Doan Ngoc Tan caused a stir with his statement that the whole team kept giving up.
Doan Ngoc Tan: The whole team kept giving up!
Midfielder Doan Ngoc Tan and Thanh Hoa Club had an excellent match, showing a spirit of never giving up to hold defending champion Nam Dinh to a 1-1 draw, with Lucas Ribamar equalizing in the 88th minute (the away team opened the scoring in the 70th minute thanks to Mpande).
After the match, captain Doan Ngoc Tan was very proud of his teammates' resilient performance: "Today Thanh Hoa Club started the match very well. A bit unlucky, in the second half we let Nam Dinh Club take the lead by 1 goal from a corner kick.
But all the players tried hard, never gave up and scored 1 goal and brought 1 point for the home team."
As the only player of the Vietnamese team who is playing like a machine, right after winning the AFF Cup 2024 championship, Doan Ngoc Tan did not return to Vietnam but stayed in Thailand to help Thanh Hoa Club have a 1-1 draw against PG Pathum, before holding the second team in the V-League this season, Nam Dinh, to a draw.
Mpande helps Nam Dinh FC take the lead
He shared: “My body is a bit tired. I will try to eat, sleep and rest well, recover to continue fighting with Thanh Hoa Club. My body may be a bit overloaded, but I still have to try.
Recently, I was called up to the Vietnamese national team for the first time and played for the first time in the AFF Cup 2024. There were many surprises, difficulties and a lot of pressure, but I still had to try my best.
With the help of the coaching staff of the Vietnam national team, I have made an effort. Now that I have returned to Thanh Hoa Club, I must work with Coach Popov and the team to help the team achieve the goals set at the beginning of the year."
Accidentally "resonating" Tien Linh's famous quote
Ngoc Tan has just gone through a busy competition schedule.
A very emotional speech, showing the high fighting spirit of the midfielder considered a discovery at the AFF Cup 2024, when having the first major tournament with the national team at the age of 30.
But the 1994-born midfielder's statement "the whole team never gives up" immediately became a hit online, reminding us of Tien Linh's status line " sports is never giving up" which has been teased to the point of becoming a trademark.
It's even more adorable when, according to his wife Van Anh, Ngoc Tan later explained via text message that his saying implied "Don't stop, try harder" with a little mistake of "don't give up", just like Tien Linh did.
Perhaps the Vietnamese team members, after teasing Tien Linh too much, took the words to heart without realizing it, leading to Ngoc Tan's adorable slip of the tongue.
Returning to the memorable interview, Doan Ngoc Tan shared that the most terrible time, with the most physical pressure, was 3 matches within just 1 week: including 2 finals, first leg, second leg of AFF Cup 2024 and in the Southeast Asian Club Championship with Pahum United Club.
At the AFF Cup, Doan Ngoc Tan also caused a stir when answering interviews, with his famous mouth curling and "humph" sentence.
Nam Dinh Club still competes for championship, Coach Popov satisfied with 1 point
To miss the victory, coach Vu Hong Viet complained about the difficulty of lacking a striker: “We currently only have one striker, domestic player Minh Tuan, so we have to push Mpande, who is good at playing as an attacking midfielder, up. In the coming time, Nam Dinh Club must find another striker who can score goals to replace Xuan Son. Our goal is still to win the championship. After this afternoon's match, the gap between Nam Dinh and Thanh Hoa is still 1 point. We are still in 2nd place, there are still many opportunities.”
For his part, Coach Popov was satisfied: “1 point is good for us, better than nothing. We have played 12 matches in all competitions, scoring in most of them. At the current level of Thanh Hoa Club, that achievement is something to be proud of. In today's match against Nam Dinh, you guys performed well. Today Nam Dinh Club did not have Xuan Son and Van Toan, and Hendrio was on the bench, but they still have many alternatives. The difficulty must be from Thanh Hoa Club when Gustavo and Thai Binh were not available. Most of our players are young, the U.23 team had Ngoc Ha, Thai Son, Chau Phi, Ngoc My on the field later. They performed well, but it is difficult to show their top level against a strong team like Nam Dinh.
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