Coach of Ho Chi Minh City I women's football team Doan Thi Kim Chi filed a complaint to the Vietnam Football Federation after being banned from directing two matches in the 2023 National Championship.
In the fourth round of the 2023 National Women's Championship at the Vietnam Youth Training Center (Hanoi) on November 26, Ho Chi Minh City I met Than KSVN. In the 87th minute, when Ho Chi Minh City I was leading 1-0, the referee blew a penalty for Than KSVN. Due to the strong reaction of Ho Chi Minh City players, coach Doan Thi Kim Chi called them back to the technical area to calm down. After that, the Ho Chi Minh City women's team returned to the match, and goalkeeper Kim Thanh blocked Duong Thi Van's penalty kick, helping the home team preserve the victory and rise to the top of the table after four rounds.
VFF believes that Kim Chi's actions disrupted the match, so they decided to fine her 2.5 million VND and suspend her for two matches.
Coach Kim Chi lifted the 2022 National Women's Championship Cup. Photo: Duc Dong
This morning, November 28, Coach Kim Chi sent a complaint to the VFF and the National Championship Organizing Committee, requesting a review of the penalty. "I personally do not want to repeat the conflict between players of the two teams like in 2018 at Thong Nhat Stadium. Therefore, I have to quickly prevent and rectify it," Coach Kim Chi told VnExpress . "I asked the players to go to the area in front of the technical area of the Ho Chi Minh City I team to remind and encourage them to calm down, try to play so that the match can continue and avoid bad images, causing bad impressions. After three minutes of discussion, the players calmed down, returned to the field and the match ended completely."
HCM City I Club captain Tran Thi Kim Thanh also affirmed that coach Kim Chi did not intentionally interrupt the match or incite the players to do bad things. "The match was tense from start to finish, so when the home team was penalized, the coach called us out to do ideological work. The coach would not be foolish enough to incite the team to abandon the match and then be penalized. Moreover, we were leading, so even if we lost the penalty, the team would still get a point, so we would not have lost the match. Therefore, I think the supervisor's assessment of the report was wrong, so the VFF issued such a penalty," said Kim Thanh.
Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football and Than KSVN are fierce rivals. They often clash fiercely with each other. The climax was the semi-final match of the 2018 National Championship at Thong Nhat Stadium when players from both teams chased and fought each other. After that, VFF punished four Ho Chi Minh City players including Tran Nguyen Bao Chau, Nguyen Thi My Anh, Tran Thi Phuong Thao, and Tran Thi Thu by banning them from participating in football activities for five months. Two players Pham Hoang Quynh and Khong Thi Hang of Than KSVN also received similar punishments. In addition, the six players mentioned above were each fined 10 million VND. The coaching staff of the two clubs were warned and each team was fined 30 million VND.
Coach Doan Thi Kim Chi was born in 1979 in Ben Tre. She is a famous striker for Ho Chi Minh City women's football and the Vietnam national team. Kim Chi currently owns four Vietnamese Golden Balls. She also won four SEA Games gold medals and three Southeast Asian championships. After retiring and becoming the coach of the Ho Chi Minh City women's team, she helped the team win the National Championship seven times since 2015. In addition, Kim Chi is a valuable assistant to coach Mai Duc Chung in the women's team, which has won many achievements in the region and participated in the 2023 World Cup.
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