The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on Wednesday banned a player from the sport until the end of this year after his horrific tackle broke a national team member’s leg in a game one day before. The VFF ban was imposed on 29-year-old Ngo Hoang Thinh, a midfielder of Ho Chi Minh City FC, Vu Xuan Thanh, chief of the Vietnamese football governing body’s disciplinary board, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Wednesday. Thinh was required to pay a VND40 million (US$1,725) fine and is not allowed to play football until the end of December 31, 2021, Thanh elaborated, citing local football regulations. He will also have to pay the medical bill of Do Hung Dung, a 28-year-old ace of Hanoi FC and the national team, the chief added. Dung underwent a successful 1.5-hour surgery on Wednesday morning, his surgeon in Ho Chi Minh City said, noting that it will take him at least six months before he can probably play professional football again. Hanoi FC's doctors had predicted that he would be out for at least one year. Dung suffered a broken right leg after he was horrifically challenged by Thinh during their clubs’ tie in the fifth round of the 2021 V-League 1 season on Tuesday. His leg was seen clearly bending in a slow-motion video of the tackle taking place 27 minutes into the game at Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi FC's skipper Nguyen Van Quyet passed a ball from the right flank before Dung took a heavy touch following a rebound from a Ho Chi Minh City FC defender’s header. Thinh then recklessly thrust both his legs at Dung’s right leg in a horror challenge, leading to him being sent off the pitch. Dung was seen writhing in agony on the field, surrounded by anxious players from both sides. Medical staff immediately rushed to the pitch, gave him first aid for a few minutes, and took him to a nearby hospital. Hanoi FC scored the opener in the ensuing free-kick and went on to win 3-0 eventually. Dung is an ace in midfield so this …
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Vietnamese midfielder under fire as horrific tackle breaks colleague’s leg
A Vietnamese footballer has been rigorously criticized both in Vietnam and abroad after he brutally ruptured his colleague’s leg in a league game on Tuesday. Ngo Hoang Thinh, a 29-year-old midfielder of Ho Chi Minh City FC, horrendously fouled Do Hung Dung, a 28-year-old midfielder of Hanoi FC, during their clash in the fifth round of the V-Leauge 1 on the former’s soil. Twenty-seven minutes into the game, Thinh jumped in recklessly and lunged right in on Dung’s ankle, causing it to buckle at sickening impact, after a heavy ball touch from the Hanoi FC player. The slow-motion footage from a live feed showed just how nasty the challenge and subsequent injury were. Many international sports news sites, including GiveMeSports, Marca, AS, and SPORTBible , have covered the incident, using words deemed as a rebuke of Thinh. SPORTBible called his tackle “one of the worst we have seen for a long, long time,” while Marca headlined their article, “A hard to watch horror tackle in Vietnam.” GiveMeSports described it as “a truly horrendous challenge,” and AS named it “a hard to watch horror tackle in Vietnam.” Netizens in Vietnam have taken to social media to criticize Thinh’s horrifying play. “What a vicious tackle. Looks like he wanted to knock him down,” a Facebook user named Tien Minh commented under the incident footage shared on the social networking site. “It’s murder, not football,” another user, Thanh Vu, commented below Tien Minh. Hanoi FC’s midfielder Do Hung Dung is pictured on his bed at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on March 23, 2021. Photo: Hanoi FC “What’s left for his career now,” wrote Do Thanh Tuyen as he showed concerns for Dung’s health condition and that he would be set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines. “The kick was so cruel, [he] should be banned for life. It’s a football field, not a boxing ring," reads another comment by Hoang Long Tran, suggesting a heavy punishment for Thinh. Even the …
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Brotherly love in Vietnam: Twin acts as arms, legs of younger brother
To their neighbors in Ho Chi Minh City, the sight of Gia Hung carrying his twin sibling Gia Lam on his back to school has become familiar over the last several years. Nguyen Gia Hung and Nguyen Gia Lam are twins and 8th-grade students in District 10. While Hung was born normal and healthy, Lam suffered from Tetralogy of Fallot, which is a birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart. At the age of two, Lam had to have four of his limbs amputated in an operation to stay alive. His parents had to take their children, the twins and a daughter, to Ho Chi Minh City from their home in the southeast province of Tay Ninh due to Lam’s condition. They did everything they could to make ends meet and to have enough money to pay for the treatments given to Gia Lam for about ten years. To make the treatment process more convenient, the family moved into a small house they rented in the city. Five people shared a living space of around 15 square meters and lived on the money they got from selling soy milk. Hung loves Lam very much. He helps the parents with taking care of his younger brother. Neighbors got quickly accustomed to the fact that Hung takes Lam to the school and brings his younger brother back home every day. Feeling for the poor family and the disabled boy, a neighbor presented them with a wheelchair, which helps the two brothers go to school more easily. The heart-touching story of Hung and Lam reminds their neighbors of one very famous Vietnamese folk song saying the connection between a brother and a younger brother is like that between arms and legs, and brothers should help each other in difficult situations in life. The two brothers are not only twins, they are also friends who have studied and played together for many years. Lap, Lam and Hung's father, combs Lam’s hair in their rented house in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre Nguyen Gia Hung holds the wheelchair while Nguyen …
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