A play with a relative - Van Khang did not pass, Hoang Hen missed the opportunity to debut in a dream, becoming a topic of debate on social networks in recent days. And it is no longer just simple football, but has become personal and collective matters.
From a professional perspective, it is a play that can be done better. But if it's just right and wrong, the most important part of football, as well as life, has been overlooked. People always act in a specific context, with very personal motivations.
22 years old, not having many imprints in the national team, before a clear opportunity, the choice of personal handling is not too difficult to understand. It is the instinct of a person looking for a foothold. Very true. Meanwhile, the teammate next to him also has his own story. If there is a goal in the debut match, everything will be more complete, at least emotionally.
But "sharing happiness equally" is not common in football. The collective operates based on principles, not expectations. The ball bearer has the right to decide and must also take responsibility. No one has the obligation to sacrifice their opportunity just to complete a beautiful story for others.
Life is also like that, always choices, with decisions you feel are suitable for the context and value system you pursue. Being too personal will easily be seen as selfish. But always being considerate, not daring to seize opportunities, and making a mark is difficult. The most difficult point is knowing when to lean to which side.
For Van Khang, that ball was not optimal is correct. So the boundary between "I do it" and "we do it" is violated. Leading to criticism. But with fans, perhaps we should also slow down a bit. To understand that, behind each decision is a person learning to balance between the ego (training skills more proficiently) and the common (putting the collective context into the decision).
A failed ball can disappoint people. But looking further, it is also the way a collective self-adjusts and an individual grows up. Here, maturity is the process of gradually shifting towards the collective without losing personal identity.
So that next time, when faced with a similar choice, people know what to do.
