December 15,
2004
Speak to any Vietnamese & you would know they have long given up
any hopes their country would be in the semi-final of the Tiger Cup as they
know
Already the fingers
are pointing in all directions & all involved from the players, coach &
VFF are not spared.
First the media
is pointing the fingers at the VFF & the departed coach for the disaster
Tiger Cup campaign as for the first time since the Tiger Cup begun in 1996
Vietnam have failed to reached the semi-final
To them it
had long been on the books as VFF had long neglected long-term planning &
was always looking for short-term results. That is
why to them Le Huyng Duc, an
old campaigner, is still not replaceable as there is no planning to replace him
in the long run & now they are paying for it as the old-timer can no
longer carry the team. There is just no continuity with the many changes in
coaches as whenever a campaign end, the coach will
depart & everything start all over again.
Also not
helping in the eye of the media is the physical training by Tavares which was
not accepted by the players & the trip to West China where the temperature
was totally different from
Not helping
at all is the moaning by players, they were kept apart from their families for
too long a period as they had been in National training since July when the
V-league ended.
For ex-Vietnam
Brazilian coach Tavares he decry he never got the support he needed from the
VFF & he had to depend on Le Huyng Duc who owned a sport shop
to help out with equipments.
In all a mess & not helping