Why did the head coaches of Song Lam Nghe An resign one after another?

At home, the team is led byHead coach Pham Anh Tuan led to only 3 draws and most recently a convincing defeat against neighbor Thanh Hoa with a score of 0-1, along with 2 away losses, returning to 14/14 position on the rankings, an undesirable result.

Right from the end of last season, the team led by Mr. Tuan only escaped the play-off position thanks to a surprise victory against The Cong to continue to stay in the V-League. Those who are knowledgeable have predicted that there is no guarantee for Mr. Tuan to stay in the position firmly if the team is not properly invested compared to other V-League teams?

Reality later showed that all predictions and concerns of fans as well as experts were correct and early. The leaders of Vinh Stadium then announced "continuing to use self-trained young players". At the same time, allowing players who had expired contracts to be transferred such as Van Viet, Sy Hoang, Van Lam..., further showing that in reality there was no necessary investment to strengthen the force from domestic to foreign players, meaning that the team would face countless difficulties when entering the tournament and it would be very difficult to dream of a high ranking, if not to say wandering around, wandering around the path of relegation.

Recently, when talking to a local leader about Song Lam Nghe An's poor performance, the author of this article mentioned "is it possible to change the sponsor, to a stronger sponsor for the team?" and received the answer "no, it is impossible!".

Accordingly, investing in football is very expensive, not all businesses are willing to pursue it to the end. The previous sponsor invested for more than 10 years, which is a very commendable effort. Now, the new sponsor comes when the economy is in difficulty and has to implement the policy of "using young resources, paying low salaries, allowing the older generation to leave to get resources to reinvest in the team".

In fact, the story of stable and long-term investment in professional football teams is not just a story ofLam River Nghe An. Khanh Hoa, who is playing in V-League 2, is a specific example after what fans know about the investors' unpaid salaries and bonuses to players, about strikes, skipping practice, and leaving the team, not only in the coastal city team. Even the neighbor Thanh Hoa with a strong squad and extremely flashy foreign player purchases, has also had "empty promises" and unpaid salaries and bonuses...

To see, professional football is a story of making ends meet, debt at one time or another. For poor football teams like Song Lam Nghe An, Khanh Hoa or Binh Dinh, Dong Thap, localities with a long tradition of grassroots football, it is inevitable that investors are strong in this season but weak in another season, meaning that depending on business results to invest in football, then stay long term or withdraw early.

Back to the story of Song Lam Nghe An being at the bottom of the table and the successive departures of coaches Quang Truong, Huy Hoang, Nhu Thuat and Pham Anh Tuan. Obviously, no one said it was because of inexperienced coaches, but everyone knew that without “powder” it was impossible to “wash paste”! A group of potential young players in the U19, U21, U23 groups, but hastily called up from the youth team, immediately had to confront many battle-hardened seniors, many foreign players of great quality, so it was difficult to get the desired results.

Quang Vinh has just played at a fairly good level since the national U19 tournament, was called up to the first team and has played continuously, and is trusted as one of the notable young "pillars". But not every young player can last like this young player. While the seniors who have played more in the V-League such as Xuan Tien, Van Cuong, Van Bach... each have had problems on and off the field, then injuries, penalty cards, internal sanctions..., making them unable to be themselves in recent matches. This season's foreign players seem to be better, but after 7 rounds they have only scored 3 goals, a very small number, if not really discouraging?

Actually, we must praise teachers like Pham Anh Tuan for bravely taking on the task in the difficult times of the team and at least helping Song Lam stay in the league until now. But when they have to say goodbye to the team, when their colleagues are becoming "cool" in other teams like inHong Linh Ha Tinh For example, perhaps we should share and sympathize with the reluctant decision made at this time. The responsibility belongs to the team's leadership to quickly stabilize all aspects for the difficult rounds ahead, including "persisting in orientation" or having to supplement and change when the new unfavorable reality arises.

If the conditions are not “less than the younger brother, less than the older sister”, then changing the coach can change the current “only draw and lose” fate. But the reality is that the story is “powerless”, the quality of the players is too young, the foreign players are too poor, the salary and bonus system is too low, making it impossible for anyone to revive the team as required. If the team leaders still pursue the old plan, persist with a certain direction, they must accept the cruelty of professional football, the strong win, the weak lose, and be relegated and have to start over.

Song Lam Nghe An has been famous and has existed until now, first of all because of its will to overcome difficulties, a proud tradition. But today, talking about will seems to be an unrealistic thing; talking about a good coach reviving the team, gradually avoiding the bottom of the table, staying in the V-League at the end of the season, is indeed like "science fiction", if there are absolutely no new movements from the sponsors, from the team's leadership from now on!