Round 5 of V.League and the disciplinary decisions worth mentioning

Accordingly, the Disciplinary Board of the Vietnam Football Federation fined Dong A Thanh Hoa 40 million VND because 7 people were given yellow cards in the match against MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh; fined Quy Nhon Stadium Organizing Committee 30 million VND for throwing objects onto the field and disrupting security and safety; and fined and suspended a number of other individuals who violated the law...

It is worth emphasizing here that almost all of the subjects punished and reminded are the "main characters" of the football teams such as head coaches, assistants, deputy heads of delegations, doctors, etc., and the collective coaching staff of the football teams and the stadium organizing committee. That means the violations in round 5 have made the already heated V.League even hotter, forcing the Federation's Disciplinary Board to quickly intervene and handle the matter.

Digging deeper into the causes of the above violations, everyone can see that it is all due to the unprofessionalism of individuals and groups in managing and handling the game on the field. The most noisy and regrettable match took place at Quy Nhon Stadium, when the home team was behind 0-3, then scored 2-3, leading to hot-tempered and uncontrolled actions on the field by the home team players in response to the time-wasting and rough play of the away team. The home team's coaching staff should have helped the players stabilize their mentality to compete, but instead there were aggressive actions and inappropriate reactions to the away team's players and coaching staff. Meanwhile, the Quy Nhon Stadium Organizing Committee let the audience provoke and throw objects onto the field, and after the match continued to disrupt the security and safety of not only the away team's players but also social order...

Meanwhile, in the current V.League, the number of spectators coming to the stadium to cheer and encourage the players does not always reach the desired numbers at every stadium. There are stadiums with a lot of spectators such as Hang Day, Lach Tray, Thien Truong..., but there are also stadiums with less and less spectators such as Thong Nhat, Vinh, Pleiku... Quy Nhon Stadium is not a place with a lot of spectators recently, but just one match without a good result immediately caused chaos, nonsense, very condemnable, even the basis for people to "suspend the stadium" if things are not stopped promptly.

The lesson learned from the heavy sentences given to the above individuals and groups is to be proactive in all developments on the field, in the stands, and in the technical areas of the teams. V.League is showing that no match is easy for the stadium organizers, referees, players, and fans. The fierce competition between teams is the basis for good matches, for the fighting and dedication of the players, but it will be difficult for the referees to handle situations on the field.

Personal conflicts and hot-tempered behavior can easily arise on the field, in the stands or in the technical areas of football teams... Therefore, if the stadium organizers have enough plans and forces to proactively prevent and handle them, if individuals know how to respect the rules, respect opponents and respect the audience, all unwanted incidents and events will be minimized.

Regarding the disciplinary story in round 5 of V.League, it is also necessary to mention the good behaviors and actions of the players on the field, which are being praised and encouraged by public opinion. That is the behavior of senior Van Quyet (Hanoi FC) with junior Quang Vinh (Song Lam Nghe An) after being fouled, saying "we are brothers, not uncle-nephew", try your best! That is the detail that seniors Xuan Manh and Van Hoang stayed behind to talk and encourage their juniors after Hanoi FC won Song Lam Nghe An 2-0...

Of course, football is a game for men, a fierce competition on the field, which means that collisions, arguments, and rumors are inevitable. But on the field there are referees, rules, and mutual respect between players, supervision by responsible people, the media, and thousands of spectators. The need to issue penalties for individuals and groups is ultimately something no one wants. But certainly, any sentence has a deterrent, preventive effect, creating conditions for individuals and groups who violate the law to have the opportunity to correct and overcome, in order to contribute to the tournament's successful completion.

Hopefully, after round 5 of V.League, similar violations will not recur and will not have a "place to perform", first of all due to the awareness and responsibility of those involved. The majority of fans agree with the behavior of the Disciplinary Board and continue to accompany, support, and cheer on matches in V.League 2023-2024 as well as all other matches and tournaments, truly helping to improve the quality of the tournament and Vietnamese football towards a step of development in the coming time./.