Injuries, penalties and driver overtaking
(Baonghean.vn) - In a marathon-style two-legged football tournament like V-League or any other big or small tournament, the loss and loss of players is "a part of football", and is inevitable. The specific reasons are always injuries, penalty cards, and inevitably lead to the team being short of players and not performing as expected. But in fact, the problem does not stop there.
Song Lam Nghe An from the beginning of the 2022 season, through 12 first leg matches, has witnessed all the undesirable things, namely: injury in the second round of center-back Captain Van Khanh, injury of midfielder Ojong Mark causing this player to rest from round 5, red card for 2 consecutive matches of defender Dinh Hoang from round 7 and round 8, of striker Olaha from round 11 and 12, the 3rd penalty card means that center-back Ba Sang must rest for the next match of round 13... If only 1 position is missing, it is not difficult for coach Huy Hoang to mix up the force, such as replacing Van Khanh with The Nhat or Khac Luong. Next, if Ojong Mark is missing, then test Xuan Tien, Xuan Binh in turn and finally transfer Xuan Manh from the wing to the center.
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SLNA is gradually regaining control of the game after 2 losses and a draw. Photo courtesy |
Of course, things did not stop or settle there, because the team just added attacking midfielder Maarrio and immediately put him on the field in the away match at Thien Truong Stadium in round 12, causing Xuan Tien, after 5 consecutive starting matches, to now be "rested" and Xuan Manh to continue to be trusted in the anchor midfielder position. The biggest difficulty that Song Lam Nghe An encountered was the match in round 11 at home against Dong A Thanh Hoa. The home team was missing 3 pillars Van Khanh, Ojong Mark and Olaha at the same time, so all directions of attack were broken and the result was a boring draw with a score of 0-0.
In that inevitable difficulty, Song Lam Nghe An on one hand could not recover in time to play as well as the unfortunate 0-0 draw mentioned above, on the other hand, after an unsatisfactory match, they immediately added more players, arranged a reasonable and surprising lineup to achieve a good result at Thien Truong Stadium against Nam Dinh who were thirsty for points and full of spirit (0-1). Song Lam Nghe An's lineup in the above match was considered a surprise because Mario had only been on probation for 1 week but was already in the starting lineup as an attacking midfielder; because Dinh Tien, who had been on the bench for a long time, was unexpectedly placed in the starting lineup and scored an excellent goal with an unstoppable long-range shot. The newness and newness from the new personnel helped Song Lam Nghe An overcome difficulties to return to the highest rhythm and excitement, in addition to the depth of the team, the ability to read the game of the coaching staff...
Another reality from Nam Dinh shows that it is not easy for the team to go in the right direction even though the team has more than enough depth and the head coach is not a rookie. This team is considered "Vietnam's PSG" because it has bought many quality domestic and foreign players at the same time. But coach Duc Thang finally had to admit that this seemingly favorable thing actually made it difficult for him to assemble and arrange the squad because good players who have been used to playing for a long time are now not easy to shape and renew them. Besides, the red card of the main goalkeeper, the injury of a series of good players such as Dinh Trong, Van Thuan, Rafaelson... made Duc Thang sweat when arranging a satisfactory squad.
At home, TopenLand Binh Dinh lost to Viettel, SHB Da Nang, and away lost to Hai Phong... and despite away wins against Song Lam Nghe An, Hong Linh Ha Tinh or Becamex Binh Duong... the final result still shows a team considered strong, a candidate but playing inconsistently, sometimes winning, sometimes losing and that only proves that the dream of reaching far and high of the martial arts team is quite far from reality.
At the end of round 12, while temporarily rising to 2nd place with 20 points, Becamex. Binh Dinh only temporarily ranked 5th with 17 points, showing that in the same conditions and circumstances, they still gave different results. Players received red cards, suffered from a series of injuries, forcing the coach to constantly adjust the squad, patching up regularly but receiving different results. In particular, it must be affirmed that Huy Hoang, although this is his first time in charge of the V-League, has quickly proven his remarkable coolness, and Duc Thang, on the contrary, is going through difficult and confusing rounds.
Of course, there is still more than one round, in the long run of V-League, so the opportunity to correct mistakes, do better, and get better results is still open to Huy Hoang and Duc Thang as well as other coaches. The problem is who is more sensitive, more daring, has greater "overcoming power" like the way Huy Hoang used 19-year-old player Xuan Tien or brought Xuan Manh to play as an anchor midfielder with great success, then of course, will receive more positive results, although everyone must simultaneously learn many lessons from unsuccessful matches that cannot be blamed on the force or anything else.,.
