Changing the mindset about naturalized players, Vietnamese football will fly far…

The puzzle can be said to be complete and satisfying recently, when naturalized striker Nguyen Xuan Son (foreign name is Rafaelson) took the field, making history in Vietnamese football.

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It is possible that from now on, VFF will feel secure when using naturalized players to join the national team. He made his mark by becoming the first naturalized player to play for the Vietnamese team in an official tournament (AFF Cup) and was successful beyond expectations because of his smooth team play.

Not only that, Xuan Son also scored 2 goals, assisted 2 goals to help our team win and was also the best player in the match on December 21 against Myanmar team.

In recent years, there has been some disagreement in discussing the trend of naturalized players joining the national team. Perhaps we should mention the case of Nguyen Filip from the Czech Republic who struggled to return to Vietnam after several years and finally succeeded, but that was only for a player of Vietnamese origin, but it was difficult. This is the case of a player who is not entirely of Vietnamese origin. He is just a player who has played for many years in Vietnam and wants to apply for naturalization.

Xuan Son captured the hearts of Vietnamese fans

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I and many fans are probably most pleased with him, that is his convincing team spirit. Comments like player Nguyen Quang Hai are probably the most accurate because he is a teammate, an insider. When asked about striker Nguyen Xuan Son, Quang Hai replied: "For me personally, Xuan Son is the type of player who connects the play very well and has the ability to help teammates feel more comfortable"...

Xuan Son's playing style that we see, has a very high team spirit. Many times he passed the ball to his teammates to finish very beautifully. The fact that he successfully created two goals in just one match scored by his teammates is enough to convince us, not to mention that in the first half his teammates missed some quite delicate passes as we saw. This needs to be considered an important factor to go to victory, but before the match, many people were still hesitant to say it. Now everyone is happy because they understand, the Vietnam National Team is truly a unified block, with the strength of collective playing style.

Xuan Son has impressive form

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Vietnam is aiming for the 2024 AFF Cup final, competing for the title after last winning in 2018.

Although he has only participated in one match, Xuan Son still has a long way to go before him. The challenge for our entire team is not only the upcoming matches but also the continental tournaments or the next World Cup qualifiers. Everyone is waiting for the 27-year-old Nguyen Xuan Son and the candidates who will continue to be naturalized, either players of Vietnamese origin or naturalized players of non-Vietnamese origin.

In my opinion, we also need to be careful when selecting so that it has some Vietnamese identity. In short, we need to be "refined" but not too much and we also do not need to recruit like the recent Indonesian team, so that when competing in tournaments not in the FIFA Days system, we are helpless to summon players because the club refuses to release them.

Perhaps for players of Vietnamese origin, if they return to play in domestic club competitions, it would be best, they would quickly integrate, understand each other better, need less time to concentrate and still be able to understand each other. This is so that we can be proactive if the player is called up to the national team. Avoid the situation like the old days, in many contracts with foreign clubs, we have to "hang" a clause for them to "release" the player back to the country when there is a tournament but the clubs refuse to release their players, that's okay...

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