7 June 2007, farewell football to Khiem

Khiem has been our team's defender for a long time and he has done the job very well. Not too tall, not too big but he is strong and solid as if he were made of steal. As an experienced player, he plays smartly and reliably: He does not blindly jump into the opponent's forward to be passed easily; instead, he waits and hinders the opponent calmly and tightly and is always ready to stop the ball at the very best moment. In case he is passed which does not usually happen, he follows the passing guy quickly and patiently and at the decided second, throws himself as an arrow to break the threat. I always like to watch him transform himself into a bullet like that. This style, naturally, is dangerous (I have to admit that I cannot employ that style in whatever situation ^_^) and sometimes causes injuries both for him and for the opponent. But well, it's football and players can get injuries everywhere on the ground.


The guy we are saying goodbye is also good at distributing the ball and support the attack. Having clever feet, he often does short- and middle-range co-ordinations to get rid of hamperers smartly to bring the ball forward, then either makes deadly passes for our forwards or shoots the ball himself. He has scored from such situations (unfortunately not today) several times but his favorite position is still the defense. He is the most reliable defender we Vietnamese students in Norwich have ever had.


A complete win against Chinese guys (12-5 or something like that after 2 hours :-D) who doubled us in the number of players was a great acknowledgement to him. Farewell, mate!!!