Nghe An football and the sadness of home fans

Coach Quang Truong's challenge

Coach Quang Truong is facing a big challenge of the season. Photo: VPF

WithSLNAThe audience is not too surprised, in recent seasons the home team Vinh's attack has had problems scoring goals. The foreign players are quite bad, the experienced players have left one after another, causing SLNA's coaching staff to face many difficulties in the V.League. The fact that SLNA only has the long kick to the wing for the midfielders to accelerate and cross the ball inside is no longer surprising, causing difficulties for the opponent.

The crosses were inaccurate, the foreign players were not good at aerial combat, so if Van Duc and Xuan Manh were closely marked, SLNA would have difficulties. Having to receive two consecutive red cards put the defense, which was the only strong point at the moment, in an alarming state.

Their next opponent is Than Quang Ninh, a team that in the last 5 encounters SLNA has drawn 4 and lost 1. Seeing the way the team from the mining land faced Ho Chi Minh City with an expensive star squad, including the "magical quartet" of Lee Nguyen and the Brazilian striker trio: Dario - Barros - Paulo made the Vinh stadium audience worried. The enthusiasm of naturalized player Trung Hieu and 3 foreign players made the students of coach Polking "turn off the lights".

This season, Than Quang Ninh has lost a lot of players, but coach Hoang Tho still has breakthrough players such as Nghiem Xuan Tu, Mac Hong Quan, and Nguyen Sa. If the home team SLNA decides to play an open game, Van Duc and Bruno cannot take advantage of their opportunities, then the possibility of scoring points will be greatly limited. The two energetic midfielders of Ho Chi Minh City, Hoang Thinh and Van Thuan, cannot overwhelm their opponents, so coach Quang Truong must think differently.

This is a difficult match for SLNA's coaching staff because after this round they have to face two extremely difficult teams SHB.Da Nang (away), Viettel (home). Van Duc and his teammates really need 3 points against Than Quang Ninh to create momentum to overcome this "death" curve in the context of having unsatisfactory friendly matches with HL.Ha Tinh. Coach Quang Truong is facing a big challenge of the season.

Change the approach to the game

The quality of HLHT's foreign players is still a big question. Photo: CLB

Despite losing 3 matches, Hong Linh Ha Tinh still has much to hope for. First, Than Quang Ninh, TP.HCM and SHB.Da Nang are not easy opponents in V.League this season. 3 losses, conceding 5 goals make HL.Ha Tinh, Hanoi FC, Nam Dinh the teams that conceded the most goals after 3 rounds, the attack only scored 1 goal but to be fair, they are not inferior to their opponents.

After a season considered successful, coach Minh Duc and his team entered the 2021 V.League season with more excitement than necessary. With the addition of Phi Son and Quach Tan, HL.Ha Tinh's attack line was thicker. But what they lacked was the battle experience of the players, especially at the decisive moments of the match.

As a result, "wooden leg" Claudecir missed 2 penalties in one match, Kelly Kester received 2 consecutive yellow cards and had to leave the field quite unceremoniously. Recently, the harsh statements of coach Minh Duc in the press conference after the somewhat regretful loss to the host SHB.Da Nang are something that few V.League coaches have shown.

Right from that moment, HL.Ha Tinh should have immediately turned to their opponent HAGL, the football team that scored 4 goals without a reply after 2 home and away matches, taking all 6 points from them. Let's join foreign player Chevaughn Walsh, who scored 10 goals for HAGL last season, to find a way to score against the team from the mountain town. It's time for coach Minh Duc to return to the stealthy style of play, arranging his troops in a pragmatic way like last season to overcome the current difficult time. Because if they continue to leave empty-handed, HL.Ha Tinh is very likely to repeat the painful lesson of S.Khanh Hoa and Quang Nam.