Midfielder Nguyen Trong Hoang at the age of 30 and 2 dream rewards

I still remember, when he was a young player of SLNA, Nguyen Trong Hoang was trusted by the coaches of the Nghe An team, guiding his every move and step. On the sunny Vinh field, the writer witnessed coach Nguyen Van Thinh diligently instructing his students, even after practice time, he would stay on the field to practice and correct them, until they knew them by heart before... letting him rest!

At that time, my place had a grassroots football team that was ranked first or second in the provincial level. Since we knew each other often, we had the intention of asking the Song Lam teachers for support and advice to improve our performance a little. Coach Nguyen Van Thinh himself "sent" his favorite student Trong Hoang to the field to "teach" us. That story is true. It is also true that... it was impossible to learn, because at that time Trong Hoang was already a "star" with rare qualities: good physical strength, superior technical and tactical skills compared to his peers and seniors, the type of player that SLNA had to focus on nurturing and training to be the leader of the team.

Trong Hoang still shows great vitality. Photo courtesy of Hai Hoang

Trong Hoang is full of effort on the field but also very emotional in real life. Photo courtesy of Hai Hoang

And at SEA Games 30, 15 days of 7 matches, a newspaper gave Trong Hoang a score of 10!

Just to add: Trong Hoang deserves 10 points not only for one tournament, but more, right football fans?