On January 9, Quang Ninh province organized a meeting with representatives of writers and artists; At the same time, he rewarded midfielder Nguyen Hai Long after winning the AFF Cup 2024 with the national team.
Accordingly, at the meeting, leaders of Quang Ninh province awarded a certificate of merit, flowers and a bonus of 350 million VND to midfielder Hai Long. Along with that, the leaders of Quang Ninh Football Club awarded 100 million VND to the midfielder who excelled in creating an emotional 3-2 score in the final second leg against Thailand.
At the ceremony, Mr. Vu Dai Thang – Secretary of Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hanh – Vice Chairman of Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee and provincial leaders praised and appreciated Nguyen Hai Long’s contributions to the national team. Vietnam on the journey to win the AFF Cup 2024 championship. He is playing for Hanoi Club.
Responding to the sentiments of the leaders of Quang Ninh province and Quang Ninh Football Club, Hai Long shared: “These are truly special days for me after returning from the AFF Cup 2024. I am honored to be present at the Main Office.” Government and had an audience with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Today, I continue to have the honor of being here to meet the leaders of Quang Ninh province.
I would like to thank the provincial leaders for their constant encouragement and encouragement. Through this, I hope that the provincial leaders will always pay attention to Quang Ninh football so that the provincial football team will soon return to the highest arena of Vietnamese football, providing many Quang Ninh players for the country’s football to satisfy people. admire the Mining land, bring glory to Quang Ninh province. I also hope that in the future I will have the opportunity to return to contribute to my homeland and bring a lot of joy to the fans.”
Before that, last night (January 8), in H. Tien Yen’s hometown (Quang Ninh) also held a meeting to award prizes to Hai Long. At home, many friends, relatives, and spectators came to the headquarters of the People’s Committee of Tien Yen District to take photos and ask for autographs with an outstanding son of their homeland.
At the AFF Cup 2024, Hai Long was the first player to score for the national team, and was also the owner of the finishing goal for Thailand, in the second leg of the final.
Sharing about the impressive goal against Thailand, midfielder Hai Long said that the situation at the end of the final happened very quickly. After observing Thailand’s goalkeeper rising to attack in the final minutes of the match and the goal being empty, despite being in a difficult position, Hai Long still decided to shoot from the middle of the field. The ball slowly rolled into the empty net first despite the Thai defender’s efforts to run back to save the ball.
2024 is a perfect year for players born in 2000 from Quang Ninh. Hai Long has played all 26 matches (14 starting matches) for Hanoi Club in V-League 2023 – 2024. Not only that, this player is also an important piece of the puzzle this season when appearing in the main squad 7 in 9 matches of the capital team at the national championship. He holds a creative role in attack, playing as an all-round number 10. Hai Long can retreat to pull the ball, move aggressively to coordinate, and then push high like a striker to bring more solutions to the strikers.