Xuan Son - Van Hau have opposite Tet celebrations, with their legs in a brace during the year-end party?

In the last days of the year, the Vietnamese football players have just finished their matches before Tet holiday, and gathered with friends to organize a year-end party. On this occasion, Xuan Son received good news at the 2024 Vietnam Golden Ball, while Van Hau received the opposite.

Recently, Duy Manh, Doan Van Hau, Van Toan, Tuan Hai attended a party of an acquaintance. What surprised people was the image of Van Hau with a leg brace due to injury. This is also the rare time Van Hau appeared after a period of focusing on injury treatment. Looking at Van Hau makes fans even more worried because more than a year has passed and this player's condition has not changed much.

Van Hau suffered an injury to the heel attachment in September 2023. After discovering the injury, he went to Singapore for examination and treatment twice. After that, Van Hau and his wife went to Korea for treatment at the end of 2024, but until now, there is still no positive information about the injury of the defender born in 1999.

This is not the first time Van Hau has suffered a serious injury. Before suffering from the heel bursitis, Van Hau had a torn meniscus and a partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. These are all haunting injuries for professional players because they leave long-term consequences that affect their peak performance. That is also the reason why the player from Thai Binh has not yet set a date to return to competition.

Although both suffered injuries, according to Professor, Doctor Tran Trung Dung, who directly performed the surgery, Xuan Son can return to 100% of his form if the recovery process goes smoothly.

Xuan Son's recovery process is divided into four stages, lasting at least 6 months, with the ultimate goal of helping him train at maximum intensity and return to competition. This shows that, despite the seriousness of the injury, with the right treatment and adherence to the recovery roadmap, Xuan Son's ability to return to the field is very high.

Meanwhile, Van Hau has been out of action since September 2023. The left-back has undergone surgery twice and has yet to set a date for his return to CAHN, and is unlikely to regain his best form.

On Xuan Son's side, there was unexpectedly good news on the eve of Tet. Specifically, on January 22, the Organizing Committee of the 2024 Vietnam Golden Ball Awards announced the shortlist of categories, of which the Men's Golden Ball category received the most attention.

The final 5 candidates competing for this prestigious award are central defender Nguyen Thanh Chung (Hanoi Club), midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc (Viettel The Cong Club/Phu Dong Ninh Binh), Nguyen Quang Hai (Hanoi Cong An Club), striker Pham Tuan Hai (Hanoi Club) and Nguyen Tien Linh (Becamex Binh Duong Club).

Notably, naturalized striker Nguyen Xuan Son ( Rafaelson ) is not on the shortlist for the 2024 Vietnam Men's Golden Ball, as this striker has only played as a domestic player since the end of 2024 in the early stages of V-League 2024/25 and AFF Cup 2024 . For that reason, the Organizing Committee has included Xuan Son in the "Outstanding Foreign Player" category when most of his performances in 2024 were still under the name Rafaelson, a Brazilian national.

With what he has shown, it is almost certain that Rafaelson (Nguyen Xuan Son) will be named the owner of the title "Outstanding Foreign Player" at the 2024 Vietnam Golden Ball Awards ceremony. The Brazilian striker also received this title in 2023.

In 2024, Rafaelson (Nguyen Xuan Son) scored 40 goals and 7 assists for Nam Dinh Club and Vietnam National Team, ranking 8th in the list of Top 10 players with the most goals in the year worldwide, above Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe with 39 goals.

The striker born in 1997 is the number 1 explosive force helping Nam Dinh Club win the 2023/24 V-League championship, winning the double title of "Best Player" and "Top Scorer" in the 2023/24 season.

The 2024 Vietnam Golden Ball Awards ceremony is expected to be held at the end of February 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City. Xuan Son is likely to win the title of "Best Foreign Player" - although he is unlikely to be present at the ceremony because he is in the process of treatment and recovery from an injury he suffered at the 2024 AFF Cup.

Xuan Son went to the Government page, shared his emotions after being injured, the Vietnamese team encouraged Nguyễn Tuyết11:52:41 06/01/2025After being seriously injured and having to be hospitalized for surgery on the same night, at dawn on January 6, Xuan Son had the first sharing on his personal page. The post immediately received a huge amount of interaction.