Midfielder Nguyen Trong Hoang at 30 years old and 2 dream rewards

Sy Hoa DNUM_BCZBCZCABJ 14:30

(Baonghean.vn) - So, the former SLNA captain, midfielder Nguyen Trong Hoang, at the age of 30, has "held" in his hands two dream prizes of any Vietnamese football star. That is the 2018 AFF Cup championship and the 30th SEA Games - 2019 gold medal.

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 stadium, the writer witnessed coach Nguyen Van Thinh diligently instructing his students, even after practice time, he would stay on the field to continue practicing and correcting until he knew it 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. Because we knew each other often, we had the intention of asking the Song Lam teachers for help 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, the uncles. 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 fitness. Photo courtesy of Hai Hoang
I remember, once on a business trip to the South, we took the opportunity to go to Long An Stadium to watch the match between Dong Tam - Long An Gach and SLNA in the V. League. The Long An team at that time was in good shape, with good teachers and good students. When entering the match, they pushed SLNA to sweat and easily took the lead. But SLNA was no pushover and the person who made Coach Calistor jump up in the home team's technical area was Trong Hoang with an extremely excellent equalizer at the end of the match. It is very possible that this was the premise for Coach Calistor to always give this young student a worthy position in the squad when he took over the team later!

Trong Hoang is full of effort on the field but also very emotional in real life. Photo courtesy of Hai Hoang
But not everything was easy for Trong Hoang as well as Vietnamese football. The failure at the SEA Games in Laos, then the departure, the return to the SLNA nest... did not make Trong Hoang discouraged, wherever, whenever he was, he was still the same Trong Hoang as before. Hardworking, quiet, effective, the older the ginger, the spicier! Is there anyone like Trong Hoang: The national team coach of any time had to call him up to the national team; playing well and stably was called, but he was called for half a tournament; being injured was also called; adding players to the U22, still Trong Hoang!

And at SEA Games 30, 7 matches in 15 days, 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?

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Midfielder Nguyen Trong Hoang at 30 years old and 2 dream rewards
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