The general failure of the two teams that have had high rankings in the last two seasons is the way to use foreign soldiers to go against the V.League trend. Both accept the challenge and take the risks. They are in a situation where they must change before it is too late. The three new foreign soldiers who arrived in Vietnam did not integrate and promote effectively. Photo: Quang Thinh. Going against the trend Since the beginning of the 2021 season, V.League has welcomed a total of 13 new recruits registered by the teams. Out of 14 teams, 6 teams recruited new players to play football for the first time in Vietnam. The remaining 8 teams use experienced foreign soldiers. In the 6 teams with new foreign soldiers, Binh Dinh Club uses one person, that is midfielder Hendrio Silva, former Barcelona U16 player. The remaining three teams, HAGL, Nam Dinh and Viettel, register each team with 2 new elements. Meanwhile, the Saigon Club and the Ho Chi Minh City Club played the entire newcomer frame at the foreign soldiers stage. Two football teams in Ho Chi Minh City show that their achievements are seriously affected in the way of users. Head coach Alexandre Polking struggled with his choice of using Joao Paulo, Dario Silva and Junior Barros on attack. After 10 rounds, the Brazilian trio has only 2 goals. The situation at the Saigon Club was equally tragic. Former Japanese player Daisuke Matsui (40 years old) cannot carry the collective burden alongside compatriot Hiroyuki Takasaki (35 years old). And midfielder Woo Sang-ho (29 years old) plays at a full shoulder, not much better than Vietnamese domestic players. With the win for the AFC Cup 2021, the Saigon club also has a foreign soldier, Thiago Santos. The Brazilian midfielder had his fifth season in the V.League, but his experience alone was not enough. The Saigon Club also paid the price when coach Masahiro Shimoda lost his seat due to poor performance after replacing Mr. Vu Tien Thanh. The “Japaneseization” policy of the Saigon club and the “Brazilianization” of the Ho Chi Minh team both failed. Two radical reforms have not brought success as the team owners once expected. The mistake of the two teams compared to the rest is in deploying everything too quickly. There are successful teams with experimental options. Nam Dinh club still retains technical striker Rodrigo Dias (5 goals) to play alongside rookie Konan Oussou (6 goals). HAGL sublimated when there were still Damir Memovic and Huu Tuan playing alongside rookie Kim Dong-su. Viettel still has to trust Pedro Paulo and Caique when using Bruno Matos and Abdumuminov. Fumbling for a choice The second transfer market will open from April 26 until May 23. The people running around at this time are 2 representatives of Ho Chi Minh City. The initial signals suggest a return to the old trend. It is the recruitment of replacing rookies with experienced foreign soldiers in the V.League. The Saigon club quickly took midfielder Pape Diakite that the neighbor did not want to keep. Diakite played well in the 2020 season, but disagreements between him and his former team leader made the Senegal midfielder a spare for the first phase of the 2021 season. He will play with Thiago Santos for the remainder. In addition, coach Phung Thanh Phuong wants to borrow the “waste goods” of the Ho Chi Minh City club Junior Barros for phase 2. Although he has not scored any goals, the 28-year-old striker can “split fire” with old man Do Merlo on the row public. In addition, midfielder Karube Ryutaro was also called on the pitch instead of doing office work as before. Karube played for Thanh Hoa 2018 season. Daisuke Matsui’s journey is about to stop, he will switch to training. Photo: Quang Thinh. The Ho Chi Minh City club can not stand still and wait to die when they lose patience with the Brazilian strikers. Coach Alexandre Polking had to change the attack and defense systems. They consider keeping Joao Paulo, lending Barros and seeing Dario off in the near future. The Ho Chi Minh City club will take a center-back and a striker instead. It is likely that the disgraced striker in Quang Ninh, Patrick Silva will come. Many reports confirmed the “strange” midfielder Cassio Scheid. Even Mr. Polking wants to try the midfielder Diabate Mamadou as the second option. Another interesting addition is rumored to be striker Samson from Thanh Hoa. Both teams return to the old trend to correct mistakes as soon as possible. With 10 points per team, the chances of relegation early in the top 6 are now slim. Stage 1 has 3 games left and the gap with the 6th ranked team is 5 points. Lee Nguyen received a red card in the defeat of the Ho Chi Minh City club On the evening of April 18, in the 2-3 defeat of the Ho Chi Minh club against Nam Dinh in the 10th round of V.League 2021, Lee Nguyen had to leave the field with an indirect red card after a foul with Hoang Xuan Tan.

Ho Chi Minh City club player “fins” the referee to react.

“Coach grinder”

An exciting season with dramatic matches, high quality expertise and many issues that fans and professionals alike have to talk about and it consumes a lot of media every time a round ends. .

