Striker Nguyen Tien Linh said that whoever replaces coach Park Hang-seo to lead the Vietnam team will also face pressure, but with that comes more motivation and prospects for further success.
Mr. Park Hang-seo will officially leave his job at the Vietnam team when his contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) ends on January 31.
During more than 5 years of working, Mr. Park has helped the Vietnam team in particular and Vietnamese men’s football make great strides from entering the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, reaching the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup 2019, winning the AFF Cup 2018. to success at SEA Games, Asiad as well as the Asian U23 Championship.
At this time, VFF is approaching candidates to replace Mr. Park, including many big names from Europe such as Robert Prosinecki, Dragan Skocic, Marc Wilmots, Javier Clemente… However, who is considered a strong candidate. Park is Philippe Troussier – former coach of the Vietnam U20 team, who has worked in Vietnam for more than 3 years.
Mr. Troussier fully meets the criteria set by the VFF from his experience in the World Cup, his knowledge of Asian and Vietnamese football. The French strategist is considered the right person to join the Vietnamese team to dream of attending the 2026 World Cup.
Striker Tien Linh himself is also very excited about the prospect of working with a famous coach like Troussier. Park Hang-seo is an Asian coach who has worked with Vietnamese football for a long time with many successes. The person taking over as coach Park will have a lot of pressure, but it’s also motivating for themselves.
There is a lot of information about European coaches about leading the Vietnamese team, I think when an Asian coach achieves so much success, a world-class European strategist will help Vietnamese football. Nam is more successful.”
Tien Linh is one of the players that Mr. Park brought to light and achieved great success. The striker born in 1997 is among the top scorers in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Asia. At the AFF Cup 2022, Tien Linh is also the co-scorer with Teerasil Dangda. He is considered the current number 1 striker in Vietnam.
Becamex Binh Duong’s striker still has a lot of potential to develop, especially in the Vietnam team. Therefore, Tien Linh is also very eager to work with the new teacher in the team. In the immediate future, he focuses all his energy on the owner club Binh Duong, with the goal of reaching the top with a medal at V.League 2023.
“In the 2023 season, the personnel of the Binh Duong team has changed a lot. But surely we will keep the spirit of solidarity and confidence. I think the goal set by the team leader is not too difficult. We are ready to fight and hope to achieve our goal this season,” – Tien Linh shared.
In the new season, Tien Linh will stand side by side with V.League’s top scorer 2022 Rimario on the front line of the Prime football team. The Vietnamese striker emphasized that he will compete fairly with Rimario and other strikers, to help the team the most.
Tien Linh himself also aims to be in the Top scorers of the V.League 2023. In the 2022 season, Tien Linh scored 9 goals and is the 2nd best domestic striker in the V.League after Tuan Hai ( 10 tables). This striker used to be the best domestic striker in V.League 2018 with 15 goals.