B.Binh Duong - SLNA: 'Even dead buffaloes are skinned'

(Baonghean.vn) - At 5:00 p.m. tonight, November 9, Coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team will have a match that is predicted to be extremely difficult with the home team B.Binh Duong right at Go Dau Stadium, within the framework of the first leg of the 2017 National Cup final.

Highly determined customers

At present, B.Binh Duong's situation is quite similar to the Nghe team. In the main arena of V.League, both SLNA and the team led by coach Tran Binh Su no longer have a specific goal. The final rounds are just formalities and training matches, warming up for the battle in the National Cup final.

Therefore, in terms of spirit and strength, both B.Binh Duong and SLNA are at a fairly stable level. They promise to create two exciting and dramatic final matches (first leg - second leg).

Entering the battle at Go Dau Stadium, Coach Nguyen Duc Thang will have the strongest force in his hands. Apart from the long-term injury of right-back Dinh Hoang, the remaining faces of the yellow team are completely healthy and in quite good form.

Besides, the desire to win the championship title will make Phi Son, Ngoc Hai, Nguyen Manh, Olaha... play with 200% of their performance. Once SLNA has that, they are an extremely formidable team for all opponents, and of course B.Binh Duong is no exception.

Phi Son is the biggest hope on SLNA's attack line. Photo: Document

Just look at the way coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team defeated Hanoi FC (won on penalties), Ho Chi Minh City Club (7-1), and Quang Nam FC (7-4) on their way to the finals. The achievements of Phi Son and his teammates were not only due to purely technical factors, but also in the spiritual aspect.

The reason why the Nghe An team has a completely different face in the 2017 National Cup compared to previous seasons is thanks to the "green light" action of the SLNA leadership. It has been a long time since the Vinh team was instructed to play all out in the National Cup arena, with the goal of winning the championship.

The owner of great ambition

Meanwhile, B.Binh Duong is the opposite. Over the years, the Southeast team has always entered each tournament with the ambition of winning the championship in all the arenas they participate in.

With financial potential and the "willingness to spend" of the team owners, B.Binh Duong is never afraid to represent Vietnamese football in participating in continental club-level competitions.

It is not by chance that B.Binh Duong is the team that has participated in the AFC Cup, AFC Champions League the most (5 times) and reached the deepest (AFC Cup semi-finals 2009) of Vietnamese football up to this point.

This season, B.Binh Duong has carried out a personnel revolution. Instead of spending money to recruit stars from other teams, the Go Dau team has taken advantage of "homegrown" products.

Local stars like Trong Hoang, Dinh Luat, Au Van Hoan... did not have their contracts renewed to make room for young, potential faces like Tien Linh and Trung Tin to have the opportunity to develop.

B.Binh Duong is a team with a mix of old and young. Therefore, the unsatisfactory results in V.League 2017 are normal for the transition period at Go Dau Stadium.

Captain Anh Duc is the number 1 dangerous player of B.Binh Duong. Photo: Internet

However, as a big team, B.Binh Duong also knows how to leave its mark. At the 2017 National Cup, coach Tran Binh Su and his team caused many surprises for football fans.Anh Duc and his teammates defeated Viettel in the round of 16 (3 - 2), Saigon FC in the quarter-finals (5 - 3), and SHB Da Nang in the semi-finals (5 - 2).

Obviously, with what they have done, B.Binh Duong is not an easy team to play against, even though their current strength is not as good as in previous years. The lesson that FLC Thanh Hoa had to receive in the 24th round of V.League is a typical example.

Although coach Tran Binh Su could not have the services of key midfielder Tan Tai (suspended), the number of home fans was far less than the strong force from Nghe An, but the desire to win was something that B.Binh Duong was not inferior to SLNA.

Most likely, coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team will find it difficult to leave Go Dau stadium with a victory in hand./.

Thanh Hung