Let's not call for votes for unfair goals, okay?

The 'unfair' goal by the Thai team put the Vietnamese team in a difficult position in a very important match and suffocated the hearts of tens of millions of fans.

Vote for the best goal of ASEAN Cup 2024 as of the afternoon of January 8, 2025. Supachok's goal (Thailand) is leading with a very high difference - Screenshot

But the Vietnamese team had a "beyond standard" response and behavior in the second leg of the final away on January 5, when they focused on their actions and used the final result to overcome the dirty play.

The Vietnam team does not need to say much, there are already fans inside and outside the border speaking up, experts speaking up, prestigious newspapers in the region speaking up, and even the voices of the Thai people.

And speaking out not only by criticizing the Thai team, public opinion also praised the strength of the Vietnamese team, analyzed the beauty of the ball, of the tactics and spread the examples of bravery of young players who are representing the sports of a country.

It can be said that by winning nobly, we have "sweet revenge".

However, the fact that many fans have called on each other to participate in the voting held by the ASEAN Cup 2024 on January 7 and choose Supachok's ugly goal as the best goal of the tournament seems to be going far away from the spirit of fairplay that we are proud of and preserve.

In just a moment, that goal topped the list, accounting for 75.48%. Many explanations from fans such as: "so that this goal will be remembered for many years to come"; "It hurts to have the most beautiful goal"; "so that the goal will be passed down in football history"...

A bad goal in sports is always something that is hard to forget. It is not too much to say that it is gloating, the victory has brought the fans gloating because "God saw", the crime was "avenged", justice was served... That gloating mentality is a part of football, making football dramatic, attractive, colorful, but also causing controversy about the limits of gloating.

It can be seen that the call to turn ugly goals into the most beautiful ones is contributing to making the ASEAN Cup 2024 election become an election that is no longer objective and fair. Anger should not be brought into a noble sporting activity.

I remember Messi, the world 's iconic player, also "confronted" the Dutch coach on the field because the Dutch team disrespected his talent. And Messi, although he did not apologize, also said he "regretted" leaving a bad image.

Can we control it?

Because the only way to make others feel guilty about their mistakes is to plow them up so that they are permanently "dirty". There are also counter-current opinions on the internet: Why do we have to be so noisy when we have won? Enjoying the honor is also a way to hurt others? Is it also a way to leave space for the wrongdoer to look at the winner and self-examine?

By making this vote to remember bad goals, the football community will forever remember the lack of seriousness when fans participated in voting. Do we want to be remembered that way?

We should rethink the calls that are "spreading". We have the right to be angry, to be unhappy, to be satisfied, but we must definitely contribute to making sports healthy, limiting the negative images through the way we respond to those who hurt us.

It shouldn't be like that at all!

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/chung-ta-dung-keu-goi-binh-chon-cho-ban-thang-khong-fairplay-duoc-khong-20250108153141835.htm