VietNamNet Bridge - For many reasons that a lot of stars are not called up to the national football squad of Coach Phan Thanh Hung.

When the list of members of the national team was made public, many people were surprised because midfielder Phan Van Tai Em was not named in the list. Tai Em was also “shocked” for being neglected by the national team.

While Tai Em wished to join the team, Coach Phan Thanh Hung wanted a veteran – Minh Phuong – who left the national team two years ago – to come back.

Finally, both Tai Em and Minh Phuong were rejected from the list. The cards were given to young players. However, these young did not perform well in some matches before the AFF Cup.

Many key players of the national team before, like Vu Phong and Thanh Luong, seem to be “disgraced” by Coach Hung.

There are questions about Coach Phan Thanh Hung’s favor to players of his club because the coach has called up a lot of players of Hanoi T&T and Danang FCs. Of these, very few players have proven their capabilities.

The coach said he does not reject these players from the national squad yet because they have spirit and the will to play.

Many experts have spoken out against a number of personnel options of Coach Phan Thanh Hung.

Nam Nguyen