Doan Ngoc Tan: The whole team kept giving up!
Midfielder Doan Ngoc Tan and Thanh Hoa Club had an excellent match, showing the spirit of not giving up to draw defending champion Nam Dinh 1-1, with an 88th-minute equalizer from Lucas Ribamar (open away team). 70th minute score by Mpande).
After the match, captain Doan Ngoc Tan was very proud of his teammates’ resilient performance: “Thanh Hoa Club entered the match very well today. A bit unlucky, in the second half we let Nam Dinh Club leads by 1 goal from a corner kick.
But all of us tried our best, never stopped giving up and were able to equalize 1 goal and bring 1 point to the home team.”
As the only player of the Vietnamese team who is working hard like… a machine, right after winning the AFF Cup 2024, Doan Ngoc Tan did not return to Vietnam but stayed in Thailand to help Thanh Hoa Club have a draw 1 -1 against PG Pathum, before drawing with the second-place team in V-League group this season, Nam Dinh.
He shared: “My body is a bit tired. I will try to eat and sleep well, recover to continue fighting with Thanh Hoa Club. Maybe my body is a bit overloaded, but I still have to try.
Recently, I joined the Vietnamese team for the first time, competing for the first time in the AFF Cup 2024. There were a lot of surprises, difficulties and a lot of pressure, but I still had to try.
With the help of the coaching staff of the Vietnamese team, I have tried my best. Now returning to Thanh Hoa Club, I must work with Coach Popov and the team members to help the team achieve its set goals. from the beginning of the year”.
Accidentally “resonating” with Tien Linh’s famous saying
A very emotional speech, showing the very high fighting spirit of the midfielder who was considered discovered at the AFF Cup 2024, when he had his first major tournament with the national team at the age of 30.
But it was the 1994-born midfielder’s statement “the whole team never stops giving up” that immediately started causing a stir online, reminding me of the status line “sports is about constantly giving up” that was so teased that it became a trademark. by Tien Linh.
Even more adorable, according to Van Anh’s wife, Ngoc Tan later explained through a text message that his statement meant “Don’t stop, try harder” with a little confusion “don’t give up”. , like Tien Linh did.
Perhaps the Vietnamese team members, after teasing Tien Linh too much, took the sentence into their heads without knowing it, leading to Ngoc Tan’s adorable slip of the tongue incident.
Returning to the memorable interview, Doan Ngoc Tan shared the most terrible time, under the most physical pressure, of 3 matches in just 1 week: including 2 finals, first and second leg of AFF Cup 2024 and in the Southeast Asian Club Championship with Pahum United Club.
At the AFF Cup, Doan Ngoc Tan also caused a storm when giving an interview, with his mouth curling and famous “huh” words.
Nam Dinh Club is still racing for the championship, coach Popov is satisfied with 1 point
Losing the win, coach Vu Hong Viet lamented the difficulty of lacking a striker: “We currently only have one striker, domestic player Minh Tuan, so we have to push Mpande, who is good at playing as an attacking midfielder, to the next level. Next time the club Nam Dinh must find another striker who can score goals in place of Xuan Son. Our goal is still to win the championship. After this afternoon’s match, the gap between Nam Dinh and Thanh Hoa is still 1 point Second, there are still many opportunities.”
For his part, coach Popov was satisfied: “1 point is good for us, better than nothing. We played 12 matches in all competitions, scoring in most matches. At Thanh Club level Now that achievement is something to be happy about. In today’s match against Nam Dinh, you guys performed well. Today Nam Dinh Club did not have Xuan Son and Van Toan and Hendrio was on the reserve, but they had many alternatives So the difficulty must be from the new Thanh Hoa Club It’s true that without Gustavo and Thai Binh, most of our players are young, the U.23 team has Ngoc Ha, Thai Son, Africa, and Ngoc My. They performed well, but it was difficult to show off Top level against a strong team like Nam Dinh.