New President of Long An Club: 'With such a fine, people's football life will be gone'

The new President of Long An Club said: “Maybe you don’t understand what I mean. I’m not talking about heavy or light punishments here, but I want people to give punishments that are strong enough to deter and educate players so they don’t reoffend.”

The incident caused by Long An team has greatly affected Vietnamese football. Photo: Quang Liem

“Quang Thanh and Minh Nhut are over 30, at that age, if they are punished so severely, their football career is over. I do not work in the apparatus that has the power to impose penalties, I cannot answer exactly what kind of penalty is enough, but I only want to say that the competent authority should issue a verdict that is convincing enough, with a clear basis to deter and educate the players not to repeat the offense. In this life, everyone makes mistakes and a very severe penalty is not necessarily a good form of deterrence.

Obviously, we see that Vietnamese football has witnessed many penalties, but every day there are more and more violators. We must do something to make people understand when the referee is right and when he is wrong. Clubs must train and educate players and coaches on professionalism. The media should also promote, educate and encourage the rest to look at it to understand more," said Mr. Nguyen Mon.

“Today I will have a meeting with the team to understand the situation. Although there has been a name to replace the old President, I have not approached the club in the past few days. When the club meets, everything will be clearer and new measures will be proposed,” said Mr. Mon.

Coach Ngo Quang Sang said on the morning of February 22: “Up to now, I have not said anything about the punishment that people have given me. Everyone has their own opinion about right or wrong. Everyone can understand what happened that day that led to this situation. I heard that the club's leadership will take measures to appeal and this afternoon the team will meet to give a clearer opinion. Right now, I am doing my normal work at the club.”

According to Thethaovanhoa