In addition to the attractiveness of the competition for positions, the malicious plays, shocking statements, the coach has to lose his seat, proving that the V-League 2021 is a fierce season. Up to this point, there have been 4 coaches saying goodbye to teams such as Saigon FC, Hanoi FC, Hong Linh Ha Tinh.

Notably, if Saigon FC had 2 people who “lost seats”, coach Vu Tien Thanh and Shimoda, Hanoi FC will likely have a third coach this season.

After giving coach Chu Dinh Nghiem a break, the Hanoi club appointed Technical Director Hoang Van Phuc concurrently as head coach, but after only 2 matches, it is likely that Mr. Phuc will have to give up his seat to a Korean colleague. National. The latest captain to leave the chair is Coach Pham Minh Duc of HLHT. Mr. Duc wrote a resignation right after losing to Saigon, causing Ha Tinh to bury the bottom of the rankings with only 6 points / 9 matches, 3 points behind the team and the team at the highest risk of falling.

The leader of the Ha Tinh club confirmed that he had accepted the resignation application of coach Pham Minh Duc after 3 years of sticking and had made a great contribution to helping this Central team play the V-League. The replacement for Mr. Duc will be coach Nguyen Thanh Cong – who also just had to leave his seat at Quang Nam club in the First Division after a series of unsatisfactory achievements in the First Division this season. It is not uncommon for the coach to lose his seat after the team has not performed well, but in the V-League now it has become and is becoming a “habit”.

The fact that 4 coaches “lost seats” after 9 rounds still showed the harshness, the “grinder” of the coaches. Will not say anything but with the teams competing closely for a good position before separating the top and phase 1 ends, any time the list of coaches lose their jobs during the season years will increase.

Many hot spots

After a 1-1 draw between home East Asia Thanh Hoa and HCM City club, assistant referee Nguyen Le Nguyen Thanh is considering suing goalkeeper Nguyen Thanh Thang of the HCM City club for hitting his head in the face, causing He had to implant dentures. This incident took place after the match ended with a lot of strong reactions from the players of the HCM City club against the referee team.

Due to not serving the free kick that referee Nguyen Viet Duan gave the home team, leading to a 1-1 equalizer, the players surrounded the referee’s team, causing the kings of the pitch to rely on the mobile police. to be able to withdraw from the field. Before leaving the field, goalkeeper Thanh Thang of the visitors team rushed in, mourning Mr. Nguyen Thanh, cursing, and then hit the face with his head.

V-League also witnessed the rise of a rare “penalty card king”. That is Ho Chi Minh City’s assistant Pena Viegas Luis Filipe. After the match at Thanh Hoa Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City’s assistant Luis Viegas Felipe raised the total number of his own cards from the beginning of the season to 5 yellow cards and 1 red card. Not playing, but Mr. Pena Viegas Luis Filipe had 3 yellow cards in the first 4 rounds and was banned from duty in round 5, before receiving 2 yellow cards and being withdrawn red card at Thanh Hoa stadium in the last 9 round. The tickets of the Ho Chi Minh City assistant are all due to the referee’s response error.

The match at Pleiku Stadium is equally hot in terms of the referee. In the 3rd minute of injury time, the visitors of Nam Dinh suddenly had a 3-3 equalizer in the audience’s surprise. However, just 30 seconds later, HAGL was awarded a penalty of 11 meters by the referee Tran Dinh Thinh after the touch ball of midfielder Wesley. According to many members of the Referee Board, the 11 m penalty blow in Wesley’s hand contact situation is correct.

But the decision of referee Tran Dinh Thinh was thrown into controversy with the referee team by the players of Nam Dinh. Goalkeepers Dinh Xuan Viet and Wesley put pressure on referee Dinh Thinh directly. When referee Dinh Thinh blew the whistle to end the match, goalkeeper Dinh Xuan Viet continued to have fierce disputes with the referee team. Such overreaction not only deteriorates the image of the V-League, but also entails many consequences. The act of disrespecting the referees has become a problem in Vietnamese football.

Also after 9 rounds, the V-League is witnessing many violent balls on the field. Hoang Thinh broke Hung Dung’s leg in round 5. Hoang Vu Samson kicked Tuan Manh, The Hung kicked Cong Thanh in round 6. Viet Anh kicked the ball against Kebe’s chest, Van Quyet made a rough foul on Janclesio, Van Trung played badly with Kim Dong. Su in round 7. Duc Huy urged Huu Thang’s elbow, Caique cut down Dinh Trong in round 8. Anh Quang cooled Quang Nho and the HCM City player was accused of assaulting the referee in round 9.

The “Martial-League” situation has lasted for 5 consecutive rounds and if the referees do not handle it decisively, strongly, this situation will continue.