The stone of a brilliant talent
“A last-minute lift and Kosin’s net shook.
Those are the moments associated with the glorious successes of the Vietnamese team, when this strikerLe Cong VinhMet Minh Phuong’s delicate free kick, and at the same time scored a classy reverse header against Thailand in the injury time of Half 2 – AFF Cup 2008 final second leg, at My Dinh National Stadium.
It was a historic goal, bringing Vietnamese men’s football to the top of Southeast Asia for the first time.
Unworthy plays
However, the Nghe star’s fairy tale does not seem to have a complete sequence.
So why has Le Cong Vinh become one of the strangest football legends for Vietnamese fans?
Le Cong Vinh is considered one of the best players in Vietnamese football history.
One of the first stages that made Cong Vinh’s image leave an impression in the eyes of fans was the transfer from Song Lam Nghe An to Hanoi T&T in 2009. The media at that time said that Mr. Hien had to overcome no less than 9 billion.
In the capital team’s shirt, Cong Vinh continued to explode in the first two seasons, scoring 24 goals, however, Hanoi T&T did not win any titles during this period.
When Cong Vinh joined the Bau Hien football team, the domestic press also revealed the reason the striker left Song Lam Nghe An.
Not only that, after only 3 years playing for Hanoi T&T, Cong Vinh shocked the media with a last-minute move when announcing to join Hanoi FC of Mr. Kien (Former ACB Hanoi), despite reached an agreement to extend the contract.
At this time, many people in the industry also implied that the Nghe An striker was “turning away”.
Song Lam Nghe An’s leadership later confirmed to the press that it had received approval to work from Cong Vinh, so it made an official announcement.
This former striker’s actions later faced a lot of criticism, and since then, his past scandals have been dug up again.
In his last season playing for Hanoi T&T in 2012, Cong Vinh was injured, then continuously reacted to the referee and fans, with the “legendary” moment being a serious situation in winter. causing him to be stripped of the captaincy. team.
Some analysis shows that Cong Vinh’s media team at that time wanted to build the image of a player with a strong personality, a role model like Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham, which is why Cong Vinh began to have nominations. just too much on the field. to attract.
After joining Hanoi FC, some public opinion sources also fabricated the story that Cong Vinh left not because of money but because Mr. Hien banned him from having a relationship with singer Thuy Tien.
The peak of opposition to Cong Vinh in the Vietnamese football world was when he published the controversial autobiography “Minute 89” in 2018, after retiring.
Many mixed opinions have arisen, with some saying that Cong Vinh was very brave when talking about the current situation as well as the hidden corners of Vietnamese football.
Even many former teammates openly criticized Cong Vinh, saying that he exonerated himself, turned himself into a victim in everything, deliberately covered up his star habits and took advantage of the media in the name of selfishness. , exploit others.
The 89th minute of his debut was also the time Cong Vinh became the villain of Vietnamese football.
By 2021, after the case of singer Thuy Tien being accused of embezzling hundreds of billions of flood charity funds in the Central region was spread in the newspapers, the reputation of the couple Cong Vinh – Thuy Tien almost completely collapsed.
At the present time, Cong Vinh’s legendary position in Vietnamese football history is still something no one can deny.
