The captain of the HCM City club said that despite having difficulties after two defeats, he still thought about a high position in the rankings with the affirmation: “As a coach, you should not think about relegation…”
The second consecutive defeat of the HCM City club made the City team fall to the bottom of the rankings after 2 matches. However, speaking after the match, coach Vu Tien Thanh was still very optimistic: “Losing two games is difficult, but we have 11 more games to go. If the coach is disappointed, he cannot pull the team up, we will definitely try.
We’ve been preparing for 2 months, so we can’t say we’re running at all. As a coach, everyone wants to have good players. Ho Chi Minh City club is facing economic difficulties, so it can’t keep the army. The target given by the leadership is to stay relegated, but I can’t do that in football.
The HCMC club is not big, but in a big city, my responsibility has to be raised. The target of the top 8 is that everyone can do it, as a coach but only relegation, the players will think weak, that’s all. Must aim higher.
We only have inexperienced players, but the rest of the way they will be better and develop more.”
The captain of the City team confirmed that the next stage will have foreign troops adjusted, and set a firm goal for the next match: “Try to get 3 points against Khanh Hoa, even though it’s difficult”
Meanwhile, coach Chu Dinh Nghiem was satisfied with 3 points at Thong Nhat, but was not happy when a few key players were injured before the important confrontation with SLNA.
“I expected Xuan Truong to lead the way for Hai Phong, but unfortunately he got injured. I hope he comes back soon.” Nghiem talked about a rookie midfielder who could not be used yet, signed from HAGL.