Why is Vietnamese football still 'unprofessional'?

Strangely enough, not only did they erupt in incidents on the field, but they also showed very amateurish behavior afterwards.

Unprofessional behavior

In life, people still teach children to apologize when they make mistakes. Until now, people still do not see referee Nguyen Van Kien apologize when he himself took away the victory of HAGL with a wrong penalty call.

The referee board, the referee management unit of Kien, also owes the audience an apology when their team ruined a good match. He chose to stay silent and… leave football, because no one invited him to be a referee anymore!

Referee team and representatives of the two teams before the match on the field on August 19, afternoon of May 6, 2018, between HAGL and Khanh Hoa

Professional football does not mean mistakes cannot happen. Watching English football every week, people often see silly mistakes of the "kings of the field". Recently, referee Andre Marriner, who gave a red card to Gibbs instead of Chamberlain, apologized to Arsenal players after the "gunners" unbelievable 0-6 defeat to Chelsea.

Referee Marriner has also admitted his mistake and apologised to Arsenal. A report from the organising committee said: “Andre is an experienced referee but clearly made a mistake in this incident. Mistakes are rare and are usually the result of a number of different technical factors. Whilst this was a difficult decision, Andre is disappointed that he was unable to identify the players correctly. He has sent his condolences to Arsenal.”

I don't understand why it's so hard for the "kings of the field" to apologize. Is that the "privilege" of the kings of the Vietnamese field!?

Making excuses for mistakes

At Pleiku Stadium, young CEO Nguyen Quoc Tuan threw a water bottle into the stands because HAGL fans… cursed his father, Hanoi Club President Nguyen Quoc Hoi. Needless to say, readers can understand what the coaching staff, players and officials of Hanoi Club will receive from the exploding crowd.

For European football, such provocative actions will be severely punished, to serve as a deterrent, regardless of who they are.

Dishonest Thanh Luong continues to delete his personal photos. Photo: Internet

“I didn’t say anything too much or insult the referee. I just asked him many times why he gave me a yellow card, so the referee gave me a second yellow card and sent me off. Until now, I still don’t understand why I was disqualified from the match,” Pham Thanh Luong explained.

Seeing this former national player point his finger straight at referee Ngo Duy Lan's face, his face fierce, ready to devour the "king of the field", no one believed it. Whether the play is performed on stage or on the field, the actions and dialogue must match!

Anyone present at Pleiku Stadium saw that match supervisor Nguyen Trong Loi invited coach Chu Dinh Nghiem to a press conference after the match five or seven times. But later when answering the press, this coach was still calm: "I was sitting there but no one invited me."

Oh, going to the press conference is the coach's duty after the match, what's the need to invite him, the Organizing Committee invited him, he skipped the meeting and still made excuses.

Not to mention, this coach accepted to apologize to Hanoi fans without knowing that he still owes the television audience and the real audience of Plei-ku stadium an apology. He, not referee Ngo Duy Lan, ruined a good match.

We really need additional professional penalties from the National Cup Organizing Committee so that officials, referees, players, and coaches can gradually become more professional. More importantly, it is to limit such ugly images on television and on the field.