Coach Hoang Anh Tuan's seat is getting hotter and hotter!

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan's worries

After the successful 2019 season with the National Cup championship and the runner-up position in the AFC Cup Southeast Asia, Binh Duong Club gradually declined in the V-League. The peak of disappointment occurred in the 2023 season, when the team from the land of Thu had to wait until the final round to secure relegation.

Last season, Binh Duong Club made a breakthrough under the guidance of coach Le Huynh Duc, but only flew high for half a season, before running out of steam and finishing eighth overall.

Binh Duong Club (purple shirt) is in decline.

The consecutive failures in V-League despite having strong potential made Binh Duong team "hot-faced". Coach Hoang Anh Tuan appeared, along with a series of new recruits such as Ngo Tung Quoc, Ho Tan Tai, Ha Duc Chinh, Wellington Nem... to supplement all three lines.

Mr. Tuan went through a long and protracted negotiation with the leadership of Binh Duong Club, in which the most important condition that the former U.20 Vietnam coach set was to have full authority to make professional decisions. Supporting Coach Hoang Anh Tuan is a team of about 20 assistants, including professional assistants, logistics, nutritionists, fitness experts, and technical director Jurgen Gede. This is one of the largest coaching teams in the V-League, with the expectation of helping Coach Hoang Anh Tuan comprehensively upgrade Binh Duong Club.

However, after a dream start with a 2-1 victory at Thanh Hoa FC, coach Hoang Anh Tuan's Binh Duong FC is in a precarious position. The Go Dau home team has only won 1 of the last 5 matches (in 90 minutes). In addition to the 3-0 victory over the declining Ho Chi Minh City team, Binh Duong FC lost to Hanoi Police FC and The Cong Viettel (both with a score of 0-1), drew with Hai Phong (1-1) and Binh Dinh (2-2).

Binh Duong FC's defense is not bad (4 goals conceded after 5 rounds, the third fewest in V-League), but their attack is not effective. Only 6 goals, 4 of which belong to striker Nguyen Tien Linh, is not the expected result.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan

If the defeat against the star-studded Hanoi Police Club can be understood, then the loss to The Cong Viettel in a game with more players showed the problem of the team led by coach Hoang Anh Tuan. Playing with more players in the second half, Binh Duong Club's attack was lackluster and lacked sharpness.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan affirmed that Binh Duong Club does not depend on any individual, but the reality on the field shows that when Tien Linh is restrained, the Southeast representative finds it very difficult to play.

The strategist born in 1968 was brought in to build a playing style that suited Binh Duong's inherent class. But after 3 months, Binh Duong team is still at a halfway point between counter-attacking defense and ball control, both short and long balls are... not there yet.

Undercurrent?

Although the gap between Binh Duong Club and the top is only 3 points, it should be remembered that coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team are only 4 points above the bottom group. There are many opportunities to rise, but the possibility of falling is also not small, if Binh Duong team does not accumulate points soon.

In a team with a lot of personality like Binh Duong Club, besides the results on the field, Coach Hoang Anh Tuan also needs a soft and psychological management method to stabilize the team. When he was leading the youth teams, Mr. Tuan was famous for his "iron hand", imposing martial law on the team with strict (sometimes extreme) principles.

However, coaching in V-League is different from youth football. If you are too authoritarian, the risk of a rift in the team is inevitable, not only for Mr. Tuan, but also for any coach in V-League.

With an ambitious and heavily invested team like Binh Duong, coach Hoang Anh Tuan probably understands that he is "riding on the back of a tiger". Binh Duong Club needs to play well in the next 4 matches, respectively against HAGL (home), Da Nang, Hanoi (away) and Nam Dinh (home). Otherwise, undercurrents will appear.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/clb-binh-duong-ghe-cua-hlv-hoang-anh-tuan-da-nong-cang-them-nong-185241030111824898.htm