Vietnam NT : Mr. Park is more worried about Tien Linh

Thought there was ... Linh

After SEA Games 30, Tien Linh and Ha Duc Chinh were considered as the great hopes of Park Hang-seo to solve the difficulties in the attack of Vietnam national team ... after Anh Duc time.

Mr. Park and professionals have the right to expect this duo, especially with Tien Linh when gradually demonstrating the capacity and experience of playing after a perfect SEA Games.

Not only scoring up to 6 goals at the 30th SEA Games, or scoring at the AFC U23 Championship ... what was shown earlier in the V-League is also the reason for Mr. Park to have great expectations for Tien Linh.

Because since the time Anh Duc announced his retirement from the national team after the AFF Cup 2018, Vietnam often lacks a quarter back to take on the highest role in the attack of Park Hang-seo's team.

It was so difficult that in the Asian Cup, the Korean strategist had to push Cong Phuong up to play quarterback the striker to understand how impressive Tien Linh's performance at SEA Games 30 brought to Park.

... but easily to lose Linh

Obviously, Park Hang-seo or experts, fans do not spend empty expectation on Hai Duong-born player, especially when Anh Duc's also left Binh Duong club after the 2019 season to give Linh a chance to ‘stole the show’ in the V-League.

However, after 3 rounds in the V-League, what Tien Linh left was quite disappointing, not only because he had not scored but also many professional reasons.

In terms of professionalism, Tien Linh seems to be very inert in the first 3 matches, the striker is less likely to run, lazy to dispute and is like a balll hog.

Tien Linh was unable to play the full 90 minutes but was often withdrawn quite early, and the biggest reason was due to ineffective play, although coach Nguyen Thanh Son still said that because of ... injury, as well as "afterglow" when returning from the national team.

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We don’t know how serious injury he had, but "afterglow" of the glory in U23 Vietnam seems to be true. Since the time of winning the AFF Cup 2018, Tien Linh has not played well in the club shirt as before.

More specifically, in the 2018 season before summoning to U23 or Vietnam to attend Asiad, the AFF Cup 2018 Tien Linh has a high performance with 15 goals in 25 matches, but the 2019 season is only 10 goals in 28 the match.

Not only that, it seems that after Anh Duc retired, Tien Linh positioin also changed. It is really difficult for coaching team to replace this striker in the middle, because everyone saw him showed a clear attitude as he was replaced like in the recent match against Saigon Club.

Looking at what is happening with Tien Linh, indeed Mr. Park can hardly sit still when all expectations are for him. But if the striker himself does not change, Vietnam will be easy to lose Tien Linh, not a joke.