Coach Park Hang Seo wrote a miracle for his own life with a relationship with Vietnamese football: when no one knew when he took the position, when he broke up with international news…
Sports Korea has an article regarding HLV Park Hang Seowho will officially leave the position of captain of the Vietnam national team following more than 5 years of attachment, with a series of titles and achievements.
Coach Park Hang Seo when he came to take the position of captain of the Vietnamese national team, no one noticed in Korea, but when he left the position with full of glory, it became international news, beyond Vietnam and the land of Kimchi.
According to this newspaper, it was a journey that at the beginning, Park Hang Seo himself was also… woeful, leaving without much faith, not thinking he might last long. He chose to sit in the ‘hot seat’ Vietnam National Team There is a very clear truth: his time in Korea is over and he needs a job to make a living!
“When Mr. Park Hang Seo received the position of head coach of Vietnam U23 and Vietnam team in October 2017, no one (in Korea) was good. This is understandable, because in the football world of the country, he is out of time.
He himself confessed that he decided to come to Vietnam because he had no other choice at that time.
However, as he prepared to leave this position as captain of the Vietnam national team on January 31, 2023, it became international news, beyond Vietnam and Korea. During the 5 years and 3 months leading the Vietnam national team, Coach Park Hang Seo has rewritten the history of Vietnamese football, completely changing the view of Southeast Asian football, the area considered the most ‘lowest area’. of the sport of Kings”.
Sports Korea pointed out the values that Coach Park Hang Seo brings, in addition to titles and achievements on the pitch such as the AFF Cup championship, 2 gold medals at the 30th and 31st SEA Games, the Vietnamese team reached the qualifying round for the first time. At the end of the World Cup in Asia…
‘Football fever’ Park Hang Seo
Mr. Park brought football fever in Vietnam right at the first Asian U23 tournament in Changzhou
The Korean strategist quickly created a “football fever” in Vietnam following the first tournament at U23 Asia in Changzhou 2018.
Fighting spirit and impressive performances brought U23 Vietnam to the finals for the first time, and even though they might not touch the cup, Mr. Park’s teachers and students were welcomed as returning heroes.
The beautiful days of Coach Park Hang Seo and Vietnamese football continued when the Vietnam Olympic Games entered the semi-finals of the Asiad 2018, then the Vietnamese team filled in the 8 strongest teams in Asia at the 2019 Asian Cup, only to submit to the Japanese team. Version 0-1 later.
In between, Mr. Park helped the Vietnamese team fulfill their dream of winning the AFF Cup for the second time following 10 years of waiting. It can be said that 2018 is the peak year of the Vietnamese team under Coach Park Hang Seo.
With the Vietnam U23s, Mr. Park helped them win Gold at the 30th SEA Games – the first time in 60 years, and continued to successfully defend the title at the next congress (SEA Games 31). Notably, the Vietnamese team also made an achievement for the first time in history in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia.
From struggling to find the title, Coach Park Hang Seo came and turned Vietnamese football into the strongest country in Southeast Asia.
Changing the standard of Southeast Asian football
Asia looks at Vietnam and Southeast Asian football differently, in the past few years. In the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, Mr. Park’s teachers and students only lost to this “big man” 0-1
The achievement of Coach Park Hang Seo is not only a feat of Vietnamese football. Southeast Asian football is still far behind Asia, let alone the world. It can be said that regional countries see the AFF Cup as the ‘Southeast Asian World Cup’ and live in their own ‘village pond’.
However, with the achievements in the U23 Asia, Asiad, Asian Cup and the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia by Coach Park and Vietnam, or the way Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia are aiming, they have gradually changed. change regional football standards.
Now other Asian national teams facing Southeast Asian teams are starting to be more vigilant, viewing them as difficult or not easy to lose opponents, instead of seeing them as winning with a basket of balls. In the last qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, the Vietnamese team also lost only 0-1 to Japan.
Great bridge for the relationship between Vietnam and Korea
Mr. Park is a great bridge for the relationship between Vietnam and Korea to become closer
Along with the wave of K-pop and Korean films, Coach Park Hang Seo is a great bridge for the relationship between the two countries Vietnam and Korea.
At that time, the incumbent President Moon Jae-in also praised the achievements of Vietnamese football as well as commended Mr. Park: “I am very happy that the relationship between Vietnam and Korea is getting closer and closer”.
Meanwhile, in Vietnam, Mr. Park was also honored to receive the Second-class Labor Medal (2020) for his contributions to Vietnamese football. This is the first second-class Labor Medal awarded by the State of Vietnam to a foreign coach.
In December 2022, the President of Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol awarded the diplomatic medal to Coach Park Hang Seo for his great contribution to promoting the friendship between the two countries.