Tien Linh was disappointed
Striker Nguyen Tien Linh has gone through the 2024-2025 season with ups and downs.
At the beginning of the season, he was excited by Binh Duong's ambitious investment. The striker born in 1997 himself also achieved commendable goalscoring results during this period.
At that time, coach Hoang Anh Tuan built a series of satellites to support his student. In response to the trust of his teachers, Tien Linh scored 7 goals in the first 9 rounds.
Not only at the club level, Tien Linh is also in the top scoring group (4 goals) and assisting (2 times) of the Vietnam national team in the journey to win the 2024 ASEAN Cup.
This became a lever to help the striker from Hai Duong conquer the first Vietnam Golden Ball award in his career.
Unfortunately, after that milestone, everything went in a bad direction for Tien Linh. Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan's departure at the end of 2024 greatly affects the performance of this player in Binh Duong.
Over the past 4 months, since winning the Vietnam Golden Ball, Tien Linh has only scored 3 more goals in the V.League and 1 goal in the National Cup for the team from the land of Thu.
In the Vietnam national team, he failed to score in 3 consecutive matches against Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia in 2025.
Uncertainty is the reason why Tien Linh is surpassed by foreign players in the race for the Top Scorer of V.League 2024-2025. For that reason, Binh Duong club dropped deep into the middle of the rankings and spent another year empty-handed in this arena.
Most recently, in the National Cup, Binh Duong, although rated higher, lost to Song Lam Nghe An, who used many young players this season.
The image of the 28-year-old striker taking off his bronze medal and entering the tunnel enthusiastically spoke of his sad and disappointed mood in the second half of the 2024-2025 season.
The peak disappointment
But that is not the end of the sadness Tien Linh experienced. A few days before the 2024-2025 season summary award, Tien Linh once again failed.
After reviewing the goals, the tournament organizers decided to deduct 1 goal from Tien Linh. That was the situation in the match between Hai Phong and Binh Duong in round 25, the second goal that the team from the land of Thu had come to the own goal by Bui Tien Dung.
From being one of three players to win the Golden Boot award in V.League 2024-2025, Tien Linh regrettably dropped the title. Disappointment and disappointment are the moods this player experiences. "Really sad" - Tien Linh posted on his personal page after information from the organizing committee.
But in the end, that disappointment could come from the negative reactions of some fans. Instead of sharing Tien Linh's bad luck, many criticized and criticized his ability to play football.
Even his winning the Vietnam Golden Ball award became a topic of debate. Tien Linh's efforts in the Vietnamese and Binh Duong national team jersey in 2024 were forgotten by a part of the online community.
Football is always between love and hate, between recognition and denial, between agreement and denial. Tien Linh has also gone through many emotional ups and downs, the lines of controversy in the 2024-2025 season.
The most accurate answer to reject controversy could be a goal. And for Tien Linh, after this disappointment, he needs to stand up and move forward.
