Is Binh Duong Club determined to the end, competing for the championship with 'homegrown assets'?

Even the fact that Binh Duong FC uses domestic players in the most important positions in the squad is a strange detail for this team. In its heyday many years ago, Binh Duong was known as “Vietnam’s Chelsea”, meaning they were willing to spend money to strengthen their squad with expensive stars, many of whom were foreign players.

Now it is completely different, the Southeast team has almost no foreign players worthy of being called “stars”, because players like center back Janclesio, midfielder Silva Willington, or Abdurakhmanov are not very famous. In fact, now they are no longer guaranteed a place in the official squad of this team.

In particular, it is considered quite rare for a team in the V-League to use a striker and a central defender line consisting entirely of domestic players, as Binh Duong has been using in recent matches. These are positions that require continuous competition and playing high balls, so many other teams in the domestic league often prioritize foreign players, to take advantage of the physique, physical strength and ability of foreign players.

Binh Duong Club's domestic players have played very well since the beginning of the 2024 - 2025 season.

But Binh Duong is doing things differently from the rest. Of course, Binh Duong is lucky in that the team's domestic players are of good quality, with not too bad physiques, for example, striker Nguyen Tien Linh, defenders Que Ngoc Hai and Ho Tan Tai are all over 1.80 m tall. This is enough for Binh Duong to be confident that the above players can replace the role of foreign players. But the fact that the Southeast team dares to put all their faith in competing for the championship with a core force of domestic players, deserves to be called a breakthrough in the V-League.

Initially, Binh Duong has been successful with their all-domestic strikers. They are the team with the second most goals after 6 rounds of V-League 2024-2025, with 10 goals (only 1 goal less than the team with the most goals, Thanh Hoa). They have the player leading the list of top scorers, Tien Linh (6 goals). The remaining problem for Binh Duong is that they need to maintain a more solid defense. Binh Duong has conceded 5 goals after 6 matches (on average, they concede nearly 1 goal/match). The reason is probably because Ho Tan Tai, when tested as a center-back, still needs more time to get used to the new position.

Minh Khoa (number 10), Que Ngoc Hai (number 3), Tien Linh (number 22) and Vi Hao (number 11) all showed their roles, helping Binh Duong Club flourish.

In addition, Binh Duong also needs more support from luck, because if some key positions such as Nguyen Tien Linh or Que Ngoc Hai are injured, coach Hoang Anh Tuan's team will not easily find a replacement. At that time, the "revolution" in using domestic players as the core to win the V-League championship of Binh Duong Club may be greatly affected.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/clb-binh-duong-co-quyet-tam-den-cung-dua-vo-dich-bang-cua-nha-trong-duoc-185241108170150487.htm