Two newcomers Jose Ortiz and Ariel Rodriguez appeared in the yesterday’s afternoon training session of HCMC FC, but Công Phượng had to train separately due to his injury.

Two foreign players Ariel and Ortiz

Reuniting after saying goodbye for 2 weeks, coach Chung Hae Seong and his assistant screw were back to their work at HCMC FC on August 12th. Actually, HCMC FC had their first training session after Covid-19 pandemic in the afternoon of August 11th under the instruction of coach Lưu Đình Tuấn and his language assistant Trần Hùng Cường.

This was also the first training session of 2 new foreign players  Jose Ortiz and Ariel Rodriguez in the shirts of HCMC FC. The Costa Rica national team’s striker duo Ariel Rodriguez and Guillermo Ortiz entirely finished the training session. The oned assisting the million-dollar-worth striker duo in the training were other foreign players such as Pape Diakite, or Seo Yong Duk.

Besides, domestic players such as Phi Sơn, Ngô Hoàng Thịnh either enthusiastically instructed and made conversations so that Ariel and Ortiz follow the whole team. The present of the duo used to attend 5 World Cup Final Rounds will surely form a dangerous attacking line for HCMC FC in the race to the tile this season.

However, on the debut training session of the 2 new players, forward Nguyễn Công Phượng surprisingly had to individually at a corner due to his injury. Discomfort was showed on his face, and he needed assistants in muscular endurance exercises with supporting tools.

Công Phượng had to train individually due to his injury

The injury of Công Phương is not a good news for HCMC FC at present. The 25-year-old striker is playing an important role in the tactics of coach Chung Hae Seong thanks to the ability to stir opponents’ defending line as well as his very graceful goal hunting skill.

HCMC FC now have 17 points and are standing 5th in the ranking. The present target of the hosts of Thống Nhất stadium is gaining 6 points from the two upcoming games so as to improve their position in the race to the title.

Source – Thethaohcm.vn