After the The Cong Viettel match drew 1-1 against Cong An TPHCM, coach Velizar Popov once again caused public outrage when reacting fiercely to the refereeing work. Even, the Bulgarian strategist declared that he might "leave Vietnam and not return". Connecting from the days he led Thanh Hoa until now, "why do these things always happen to Popov?
He has reason to be angry and resentful of the facts from the decisions of the black-clad kings. However, if you look at the question from the lens of the "Law of Attraction", you will see a frighteningly accurate operation of the mind.
The law of attractiveness, understood in the simplest way, is how much energy you have, you will attract similar things to your life. From when he was leading U23 Myanmar to Thanh Hoa and now, Popov has been famous for being a hot-tempered person and always has that mindset in the face of any disadvantages to the home team.
When living in a state of tension with the thought that "I am being treated unfairly" or "the system is against me", the brain will automatically turn on the search mode and exaggerate negative signals. The nature of anger is a process of self-destruction, from physical to mental. Constant anger creates a negative energy zone, which is a "magnet" that attracts unwanted things to you. Then, the most frustrating scenarios, the most unfavorable decisions keep repeating, no matter where they are.
Encountering unfairness or unintended incidents is inevitable. But reacting by being angry, yelling, or playing the victim should not be the solution. It does not change the referee's decision, does not reverse the score, but only makes the person involved lose energy, lose wisdom. Like we have the saying "when angry, lose wisdom".
Unable to control anger, the ultimate victim is you, whether expressed in actions or words. And of course, people will wait and see how Popov implements the threat. Or just like Gennaro Gattuso - who declared he would leave Italy if he did not bring the national team to the 2026 World Cup - now preparing to sign a contract with Lazio Club in Serie A...
