Controversy over the break schedule of V-League 2023

The above period includes nine days of FIFA days from March 20 to 28, ie clubs are forced to release players. However, the Vietnamese team gathered from March 8 to 12 and this break is actually to serve the goals of the U22 youth team to prepare for the 32nd SEA Games and U20 Vietnam for the 2023 AFC U20 final round. .

This situation makes coach Chu Dinh Nghiem of Hai Phong angry. "The tournament was cut up too much," Nghiem said, losing to Ha Tinh 2-3 in the evening of February 18. "This break makes it difficult for clubs because the player has just started playing four rounds, then he has to take a long break."

Coach Vu Hong Viet shared the same opinion, and said that the clubs need to voice their opinions on this situation in order to change. "There is no tournament that takes a whole month off, plays three rounds and then takes another month off," head coach Nam Dinh shared. "If taking a break to serve the national team is too much, over here is the youth team."

Having worked in Greece, India and Thailand, Hanoi FC coach Bozidar Bandovic has never seen such long breaks as the V-League this season. He believes that players, especially national players need time to rest, but a long break can have the opposite effect such as interrupting the good performance. "Thailand also had two breaks like this, but short," said the Montenegrin coach.

Rookie V-League just drew HAGL 1-1, breaking the circuit for two consecutive defeats. After each match, coach Foiani is consistent with the idea that the team is not cohesive due to too little pre-season preparation time and not enough players. He thinks that the next time is an opportunity for CAHN to play more synchronously.

Coach Kiatisuk Senamuang said that when the match schedule was approved, the clubs agreed to this. In fact, when Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company - VPF submitted a plan to organize tournaments based on the schedule of national teams and clubs in December 2022, they did not encounter any problems. objection.

Coach Thach Bao Khanh – a former national player gives a point of view to look at the positive side of the long break. "Last year, the Vietnamese team played for a long time, so I think this break is useful for the pillars," said Viettel's head coach. Mr. Khanh also affirmed that this is a national task, ready to contribute to the team, and the club will overcome difficulties.

Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia all have very strong action clubs. Thai League 1 clubs only released limited troops for the Thai team to play the AFF Cup 2022. Buriram United President Newin Chidchob even brought good players to England to train at Leicester City, and suggested that the national team should practice. focus on big goals like Asian Cup, World Cup instead of Southeast Asia.

In Indonesia, coach Thomas Doll clashed with coach Shin Tae-yong about not allowing Persija Jakarta players to concentrate on the U20 team. In Malaysia, the Crown Prince of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, and also the chairman of the Johor Darul Ta'zim club, did not allow players to join the national team for the 2022 AFF Cup. He announced that he would not release his army without FIFA days, or serve the goal of Asian Cup, World Cup. "I will buy all the good players from Malaysia and not send them to the national team," Tunku Ismail told the New Straits Times.