After more than 3 years without scoring, former SLNA striker Ho Tuan Tai scored a valuable goal in V.League.

Having to play away against a team in good form and often playing well at home like Dong A Thanh Hoa, the chance of coach Phung Thanh Phuong and his team gaining points is quite slim. However, with their efforts, Ho Tuan Tai and his teammates left Thanh Hoa with 1 point in hand. The match between Ho Chi Minh City Club and Dong A Thanh Hoa took place on December 16, 2023 at Thanh Hoa Stadium.

The most impressive player of the away team in this match was the player wearing the number 9 shirt, Ho Tuan Tai. In addition to the situation that caused defender Nguyen Thanh Long to commit a foul leading to a red card (minute 28), the striker from Hung Nguyen district was also the owner of the goal that sealed the score 1-1 (minute 81) for Ho Chi Minh City Club.

Witnessing Ho Tuan Tai score, the fans of Thong Nhat Stadium and most of Nghe An football fans felt very happy. Because it has been a long time since the striker born in 1995 "scored" in the V.League arena. The last time Ho Tuan Tai scored in the top tournament of Vietnamese football was on October 11, 2020.

In the match against Quang Nam in round 1 of phase 2 of V.League 2020, Ho Tuan Tai scored 2 goals (minute 21 and minute 36) to help...Lam River Nghe Anwon with a score of 4 - 1. Thus, in the V.League arena, the 28-year-old player had to go through a period of not scoring any goals for up to 3 years, 2 months and 5 days (October 11, 2020 - December 16, 2023).

It can be affirmed that for Ho Tuan Tai personally, the goal against Dong A Thanh Hoa is "as precious as gold". Since joining Ho Chi Minh City Club (late 2020), Ho Tuan Tai has been constantly plagued by injuries. As a result, the former striker of Song Lam Nghe An has lost his official position to other teammates, especially foreign strikers.

Hopefully with the goal against Thanh Hoa, Ho Tuan Tai will regain his natural goal-scoring instinct. In the past, Ho Tuan Tai's first goal in the V.League was also against the Thanh team. That was the goal that raised the score to 2-0 in the 4-0 victory of Song Lam Nghe An against Lam Son Thanh Hoa (old name) in round 6 of V.League 2015./.