Man United have many stars, but they are no longer the team that has caused fear across Europe. With all the problems of the "Red Devils" in the 2024-2025 stormy season just ended, as well as when coming to Southeast Asia (climate, squad arrangement...), when it was the people involved such as coaches Kim Sang-sik and Hai Long who used the word "experience", it is important to consider it truly as an... experience. It's not a win or loss, it's not a matter of who is better than who, when MU returns with 7.5 million pounds.
Experience, if you know how to look at it correctly, will be a priceless asset. But if it is turned into a foundation for beyond expectations, even illusion, then that is the root of future disappointments. Even if Mr. Kim Sang-sik says "Hopefully Amorim will keep an eye on Hai Long", it does not mean that the 24-year-old midfielder is qualified to the Premier League.
Another example is the story of coach Hoang Anh Tuan, who just a few months after accepting to lead Bac Ninh club had to leave "for many reasons". Despite the presence of Mr. Park Hang-seo as a consultant and a good number of personnel (compared to opponents in the Second Division), the team still needs time to build a foundation when it has only existed for less than 2 years. Once again, the story of high expectations and quick disappointment happened, which had been warned many times.
From a friendly match to a quick farewell that poses a bigger problem is often seen: Lack of patience. To achieve immediate results, it is not just a waste of investment money!? With that, it may still take shape, still have some results, but it will soon break down if we do not gradually build the system, culture and people. Football, like any durable project, cannot be built with just a few temporary details.
If we consider each small failure or success as a lesson, we will grow up. If we consider it a milestone to honor ourselves or quickly turn our backs, then development is truly unstable and un enduring.
