New Spring and Hopes for V.League

V.League is the highest professional tournament, where the top clubs of Vietnamese football gather to compete not only internally, but also with the top clubs in the region and continent through the annual tournaments AFC Champions League and AFC Cup. Also from the new clubs, talents are selected for the national teams to compete in the region and continent, the highest is the world tournament.

It is known that from the 8th day of Spring Giap Thin 2024, February 17, V.League will start the new year, competing in round 9 with 3 matches: Binh Duong - Quang Nam, Viettel - Khanh Hoa and Hai Phong - Nam Dinh.

The Lunar New Year break for players is not much, especially for the national team players who have just returned from the 2023 Asian Cup. Hopefully, the break for the Vietnamese team to compete will be an opportunity for the teams to reorganize, supplement their forces, perfect their techniques and tactics and all aspects to prepare for the fierce race from round 9 onwards.

The successful and unsuccessful lessons of the Vietnamese team immediately "permeate" into each person's thoughts and actions, aiming to gradually create new features and new points in this new Spring.

Obviously, the internal V.League clubs are also taking a positive turn after round 8. That is the change in the head coach position of Mr. Kiatisuk from Hoang Anh Gia Lai to Hanoi Police, Mr. Duc Thang returning to Viettel, along with the addition of human resources for Hoang Anh Gia Lai with coach Vu Tien Thanh, for Hong Linh Ha Tinh with "lungless man" Trong Hoang... and many other new and old factors in a series of teams. Hanoi FC also has Japanese coach Daiki Iwamasa, which means constantly "changing generals" to hope for "changing luck" and hoping that everything will go smoothly.

Two traditional teams, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Song Lam Nghe An, are going in different directions in V.League 2023 - 2024. The mountain town team said goodbye to Kiatisuk and brought in both new teachers and players after having a new investor, certainly to serve the goal of preventing relegation, because the bottom position after 8 rounds is more urgent than ever.

Song Lam Nghe An is currently a truly young team. After letting Ngoc Hai, Xuan Manh, and Trong Hoang leave, I wonder if they have learned any lessons from the Hoang Anh Gia Lai U19 team that was promoted to the first team early last year?

Hopefully, in the general trend of Vietnamese football, especially with Mr. Troussier using many young players in the Vietnam National Team, young players in Song Lam Nghe An in particular and other teams in general, will have a "place to perform", will be trusted in U23 Vietnam and the Vietnam National Team to serve the big goals of Vietnamese football in the 2024 season.

From there, V.League clubs enter this Spring with a new motivation, a new potential and a new, higher destination, with greater feasibility. After the unsatisfactory performance of the Vietnam National Team at the 2023 ASIAN Cup, the old pillars are clearly still irreplaceable in the Vietnam National Team, although we support the early use of potential young factors.

Hopefully, the “spring spirit” in the hot blood of experienced players like Ngoc Hai, Duy Manh, Hoang Duc, Hung Dung, Tien Linh, Tuan Hai... will continue to flare up strongly, leading the younger players to follow in their footsteps. Hopefully, the youth of striving and dedication of Dinh Bac, Tuan Tai, Minh Trong, Van Khang, Van Cuong, Van Viet... will have the opportunity to develop in real combat in V.League, creating a solid foundation for upcoming regional and continental matches.

The more hope and trust in the start of Spring in the way of doing and approaching from the "judges" of the matches, the more hope from the fiery stands cheering for the beloved teams!

Spring is the season of hope, of dreams. From round 9 onwards, V.League will be full of springtime and dedication matches for the success of each team, each player and the whole football development./.

Bui Hoa