VietNamNet Bridge – At the sixth round of V-League 2012, fans stretched banners on Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi and Lach Tray Stadium in the northern port city of Hai Phong, asking for the right of burning flares during football matches.

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In Hai Phong, fans held high banners “Burning flares for healthy purposes” during the game between Hai Phong and Khanh Hoa FCs last weekend. This is the way fans showing their support to the chief organizer of V-League – Tran Duy Ly.

Earlier, in the fourth round--Ly did not impose fines on fans of Song Lam Nghe An FC, for burning flares during the game between their FC and Binh Duong on Go Dau Stadium in Binh Duong province. Ly explained that fans burned flare for encouraging their teams and it is a healthy purpose.

Ly’s statement has been warmly welcomed by Hai Phong fans since Lach Tray stadium was a “black spot” at V-League 2011. This stadium had to pay fines many times for burning flares.

At Hanoi’s Hang Day Stadium, fans also held high banners to protest the 20-year broadcasting right deal between the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and AVG Group.
The banners appeared at the time when bosses of FCs, including Doan Nguyen Duc of Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Nguyen Duc Kien of Hanoi ACB, criticized VFF for defending the 20-year contract.

Duc said that VFF tried to protect a wrong contract, which harms Vietnam’s football and he did understand why “VFF intentionally goes against the development trend of the market economy and Vietnam’s football.”

Kien stated to not be “a slave for any organization and individual who benefits illegitimately on our effort and labor.” He also said that VFF’s officials did not know “how to do it right.”

At the same time, VFF’s Vice Chair Le Hung Dung said that bosses of FCs behaved wrongly. “We will implement specific plans because we cannot let the national championship affected by things that are not football and sabotage football,” Dung said.

Ly Hoa