Asanzo Group sponsors, Hai Phong dreams of top 3 V-League

Finishing last season in 7th place, the team said goodbye to a series of players whose contracts had just expired, such as Minh Chau, Khanh Lam, Van Nhien, and Hong Phong. The club recruited 7 new quality players, among them, 3 young midfielders Thanh Dong, Hoang Nam, and Thanh Long, who were trained at the HAGL JMG Academy, are considered the most promising.

Combining 2 training furnaces

Up to now, SLNA players such as Quoc Trung, Dinh Bao and Anh Hung are becoming the backbone of the Red Flamboyant City team. Midfielder Quoc Trung has replaced his senior Minh Chau in the role of central midfielder while Dinh Bao has gradually asserted his position in the attack. Defender Anh Hung, in addition to doing a good job in defense, also participated in the attack and scored 1 goal.

Mr. Pham Van Tam - Chairman of Asanzo Group signed a sponsorship contract with Chairman of Hai Phong Club Tran Manh Hung. Photo: Internet

Midfielder Thanh Dong was born in 1995, a student of the first class of HAGL JMG Academy with Cong Phuong. Unable to get a place in HAGL, Thanh Dong had to play for some teams in the First and Second Divisions on loan. In 2017, Thanh Dong played for the Dak Lak team and the team from the port city was the first professional club where he had the opportunity to try his hand.

Midfield duo Thanh Long and Hoang Nam also participated in the 2017 U20 World Cup in Korea. In the 2017 season, Thanh Long and Hoang Nam were loaned to Long An by HAGL.

This season, people are waiting to see how coach Truong Viet Hoang will combine the young players from HAGL with the players from Nghe An. Of course, the foreign duo Andre Fage and Errol Stevens will continue to fight together to threaten the V-League goals. Naturalized center-back Van Phu will become the leader of the team and the defense.

I wonder how long it will take for the new HAGL players to adapt to the physical, contact-based playing style of the Hai Phong team.

Asanzo Group "backs"

In fact, the original goal ofAsanzo was to sponsor V-League 2018, but at the last minute the plan fell through so this Vietnamese electronics company decided to become the main sponsor (Top Star Partner) of Hai Phong Football Club in the 2018 season.

Having sponsored many educational and entertainment activities, this is the first time Asanzo has stepped into the professional football field. Before that, right before the U23 Asian final, the owner of the Vietnamese electronics company personally visited and gave televisions to 174 households in Ngoc Lac district, Thanh Hoa province, the hometown of goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung's family.

People are waiting to see how coach Truong Viet Hoang will combine the young players from HAGL with the players from Nghe An. Photo: Internet

Mr. Pham Van Tam - Chairman of Asanzo Group, said: "Asanzo sponsors Hai Phong Club with the goal of achieving a high ranking in V-league and aiming to bring millions of football fans in the Red Flamboyant City more love and enthusiasm to accompany and join hands to build Hai Phong football to become one of the leading clubs in Vietnam".

Asanzo Group wants to have a long-term relationship with Hai Phong because this is a potential market for this electronics company, the love of the audience of the Red Flamboyant City is unquestionable.

What surprised experts was that there were no big name additions, but the Hai Phong coaching staff still set very high targets. Hai Phong's foreign players have played in Vietnam for many years, so the element of surprise is not much left.

Not to mention, this season there are also many V-League teams that have added many quality players ready to compete for the top medalists. Is it possible that Hai Phong declared that just to please the new sponsor?