How bad is My Dinh Stadium and how much potential for injury?

The quality of My Dinh Stadium in the match between The Cong Viettel and Quang Nam - Photo: NVCC

Center back Pham Ly Duc of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club will be out for a month due to a grade 2 ligament sprain. Defender Vu Tien Long of Quang Nam Club will be out for 8 months due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament. These are the two most recent injuries at My Dinh Stadium.

My Dinh Stadium is at high risk

It cannot be confirmed that all injuries suffered by players playing at My Dinh Stadium recently came from the My Dinh Stadium turf. However, the quality of the national stadium is partly an objective cause.

When visiting teams came to practice to get familiar with My Dinh Stadium in the past, coaches and players all had the same opinion that the field was bad. Many areas on the field were uneven, patched, and unbalanced.

Coach Le Quang Trai of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club complained. He said that part of the reason for Pham Ly Duc's injury was because the pitch surface caused the player to land and have unsafe friction.

Coach Van Sy Son (Quang Nam) said in frustration: "The field is so bad, how can we play with it assembled like that? But if people say we can play, we can't just sit there and argue.

That day, the players went out to look at the field and were already bored. The field was uneven due to assembly, but somehow V-League allowed the players to play. Just looking at the field made the players scared, that field should not be used for matches."

In the situation where Vu Tien Long suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, he did not collide with anyone and just fell down after landing. Tien Long was taken to Ho Chi Minh City by Quang Nam Club for surgery and had to rest for 8 months.

Two consecutive serious injuries to the visiting teams are a warning to other teams. On the contrary, Viettel The Cong Club has not encountered any noteworthy cases. That may be because they often practice here.

Bad pitches become a concern for professional players - Photo: CLBQN

The importance of the yard

From a sports science perspective, explaining player injuries from objective and subjective causes, Dr. Truong Cong Dung - CKII in orthopedic trauma, specializing in musculoskeletal and ligaments - analyzed: "Player injuries come from many causes. Among them are internal factors such as health status, injury history, and physical condition before the match; and external factors such as good shoes, weather, and playing field surface.

Among these, the grass field is of great importance as this is a condition that the players cannot control. In major tournaments, the field has high standards such as thickness and humidity, which are all calculated and checked by the organizing committee.

The shoes that players wear often have soles made of aluminum or plastic studs and are difficult to balance. Therefore, a standard, smooth pitch will help players balance well. On the contrary, a bad pitch will easily lead to injuries for players."

Some parts that are easily affected and lead to injury when the court surface is bad are muscle areas such as hamstrings, quadriceps, peroneal muscles, and groin muscles. Hard court surfaces can easily cause injury to the knee joints, groin, and lower back.

Doctor Truong Cong Dung added about Vu Tien Long's injury: "Anterior cruciate ligament rupture usually occurs after a strong collision. Tien Long at most has an ankle sprain, but not an anterior cruciate ligament rupture."

Another example of the field is the injury of Bui Vi Hao. A complicated case performed by Dr. Dung and two other colleagues at the same time. According to the story, Vi Hao dribbled the ball and fell, getting his ankle caught after turning the ball because the afternoon training ground of Binh Duong Club was too dry.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/san-my-dinh-xau-va-tiem-an-nguy-co-chan-thuong-co-nao-20250411183014794.htm