Goalkeeper Nguyen Van Hoang: When will he stop being a 'redundant'?
(Baonghean.vn) - The goalkeeper from Nghe An is one of the faces of the Vietnamese team who did not play a single minute at the AFF Cup 2020.
Although he was called up by coach Park Hang-seo to the U23 Vietnam team to participate in the 2018 AFC U23 Championship, Nguyen Van Hoang has yet to play for the U23 Vietnam team or the Vietnam national team in an official match. During this time, Nguyen Van Hoang had to act as a backup for Bui Tien Dung, Bui Tan Truong, Nguyen Van Toan and Tran Nguyen Manh.
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Nguyen Van Hoang is currently one of the best goalkeepers in Vietnamese football. Photo: FBNV |
It was thought that during the period when Bui Tien Dung's form was declining, Dang Van Lam and Nguyen Van Toan were injured, the opportunity would be given to the goalkeeper from Nghe An. However, in the most recent matches of the Vietnam National Team in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, Nguyen Van Hoang still had to play as a reserve for Bui Tan Truong, despite the goalkeeper from Dong Thap's inconsistent performance.
Before entering the AFF Cup 2020, as most experts and football fans in the country predicted, Bui Tan Truong could no longer hold the position of number 1 goalkeeper of the Vietnam National Team. Instead, Tran Nguyen Manh was the one that coach Park Hang-seo "chosen to entrust". This was a completely reasonable decision by the Korean strategist. And what happened at the tournament just held in Singapore is clear proof.
Seeing Nguyen Van Hoang not playing a single minute at the AFF Cup 2020, many experts and Vietnamese football fans felt quite surprised. Because, in the match against the Cambodian team in the last match of Group B, when the nature of the match was no longer too important, Coach Park Hang-seo put Bui Tan Truong in the starting lineup. A somewhat "unfair" decision by Mr. Park towards the former goalkeeper of Saigon Club.
In terms of talent, Nguyen Van Hoang is not inferior to Bui Tan Truong, if based on what they have shown in the V.League arena recently. Unfortunately, in the mind of coach Park Hang-seo, compared to Bui Tan Truong, Nguyen Van Hoang is only a secondary choice, even though the goalkeeper born in 1986 did not play well in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, typically the match against the Chinese team.
In the coming time, with the return of Dang Van Lam and Nguyen Van Toan, the opportunity for Nguyen Van Hoang will be even more fragile. Not to mention, Filip Nguyen (Czech Vietnamese) is about to obtain Vietnamese citizenship. Certainly, the competition for the goalkeeper position of the Vietnam National Team in the coming time will be extremely fierce. Therefore, who knows when Nguyen Van Hoang will be appreciated by Coach Park Hang-seo?