The Cong Viettel Club disappointed when losing 0-1 to Binh Dinh at home in round 3 of LPBank V-League 2024 - 2025. Despite playing with one more player for nearly 80 minutes (including extra time), Nguyen Hoang Duc and his teammates still could not penetrate Binh Dinh's net.
Besides the poor results, what is more worrying for Viettel The Cong Club is the problem of playing style. The scenario of conceding the first goal and then being deadlocked throughout the match has been repeated with the army team since last season.
Viettel's The Cong (red shirt) lost to Binh Dinh despite having more players.
In the loss to Binh Dinh, The Cong Viettel held the ball 73.4% of the time, shot 22 times, but only 3 times the ball was on target.
In addition, The Cong Viettel will face difficulties in the second leg when Hoang Duc leaves the team in January 2025. In an interview with Thanh Nien Newspaper, the 26-year-old midfielder affirmed that he wants to find a new destination, but also wants to dedicate his entire contract. The Cong Viettel's point of view is different. The army team wants to sell Hoang Duc. That is, any club that wants the current Vietnamese Golden Ball will have to pay to buy back 6 months of the contract.
However, no team could meet the price The Cong Viettel offered. Hoang Duc stayed to play the entire first leg, and now he is in an ironic situation.
In the match against Hanoi (round 2), Hoang Duc only entered the field from the 60th minute. Immediately, the midfielder born in 1998 made The Cong Viettel's attack brighter, with his efforts to regulate the playing style, dribble and shoot or break through to create opportunities. In the match against Binh Dinh, Hoang Duc started, but was then replaced in the middle of the second half. The midfielder who played the entire V-League in previous seasons, now only gets to enter the field for certain periods of time.
Hoang Duc is important to The Cong Viettel
The way coach Duc Thang uses Hoang Duc is showing the difficulties of The Cong Viettel. This team does not want to depend on Hoang Duc, because he only has 4 more months here. If The Cong Viettel cannot remove the style of play based on Hoang Duc's inspiration, it may collapse when this player leaves.
Coach Duc Thang has calculated other personnel options to fill the midfield. For example, in the match against Binh Dinh, midfielder Nguyen Huu Thang was given the opportunity to play alongside Duc Chien, Hoang Duc and Wesley Nata in the midfield.
However, Huu Thang did not make a difference. His small stature, stamina and physical strength were all inferior to his opponents, making the Hue-born player not trusted for a long time, even though he was highly rated for his potential (a V-League coach once called Huu Thang a "treasure). Another option is that Khuat Van Khang is still too young to take on the responsibility of the midfield.
The midfield of The Cong Viettel (red shirt) lacks creativity
The Cong Viettel has many good players who can compete and sweep like Duc Chien, Wesley Nata or Jaha before. However, what this team lacks is a creative midfielder who can make truly unique passes like Hoang Duc.
In the past matches, The Cong Viettel was completely stuck, even unable to score when the 26-year-old conductor was not present on the field. Therefore, coach Duc Thang had to use his student, although the coaching staff of The Cong Viettel probably no longer had any interest in the star who was about to leave.
If Hoang Duc plays well, the worry about the void he will leave at the beginning of next year will be even greater. If Hoang Duc also fades, The Cong Viettel will more easily... go backwards.
Coach Duc Thang is in a "dilemma". Whether or not he can revive The Cong Viettel depends on the midfield.
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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/clb-the-cong-viettel-dang-kho-xu-vi-hoang-duc-185240930150858349.htm
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