One day before the 2024 Vietnam Golden Ball award ceremony, the 3 highest-ranked candidates were revealed. Compared to his two teammates on the Vietnam national team, Nguyen Hoang Duc and Pham Tuan Hai, striker Nguyen Tien Linh has a slight advantage in terms of achievements.
Nguyen Xuan Son’s ineligibility to be included in the voting list makes this year’s Golden Ball race unpredictable. No other factor has stood out completely in the V.League or the Vietnam team’s journey to win the AFF Cup.
If based only on individual performance statistics, Nguyen Tien Linh is superior to his two competitors. The striker born in 1997 scored a total of 23 goals for Binh Duong club and the Vietnam national team. Except for Nguyen Xuan Son, no other Vietnamese player has scored more goals than Tien Linh.
Tien Linh has a bright chance to win the Vietnam Golden Ball 2025.
The 27-year-old striker still receives a lot of criticism and criticism from fans for his clumsy handling of situations and missed opportunities. However, it cannot be denied that he is still the best striker of the Vietnamese team before Xuan Son. In the V.League - where most teams depend on foreign strikers - Tien Linh is a rare domestic player who plays the role of the main striker.
Pham Tuan Hai is also a stable factor in V.League and the Vietnam national team. However, the Hanoi FC player is somewhat "weak" in the last months of the year, when entering the new season. In the first 9 rounds of V.League 2024-2025, Tuan Hai only played 7 matches and scored 1 goal.
At the AFF Cup 2024, Tuan Hai made an important contribution to 2 goals in the second leg of the final, but overall, this striker was not a key factor of the Vietnamese team. He only played on the field for 38 minutes in the first 7 matches, behind his junior Bui Vi Hao in the priority order of use by coach Kim Sang-sik.
Meanwhile, Hoang Duc is not very prominent in V.League. Compared to Tien Linh or Tuan Hai at the club level, the current Vietnamese Golden Ball is clearly at a disadvantage. The only point he is superior to the two competitors is his performance in the national team. Hoang Duc is an irreplaceable factor of the Vietnamese team under coach Kim Sang-sik.
At the AFF Cup 2024, this midfielder had a bad start but quickly regained his best form and played prominently in midfield. He started 7 times in 8 matches, only being substituted twice (both after the 70th minute, when the Vietnamese team was sure to win). However, the breakthrough in a short tournament may not be enough to help Hoang Duc make up for the previous "sinking" period.
Overall, Tien Linh is still the name with stable performance and statistics throughout the year for both his club and the Vietnam national team. The Binh Duong striker has a great opportunity to win the Vietnam Golden Ball award for the first time in his career.
TIEU MINH - Vtcnews.vn
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/qua-bong-vang-viet-nam-2024-tien-linh-ap-dao-hoang-duc-tuan-hai-ar928087.html
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