Getting a 1-1 draw with Nam Định, HCMC FC are left 7 points behind Hanoi FC. The trophy seems to go further from the owners of Thống Nhất stadium. However, to Mr.Chung Hae-seong, what the team have done are remarkably successful.

With the goal at the 85th minute of Hoàng Thiên, HCMC FC gain 1 point from hosts Nam Định in round 23 of V-League 2019. This is not a bad result as playing at Thiên Trường “hot pot” is always a difficulty for every team in this season.

“I am asked about possibility to win the trophy everywhere I come to. To HCMC, the target is the highest position. I often tell my players that every match is a final and ask them to always play with the best effort. I am still proud of them despite of the result”. Said coach Chung Hae-seong.

Mr.Chung Hae-seong wants to make Vietnam football more professional through HCMC FC image

According to the Korean manager either, what HCMC FC have done in this season are higher that expectation. No one thinks that HCMC can join in the race to the title, but we now stand solidly at the 2nd position while the season remains just 3 rounds.

“What I hope to show up is professionalism of the team. You can clearly feel the difference of HCMC FC in this season comparing to the previous one. When I had just arrived, I usually told the players that ranking is not the most important thing. I, assistants and leaders want to bring HCMC FC a new style. That is how to operate the club in most professional way, from which I hope to support Vietnam football to recognize that if it wants success, it must be professional from the smallest things”.

Next round, HCMC FC will receive the club of the same city Saigon FC who have just had an impressive 3-1 win to Hoang Anh Gia Lai. And of course, the target of coach Chung Hae-seong is not anything but 3 points, through which they continue to keep up with leaders Hanoi FC in the race to the trophy.

Source – thethaohcm.vn