Fairness in evaluating SLNA coaching staff
(Baonghean.vn) - Although the Nghe An team is having the most impressive start in recent seasons, coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his colleagues are facing a lot of criticism from fans.
After 9 rounds of V.League 2019, SLNA is temporarily ranked 3rd with 16 points (4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss). This is an achievement that not many SLNA fans thought of before this year's season officially started. In addition to the habit of "starting slowly", the Nghe An team is also plagued by injuries.
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| SLNA's coaching staff is having a headache with the personnel problem. Photo: Archive |
Since the beginning of V.League 2019, the SLNA coaching staff has never had the best "cards" in hand. Typical examples are the two long-term injuries of the national team duo Phan Van Duc - Pham Xuan Manh. Speaking like that, we can see that the ability to "cut rice according to fish sauce" and "patch up the shoulder" of coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his colleagues during the past time is very admirable.
Unfortunately, some SLNA fans did not realize or were not satisfied with that. Witnessing the team's consecutive draws against Nam Dinh, Viettel and Hai Phong (all with the score 0-0), some SLNA fans criticized the tactics of coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his colleagues. They said that the over-reliance on Olaha and Ho Khac Ngoc made SLNA's playing style very monotonous and easy to predict.
Their comments are not wrong. It is true that the Nghe An team’s playing style (attacking) is heavily dependent on the talent and performance of the duo Olaha – Ho Khac Ngoc. However, in football, it is normal for a team’s playing style to revolve around and depend on its best players. Aren’t Barcelona, Juventus, and Chelsea also dependent on Messi, Ronaldo, and Hazard?
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| Phan Van Duc (left) is still recovering from his injury and has no return date yet. Photo: Archive |
The importance of Olaha and Ho Khac Ngoc at SLNA is similar to Messi at Barcelona, Ronaldo at Juventus and Hazard at Chelsea at present. Therefore, SLNA's playing style revolving around Olaha and Khac Ngoc is completely reasonable. Unfortunately, the satellites around these two players did not take advantage of the opportunity to complete the assigned tasks.
At this time, Pham Xuan Manh has returned to play and soon Ho Tuan Tai, Phan Van Duc... will also "reappear" one after another, SLNA's playing style will be more fluid, diverse and much more dangerous.
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