Adriano Schmidt becomes a makeshift goalkeeper

Center back Adriano Schmidt was born in 1994, has German and Vietnamese blood, and played for the Vietnam national team under coach Park Hang-seo. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Club.

The list of players for the match against Nam Dinh was completed by Ho Chi Minh City FC and sent to the organizers a few hours before the match (taking place at 6pm). Like in recent matches, due to Patrik Le Giang's injury, Tran Van Tien is the starting goalkeeper, Nguyen Manh Cuong is the reserve for Ho Chi Minh City FC.

However, just a few minutes before the match, a rare incident happened to Ho Chi Minh City FC when Van Tien was injured and could not play. The coaching staff was forced to remove Van Tien's name and put goalkeeper Manh Cuong on the field. This was also the only goalkeeper of Ho Chi Minh City FC who was still healthy.

Due to the tournament regulations, clubs must have at least one reserve goalkeeper, coach Phung Thanh Phuong and his colleagues were forced to choose a substitute player and Adriano Schmidt was assigned the task. This means that if he was put on the field, Schmidt could only put on his gloves to be a goalkeeper.

V.League and National First Division rarely have incidents related to the goalkeeper position. Most recently, in the match against PVF-CAND in round 13 of the First Division on April 6, Hue FC lost both goalkeepers early in the match due to injury, forcing a central defender to take their place. As a result, Hue lost 0-3.

Returning to the 18th round of V.League at Thien Truong Stadium, Nam Dinh is leading Ho Chi Minh City Club 1-0 after half an hour of play.

Source: https://znews.vn/adriano-schmidt-lam-thu-mon-bat-dac-di-post1545581.html