Win heart and mouth convinced
In particular, in terms of nature, the fact that Ho Chi Minh City FC won 3 points against Hanoi Police FC (CAHN) is extremely important. This victory is not only important for the city team in the battle for relegation, but also important for coach Phung Thanh Phuong personally.
In case Ho Chi Minh City FC loses to CAHN, or at least cannot win against coach Mano Polking's team, whether they want to or not, it is highly likely that the leadership of Ho Chi Minh City FC will think of a solution to replace coach Phung Thanh Phuong in a few more rounds. Because, for any team with poor performance, the head coach is the one at highest risk of losing his job.
Highlight Ho Chi Minh City Club 2-1 CAHN Club | Round 8 of V-League 2024-2025
In terms of skill level, CAHN is also rated much higher than Ho Chi Minh City Club. The skill gap between the city team and the 2023 V-League champion is similar to the skill gap between CAHN and HAGL in round 7. However, Ho Chi Minh City Club chose a completely different playing style from the mountain town team when they took the lead against CAHN. HAGL in round 7 almost only played defensively after taking the lead against coach Mano Polking's team. They continuously lay on the field to waste time, with the aim of "tearing" the match into many pieces, eliminating the opponent's excitement.
Coach Phung Thanh Phuong's Ho Chi Minh City Club is different, this team still mainly plays defensively when leading, but that is not passive defense. Ho Chi Minh City Club is ready to counterattack as soon as there is an opportunity. This way of playing makes CAHN not dare to put the entire squad on Ho Chi Minh City Club's field, because they still need to keep a certain number of people on their home field, to avoid Ho Chi Minh City Club's counterattack.
In addition, Ho Chi Minh City FC did not have excessive time-wasting situations on the field. Of course, this team still tried to slow down the pace and rhythm of the match when necessary, but their players did not roll around on the field every time they came out, so they did not cause discomfort to the audience. After the match, CAHN coach Mano Polking was also convinced of Ho Chi Minh City FC's victory, admitting his own shortcomings, completely different from his dissatisfied attitude after the frustrating loss to HAGL in the previous round.
Highlight Ha Tinh Club 1-0 HAGL Club | Round 8 V-League 2024-2025
Awareness of serving the audience, respecting opponents
Similar to Ho Chi Minh City Club is the case of Ha Tinh. Leading HAGL from the beginning of the second half, Ha Tinh also proactively slowed down the pace of the match, and was ready to play tough when needed. However, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong's team did not take advantage of the opportunity to lie on the field anytime, anywhere. At least, Ha Tinh did not apply the time-wasting method as their opponent HAGL had done just 1 round before.
Perhaps coaches Phung Thanh Phuong (HCMC FC) and Nguyen Thanh Cong (Ha Tinh) belong to the next generation, different from the generation of Technical Director Vu Tien Thanh of HAGL. Therefore, their approach and way of thinking about the style of play for their team is also completely different. The more time passes, the more football changes, especially the way football teams approach the public is completely different from before. If coaches Phung Thanh Phuong and Nguyen Thanh Cong build a style of play that makes the public uncomfortable, even when their team wins, it is no different than pushing the audience away from their team.
Coach Phung Thanh Phuong
The style of playing time-wasting when leading, tearing the match into pieces, was a popular style of play in Vietnamese football in the 80s and 90s of the last century. Now, if the coaches of the next generation return to apply that style of play, wouldn't it be like they contributed to holding back the development of Vietnamese football for several decades?
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