Viettel played HAGL: Recruiting troops for U.22 Vietnam, Mr. Kim must come to see!

The youth of HAGL

Viettel and HAGL Cong have many things in common, when both of them own quality and traditional training, and the habit of expanding the door for young players to show their talents in the V-League.

10 years ago, Bau Duc brings a new feature to Vietnamese football when Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh, Van Toan, Hong Duy, Van Thanh and Dong Trieu (then at level 19, 20) Team the HAGL to fight in the V-League.

With a young force, it is not difficult to understand when HAGL “built his face” with a relegation race for 6 seasons. It was only when coach Kiatisak Senamuang docked, and now the duo of technical director (Director of KKT) Vu Tien Thanh and coach Le Quang Trai directed, HAGL will go to half on the rankings.

Although HAGL lost more than won for 10 years, the rejuvenation philosophy of the mountain town team did not change. After the departure of a series of Talent 1 and 2 HAGL Academy, Pleiku Stadium welcomed a whole new litter. These are mature “homegrown” homeowners from Ham Rong, where HAGL’s youthful headquarters, and are expected to show the spirit and identity of HAGL in the V-League playground.

The new version of HAGL has caused a lot of controversy in the gameplay. Last season, coach Nguyen Duc Thang of Viettel said “should give this team another name” when he thought that HAGL played snakes, intentionally eradicating his pillar.

This season, it was the turn of coach Alexandre Polking of the Hanoi Police Club (CAHN Club) implicitly affirmed that HAGL performed the “football trick” game, when lying in the yard time to preserve the victory.

However, HAGL accepted to trade for results. In less than 1 year, Mr. Vu Tien Thanh’s student won the Hanoi Club twice, defeated CAHN Club, the Cong Cong Viettel, Thanh Hoa, Cam Hoa Nam Dinh … that is the result that only back 1, In the last two seasons, few people thought that the young army and lack of bravery in Pleiku could do.

HAGL once risen to the top in the opening stage, and despite the sixth class, but the number of 17 points after 11 matches was still impressive with one of the two youngest teams V-League. In the success of HAGL, there were pearls revealed such as goalkeeper Tran Trung Kien, center -back Pham Ly Duc, midfielder Cao Hoang Minh (21 years old) or striker Tran Gia Bao (17 years old).

In addition to 4 new U.20 players, HAGL is committed to sticking to the policy of using young players to train themselves, helping the team coach to have potential factors for SEA Games or round. Asian children.

What about Viettel?

It also prioritizes the main kick for self -training young players like HAGL, but Viettel’s direction is very different. The team of soldiers recruited many experienced stars such as Que Ngoc Hai, Nguyen Trong Hoang, Ho Khac Ngoc, Tran Nguyen Manh … to knit and support young people.

The result is that Viettel championship V-League 2020, only 2 years after promotion, then always ensures the foothold in the V-League head group (third class 2023, fourth class in 2022, runner-up 2020, 2022). Thanks to the seniors, the young talents of Viettel such as Nguyen Hoang Duc, Bui Tien Dung, Nguyen Thanh Binh and Khuat Van Khang also gradually have a firm foothold.

The story of HAGL and Viettel can show that training players is only a necessary condition. The new use strategy is the decisive key to raise the player in particular and the team in general. There have been players because they were “forced”, had to enter the competitive environment too early without being led by the seniors, and finally they were.

However, thanks to the boldly investing teams in young football such as HAGL and the Viettel (are rare teams in the V-League with young football training center), but the new Vietnamese team levels “Ngoc Quy” to choose. This season, if HAGL launched a series of U.22 and U.20 faces, Viettel also has Nguyen Cong Phuong (21 years old), Khuat Van Khang, Dang Tuan Phong (22 years old), Nguyen Hong Phuc (21 years old ) or Le Quoc Nhat Nam (23 years old). Coach Nguyen Duc Thang affirmed that Viettel is always wide with young talents, just need to prove his ability.

The competition between the two “pearl furnaces” at 19:15 on 8.2 will be worth watching. To find talent for U.22 Vietnam, coach Kim Sang-Sik hard to ignore this match.