the 2018 national championship trophy with elementary technical errors.
Moving to Hanoi, Tien Dung also lost his place as a substitute for goalkeeper Van Cong after his slow reflexes caused Hanoi to lose in North Korea at AFC 2019. In the 2019 V.League champion squad, the goalkeeper from Thanh Hoa became quite out of place, to the point that he himself admitted: "The team is successful, but for me personally, this is a failed season."
No longer able to make it into the national team, even in the U23 Vietnam team, this goalkeeper also revealed psychological instability. In the match against U23 Indonesia in the qualifying round of the 20120 AFC U23 Championship a few months ago, this goalkeeper himself also made serious mistakes.
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| The U22 Vietnam goalkeeper continues to have psychological problems. Photo: AFC |
He carelessly passed the ball to the opponent's feet, even letting the opponent player take the ball dangerously twice, luckily the home team's net did not shake. Or worse, in the match against U23 Korea, Tien Dung had a very funny missed catch that caused the home team to lose miserably.
Detailed statistics show that in the V-League over the past 2 seasons, this "national goalkeeper" made 5 serious mistakes in 16 appearances, an error rate of up to 31.2%. Of which, there were 3 mistakes at Thanh Hoa Club, 2 times at Hanoi Club, which is too high a number for a goalkeeper playing in the highest tournament of Vietnamese football.
That also explains why coach Duc Thang (Thanh Hoa), coach Chu Dinh Nghiem and recently coach Le Thuy Hai did not rate Tien Dung. Because besides his excellent penalty-saving ability, Tien Dung lacks the necessary stability, which comes from training. That is also the reason why the champion Hanoi decided not to renew the contract with Tien Dung.
Real worries
At the national team level, things are even worse, including the carelessness in the recent match against U22 Indonesia, Tien Dung made his 4th mistake after 6 times putting on the gloves in 2019. First were 2 mistakes in the match against U23 Indonesia, 1 mistake with U23 Korea in the U23 qualifiers and the 1 mistake mentioned above, the error rate has reached an alarming number of 66.6%.
What the fans and the press know, goalkeeper coach Tien Anh and Mr. Park both know, even many times more clearly. But perhaps Mr. Park is having real difficulty in the process of choosing a goalkeeper for U22 Vietnam.
Criticizing or blaming his students is not Park's coaching culture. In the face of public criticism, he admitted his mistake and most likely he will still let goalkeeper Tien Dung play in the match against U22 Singapore. If he does change, it will be in the match against U22 Thailand that Van Toan can enter the field.
After his mistake, Tien Dung wrote on social media: "I was wrong, you guys fixed it" but fans are still worried that you guys fixed it, will you still make mistakes?