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Unlike Tran Thanh Trung, Damian Vu Thanh An or Vadim Nguyen... Lee Williams started the V.League later. After more than 2 months in Vietnam, the English football striker has just made his first appearance in the national championship for the Ho Chi Minh City Police club and was placed in the starting lineup.
That is something that the majority of promising overseas Vietnamese could not have before. In particular, the person who chose Lee Williams in the starting lineup is coach Le Huynh Duc, who is known for being very strict when evaluating and training players in Vietnam.
People with expertise still often pass on the anecdotes surrounding Mr. Le Huynh Duc. That is, if he does not say anything about a player, it means that the face has received the trust of a difficult teacher.
Lee Williams can be considered lucky. It is known that in the first 2 weeks of being at the Ho Chi Minh City Police team, coach Huynh Duc attentively followed each movement of the young overseas Vietnamese players. From moving, approaching, controlling the ball in a narrow range or finishing... every gesture of Lee was of interest, instructed and commented on by the Vietnamese legend.
If Lee Williams does not practice well, there is no reason for Mr. Le Huynh Duc to start him in his V.League debut match. In 71 minutes on the pitch, the striker did not score or assist. Many viewers said that Lee Williams' debut was lackluster and ineffective.
However, according to the coaching staff and experts, this player initially left his mark with a non-ball thinking, active activities on the right wing, continuous running, and actively approaching the opponent. Statistics from Sofascored show that Lee had 10 close-range fights and 3 air fights with the opponent.
This is something that coach Le Huynh Duc needs to add to a striker with physical appearance, youthfulness and a modern football philosophy, in addition to finishing skills, which are core tasks.
In recent days, Lee Williams has continued to receive direct support from the head coach. The experiences as a top striker in Vietnamese football were taught to his students by Mr. Huynh Duc, in the hope of helping him become sharper in front of the opponent's goal.
The tactics for Ho Chi Minh City Police were also adjusted after the overseas Vietnamese striker arrived at Thong Nhat Stadium. The pieces to take advantage of Lee Williams' advantages are also updated in the professional curriculum.
Coach Huynh Duc's mentoring of Lee Williams not only helps the attack of Ho Chi Minh City Police Club to be more diverse, but also an opportunity for Vietnamese teams to have more options for potential center forward in the coming time.
Training a star
At Hanoi FC, Pham Tuan Hai also benefited after the team welcomed new head coach Harry Kewell and assistant Warren Feeney - 2 former international-class strikers.
In fact, during the negotiations with the Hanoi FC board, Mr. Kewell paid attention to the ability of the striker born in 1998. The former Liverpool striker believes that Tuan Hai can develop further compared to his current performance. This is also a factor for the capital team to put their trust in and sign a contract with Mr. Kewell.
Coach Kewell assigned assistant Feeney to improve the ability of the Hanoi FC striker. The Australian legend himself also directly guided Tuan Hai, from positioning and pressing the opponent's defender to his ball-scoring skills in different positions to achieve a higher goal efficiency than before.
The standards that Mr. Kewell or assistant Feeney give Tuan Hai are similar to the level that a striker playing in Europe must meet. This means that Hai will have to think faster, move more intelligently, and finish with more power and sharpness than the previous level he practiced.
The positive thing is that with a progressive spirit, Tuan Hai has gradually met high standards from coach Kewell. It is known that the Australian strategist and his colleagues commented that Tuan Hai and Maranhao are the two students who adapted the fastest to the coaching program at Hanoi FC.
Even when Hai "little" had not yet shined, Mr. Kewell still considered him a face with good expertise. The 47-year-old coach believes that with his awareness and diligence, Tuan Hai will definitely score in the next matches.
Similar to the story of Lee Williams - Le Huynh Duc, learning from a world-famous player like Harry Kewell or former Northern Ireland striker - Feeney will help Tuan Hai improve. That is also good news for the Vietnam team and coach Kim Sang-sik in the upcoming international matches.
