Nguyen Van Toan's mistake is 'common in the commune'!
(Baonghean.vn) - In the past, there were many Vietnamese goalkeepers who made serious mistakes leading to goals conceded by their team at the SEA Games. Nguyen Van Toan is the latest face on that unwanted list.
From a pass back from Doan Van Hau, the goalkeeper currently playing for Hai Phong Club immediately made a very strong clearance up top, unfortunately it hit striker Supachai and flew straight into the net, to the astonishment of both teams and the spectators present on the field. Obviously, Nguyen Van Toan was the one who made the mistake in the goal that happened in the 5th minute and almost made U22 Vietnam have to give up the ticket to the semi-finals to U22 Thailand, if his teammate Nguyen Tien Linh had not had an excellent day of competition.
So within just 5 days (from December 1 to 5), Coach Park Hang-seo's team had to accept 2 "unfair" goals from 2 mistakes by goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung and goalkeeper Nguyen Van Toan. Previously, in the match against U22 Indonesia, goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung was the "culprit" in the opening goal of the opposing team. The Thanh Hoa goalkeeper's unreasonable and inaccurate handling of the ball "gave" the striker of U22 Indonesia a chance to score. That is the reason why Nguyen Van Toan was in the starting lineup in the last 2 matches.
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| Goalkeeper Nguyen Van Toan (number 23) during a training session of U22 Vietnam. Photo: khampha.vn |
Witnessing the mistakes of goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung and goalkeeper Nguyen Van Toan at the 30th SEA Games, the country's football fans are extremely worried about the journey to conquer the prestigious Gold Medal of coach Park Hang-seo and his team. It seems that the mistakes of goalkeepers at the SEA Games arena have become a chronic disease of Vietnamese football and have not yet found an effective remedy to completely cure it. Because Bui Tien Dung and Nguyen Van Toan are not the first two goalkeepers to make mistakes in this tournament.
Since the 22nd SEA Games (held in Vietnam in 2003), there has been a rare time when experts and football fans in the country have not been worried, angry, and disappointed with the performances of the "goalkeepers". The 22nd SEA Games was goalkeeper Nguyen The Anh, with a situation where he misjudged the landing point from the goalkeeper's kick-off on the U23 Malaysia side. The mistake of the goalkeeper from Nghe An allowed U23 Malaysia to score a goal to shorten the score to 1 - 2. Fortunately, U23 Vietnam still won the final score with a score of 4 - 3, thanks to goals from Le Quoc Vuong, Phan Thanh Binh and Pham Van Quyen (double).
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| Former goalkeeper Nguyen The Anh (far right) is currently an assistant goalkeeper at U22 Vietnam. Photo: khampha.vn |
Most recently, at the 29th SEA Games (held in Malaysia in 2017), goalkeeper Phi Minh Long was considered the "sinner" in the bitter 0-3 defeat of U22 Vietnam against U22 Thailand in the final match of the group stage.
With a catch from a pass back by midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh, the Hanoi FC goalkeeper forced U22 Vietnam to concede an indirect free kick. The U22 Thailand players successfully took advantage to bring home the opening goal. In the end, coach Nguyen Huu Thang and his team suffered a 0-3 defeat and had to watch their opponents advance to the semi-finals.
Through the above evidence, it has been shown that the goalkeeper position is often the "Achilles heel" of Vietnamese football at the SEA Games, with extremely regrettable mistakes. However, U22 Vietnam is still present in the round of 4 strongest teams of SEA Games 30, the opportunity to "redeem" Bui Tien Dung and Nguyen Van Toan is still quite a lot. As long as they play excellently, contributing to helping U22 Vietnam win the Gold Medal, no one will mention their mistakes in the past./.
