Mr. Duc's army won the championship, pressure on coach Park's shoulders

HAGL’s first national U21 championship obviously had nothing to do with coach Park Hang Seo. But the reality is different, as the “architect” for that achievement is a Korean living in the Mountain City – Technical Director Chung Hae Seung.

HAGL sublimation

This is not the first time since Technical Director Chung Hae Seung came to HAGL and helped the mountain town team win and make great progress in terms of expertise.

However, the recently concluded U21 Thanh Nien Newspaper Championship further proves the talent of the colleague who once played alongside coach Park Hang Seo on the Korean team at the 2002 World Cup.

U21 HAGL at this time is not the most talented generation that Mr. Duc has, nor is it superior to Viettel, or Binh Duong... in terms of experience to be able to lift the championship trophy for the first time in the tournament for the U21 age group.

The success of both the first team and U21 HAGL at this time has a big mark from Technical Director Chung Hae Seung (white shirt).

However, under the magical hands of Technical Director Chung Hae Seung, all of HAGL's weaknesses have been corrected to the maximum, while at the same time promoting the inherent strengths of Mr. Duc's team.

U21 HAGL played steadily, had strategies and more importantly, calculated the right time to use all their strength or save their strength to crush U21 Viettel in the final match of the tournament that just ended in Binh Duong.

From U21 to the success in the final stage of the season of HAGL's first team, it is now possible to confirm that Technical Director Chung Hae Seung will truly be a formidable name in the V-League next season, and even further, the seat of the Vietnamese national team.

Worry about Coach Park again

Up until now, there has only been one match, so it is really difficult to say how talented Coach Park Hang Seo is, but there is more or less a feeling of worry for the Korean captain.

Worrying when compatriot Chung Hae Seung does his job well is one thing, people also see that HAGL's technical director seems to "catch up" faster, is more open-minded and realistic than the captain of the Vietnamese team.

This was proven in the match where HAGL drew with Quang Nam right in Tam Ky when they played with the strong mark of the new Technical Director, while Mr. Chung Hae Seung had just arrived in Vietnam less than 2 days before this confrontation.

... to once again have to worry about coach Park.

What Mr. Chung showed was something that Mr. Park could not do, when he had a whole week to get acquainted but did not bring anything special to the team's playing style in the match against Afghanistan in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers.

However, it is difficult to blame or judge coach Park Hang Seo too much, when in reality the national team environment is very different from the club - where there is a long-standing foundation, and a lot of guidance on playing style, while the national team needs time to get used to and start with everything.

But we still have to worry, because from now until the U23 Asian Cup, there is still enough time for Coach Park to convey and breathe something new into U23 Vietnam. If he can't do it, it's a bit difficult to say when his compatriot Chung Hae Seung is performing so well in his role in Mr. Duc's team.

According to VNN