The sweet and long-awaited return of Phan Van Duc
(Baonghean.vn) - With the goal that sealed a 2-0 victory for Hanoi Police against Dong A Thanh Hoa in round 14 of V.League 2023/2024, Duc "Cọt" marked his return in the most wonderful way.
Remember, on April 2, 2023, when the match between Hanoi Police and Khanh Hoa in the 2023 National Cup qualifying round had only passed 2/3 of the first half, Phan Van Duc suddenly fell to the ground, even though he had not collided with anyone. As a result, the player born in 1996 tore his knee ligaments and will have to undergo surgery.
The injury recovery process forced Duc "Cọt" to take a long break from competition and face an uncertain future. Simply put, Phan Van Duc had suffered a second knee ligament rupture, a very scary injury for football players. Furthermore, at that time, Phan Van Duc had just joined the Hanoi Police.
But everything went quite smoothly for the former midfielder of Song Lam Nghe An. Phan Van Duc's tireless efforts were duly rewarded. The proof is that Phan Van Duc was named in the Hanoi Police's squad for the away match against Dong A Thanh Hoa on March 31.
It was not until the 90+4 minute that coach Kiatisuk Senamuang sent Phan Van Duc onto the field. Perhaps, this decision of the Thai strategist was only intended to help the midfielder born in 1996 regain the feeling of playing football after nearly a year away from the field. And the result exceeded the expectations of "Thai Zico".
In just 2 short minutes on the field, the former Song Lam Nghe An player did the "unthinkable" thing of scoring a goal against the opponent. From a pass from his junior Ho Van Cuong, Duc "Cot" forced the home team's goalkeeper Nguyen Thanh Thang to go into the net to pick up the ball.
Objectively speaking, this was a very simple goal by Phan Van Duc, because the most difficult stages had been solved by Ho Van Cuong. However, the above goal had an extremely important meaning, it was like a starting gun signaling the return of Phan Van Duc in an excellent version.
V.League 2023/2024 has just passed the first match of the second leg, the opportunity for Hanoi Police to successfully defend the championship is extremely large. Do not forget, before suffering from injury, Phan Van Duc was always considered one of the best left wing midfielders in the V.League arena.
Currently, after 14 rounds of V.League 2023/2024, Hanoi Police are temporarily in 3rd place on the rankings with 25 points, only 7 points behind the leading team Nam Dinh Steel Blue. Obviously, the championship race has not really ended. With the return of Phan Van Duc, will Hanoi Police "grow wings like a tiger"?
