Rating Nghe An players in the match between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia

This is a match that even though lost 0-1, experts still rate the playersVietnam teamplayed quite well. A match that accurately reflected the strength of the two teams, before the match, 65% of respondents thought Saudi Arabia would win, while the host Vietnam was only trusted by 15.5% to get 3 points.

After the match, Sofascore gave the team an average score of 6.6, with Thanh Chung receiving the highest score of 7.2, and defender Duy Manh receiving the lowest score of 6.2.

The true leader

The Saudi Arabian team averaged 7.08 points and surprisingly, right-back M.Al-Burayk, not striker Al.Shehri, was the best player of the match. Number 6 was given 7.6 points, the fact that both wingers were given the highest score of each team shows that this is where the two coaches decided to deploy their troops. People can see how important Que Ngoc Hai's role is in the national team and why Coach Park trusted him so much.

Que Ngoc Hai is doing well as captain of the national team. Photo: AFC

This was the best match of captain Que Ngoc Hai in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. He was rated 6.8 points, only behind Thanh Chung and Quang Hai in the context that Vietnamese players only held the ball 36% of the time and the two midfielders Tuan Anh and Hoang Duc played below their ability. In the 9 shots on the goal of the visiting team Saudi Arabia, the defenders made it difficult for the ball to miss Tan Truong's goal 6 times. Que Ngoc Hai was present in 4 situations, it is difficult to blame the defenders for the loss. The Saudi Arabian players are too classy, ​​from the passer to striker Al.Shehri with a difficult reverse header like that, so they had to accept it.

The fansSLNAfull of joy when seeing the player on the way back to Vinh stadium had 33 touches of the ball, successfully intercepting 17/24 (accounting for 71%). The central defender from Nghe An had 10 long passes in 90 minutes on the field, and became the true leader of the Vietnamese team. In a match where Duy Manh was nervous, Ngoc Hai covered well for his teammates, minimizing the opponent's wing penetration.

Van Duc only had 24 minutes on the field but showed that even though he did not score, SLNA's number 20 still deserves respect. Mr. Park has reason to protect this student when Van Duc's approach to the Saudi Arabia goal is the most accurate answer to this midfielder's ability. Van Duc has 5/5 successful dribbles, won 2/3 aerial duels, won 2/2 ground duels, the necessary technical parameters of an attacking player in an underdog position.

The joy of Nghe An fans

Saudi Arabia's national team has gone 14 matches unbeaten (11 wins, 3 draws). Photo: AFC

In fact, not only did the two Nghe An players play well, but the whole team played quite steadily. Coach Herve Renard had prepared quite carefully for this match, even testing this formation in the final minutes of the match against Australia. With a 4-2-3-1 formation, the Saudi Arabian players had studied Japan's playing style quite carefully to counter the host Vietnam. Mr. Herve Renard was successful in putting the match in a situation where the Vietnamese team wanted to score but could not raise their formation and increase the number of players on the Saudi Arabian side.

The story of Que Ngoc Hai and Van Duc's performance is showing positive signs, which makes SLNA's coaching staff secretly happy. In the context of V.League 2022 with many exciting promises, the fact that Que Ngoc Hai is doing well in the national team will reduce the burden on head coach Huy Hoang.