Coach Gong Oh-kyun reveals hidden corners at Hanoi Police Club

On his personal Facebook page, Coach Gong Oh-kyun posted an article denouncing many hidden corners when he was leading the Hanoi Police Club. The Korean coach led this team from round 4 to round 7, before being suspended from coaching and handing over the task to Technical Director Tran Tien Dai in round 8 of V.League 2023/24.

In the article, coach Gong Oh-kyun said he had to rotate the squad, letting players play in positions other than their strengths to deal with injury problems.

" The position change is a solution to the problem of player absence and there is no default initial position concept for everyone. The change can happen at any time depending on the coach, philosophy and ability of the player. On this occasion, I would like to thank the players who have followed my instructions ," Mr. Gong wrote.

Coach Gong Oh-kyun said he knew his professional work was being interfered with.

Coach Gong Oh-kyun affirmed that during his time at work, he focuses completely on the players and the team without paying attention to anything else. He does not differentiate between domestic and foreign players but evaluates them on the same playing angle.

Besides, coach Gong Oh-kyun said he was influenced in his personnel selection and tactical direction by another member of the team.

" Despite the authority and responsibility of the head coach, a director - who planned to leave the team the day before the match - returned, singled out specific players and pressured them to play, as if under duress ," Mr Gong wrote.

This coach gave an example of the situation where goalkeeper Nguyen Filip joined the attack at the end of the match. Mr. Gong did not want his students to do so because of the goal difference issue. However, the above mentioned intervening character once again "invaded" the head coach's authority, giving the opposite instructions.

Coach Gong Oh-kyun also said that the Hanoi Police Club's leadership did not keep their promise to keep him until the end of the first leg. In addition, the former U23 Vietnam coach affirmed that there was no story that he refused to terminate his contract because he wanted to earn a lot of compensation money as rumored.

Regarding the contract story, Mr. Gong revealed: " Despite the unfair situation, I cooperated with the club as much as possible to maintain the terms. But someone leaked the details of my contract to the outside and spread the news to the media that I did not agree, I wanted to terminate the contract for money ."

Mr. Gong Oh-kyun thanked Vietnamese fans for their support during his time working there. He hopes to have the opportunity to return if everything goes well.

After parting ways with coach Gong Oh-kyun, Hanoi Police Club announced new head coach Kiatisak Senamang on January 15.

Van Hai

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