6 players from Nghe An will be the main players in the National team?

(Baonghean.vn) - Before the friendly match with the DPRK team with the core force being members of the U23 team that won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Cup, Coach Huu Thang announced: The team will still play "Huu Thang version of tiqui-taka". That means there will be 6 players from Nghe An who will have the opportunity to start.

First of all, it must be said that the DPRK team is considered to be superior to the Vietnam team even though in the last 4 matches we have drawn 3 and lost only 1. Simply, just look at the name of coach Jorn Andersen - a former Norwegian player who used to play in the Bundesliga. In 5 months of coaching, coach Jorn Andersen has achieved quite impressive results with 1 win (2-0, against UAE) and 1 draw (1-1, against Iraq). Striker Pak Kwang Ryong used to play for Basel and Jong Il Gwan - the best player in Asia in 2010.

Most likely Hoang Thinh will be in the starting lineup.

Coach Huu Thang accepts to play with the 4-1-4-1 formation, so no one is better than Hoang Thinh in the "anchor" position at the moment, because of his simple playing style, physical strength and powerful long-range shots. In the goalkeeper position, Nguyen Manh has no rival, throughout the entire 2016 V-League season, he was one of the two most stable SLNA players. The striker position may not play the whole match, but Cong Vinh will be Huu Thang's choice thanks to his advantage of international competition experience.

As usual, Coach Huu Thang prefers to use the central defender pair Dinh Luat and Ngoc Hai because of their ability to coordinate well, play good high balls, read the game quickly and have abundant physical strength. Central defender Ngoc Hai had many unconvincing matches when playing for SLNA, but when he joined the national team, he showed a completely different side. There are two players from Nghe An who play quite well as full-backs, Dinh Dong and Ngoc Duc, but it seems that when Dinh Hoang is injured, Dinh Dong will be moved to the right wing. Ngoc Duc, who will be called up to the national team for the first time, will be a backup for Van Thanh, because that way the ability to coordinate as a team of HAGL players will be better.

This time, Coach Huu Thang called 15/30 players for the midfield. In addition to Xuan Truong and Tuan Anh being "nailed" to play in the midfield position, the remaining two wing positions are fiercely competitive with many names such as Thanh Luong, Van Quyet, Thanh Luong, Trong Hoang, Huy Toan, Phi Son, Minh Tuan. There are two players from Nghe An, Phi Son and Trong Hoang, in which Phi Son had an impressive season but when he joined the national team, he still had to get used to the bench because Huy Toan and Thanh Trung had a more eccentric way of moving. Trong Hoang, after injury, has not regained his form and clearly if Quyet "di" or Huy Toan enters the field, the right wing, with the presence of Dinh Dong in the defense, will be more flexible.

It is worth mentioning that even though 6/11 players from Nghe An were on the field in the friendly match, experts still had to admit that it was a reasonable choice by Coach Huu Thang, based on the players' abilities and not simply on regional factors.

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