Saying goodbye to Alagie Sosseh, SLNA contacted the former HAGL player

Due to the complicated developments of the epidemic, foreign players cannot enter the country, so almost every team has difficulty in adding or strengthening foreign players for the return leg. Even teams with financial potential keep their core or promote young players to try their hand.

During the past 10 matches of V.League, SLNA continued to live in the situation of “domestic support for foreign”. SLNA’s foreign striker pair Alagie Sosseh and Peter Samuel have not scored a single goal. In particular, player Alagie Sosseh left a great disappointment.

SLNA Club is a team without depth in terms of players. Photo: Trung Kien

Therefore, in many matches, SLNA's coaching staff had to leave Sosseh out and accept playing as a "foreigner" to serve tactical purposes. The foreign player's position was given to striker Ho Tuan Tai. Although there were 5 matches without a win, Ho Tuan Tai had 3 goals in 3 consecutive matches, which is also a positive sign for the Nghe An team.

Right after the end of June, SLNA was forced to look for a replacement for foreign player Alagie Sosseh and the most mentioned person was the former player Michael Olaha. The Nigerian player is hoping to return to V.League to play for SLNA. However, the opportunity for Olaha to return to SLNA at this time is no longer there even though the Israeli team has "given the green light".

Foreign player Felipe Martins in HAGL shirt last season. Photo: VPF

Accordingly, SLNA has just officially said goodbye to foreign player Alagie Sosseh - the player wearing the number 9 shirt after more than half a year and has found a replacement. According to initial information, that is foreign player Felipe Martins (born in 1990) who is currently at Vinh Stadium.

This Brazilian player played for many years in Portugal and Indonesia before joining HAGL in the second leg of the 2019 season, playing 10 matches and scoring 2 goals. The peak of his performance was 14 goals for Vila Real Club in the 2015 season.

With a height of 1m85 and proven ability in V.League, this player is expected to be a good duo when combined with Peter Samuel on the attack line, helping SLNA improve its current poor performance.

Coach Quang Truong and Minh Duc 'speechless' with SLNA's foreign player Alagie Sosseh

(Baonghean.vn) – When asked about foreign player Alagie Sosseh of Song Lam Nghe An – the player who has been disappointing throughout the past 9 rounds of V.League 2020, coach Pham Minh Duc of Hong Linh Ha Tinh team could not even remember this player's name.