What made B.Binh Duong fall apart?

The home team B.Binh Duong is in good form with 3 wins, while SLNA has only 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss. The 5 names called up by coach Park Hang-seo to the U22 and Vietnam national team, including Tien Linh, Anh Duc, Tan Tai, Trong Huy and Thien Duc, have returned, except for Anh Duc, all of whom can play to welcome SLNA on September 15.

The landlord's system is flawed.

Scoring a hat-trick, foreign player Vinicius was voted Player of the Match. Photo: VPF

For a long time, Go Dau stadium has been SLNA's home ground. Every time coach Duc Thang and his team play here, thousands of Nghe An fans come to support them. Therefore, for a long time, the Nghe An team has been undefeated when playing as guests at B.Binh Duong. SLNA's most recent loss at Go Dau was a 1-2 loss in the 2014 season.

But perhaps conceding 5 goals was something that B.Binh Duong fans could not have expected, even the SLNA coaching staff and players did not believe that they would have the easiest victory of the season.

Since the beginning of the season, SLNA's attack has been "dry" with goals, only 25 goals in 22 matches, so few people believed that Vinicius would score a hat-trick in the 5 goals of the Nghe An team. In fact, in just the first 30 minutes, coach Duc Thang and his team decided the fate of the match with 3 cool, neat goals. What made B.Binh Duong "break down" so early?

First of all, the home team B.Binh Duong did not have the guidance of head coach Nguyen Thanh Son, because he had to return to Tra Vinh to mourn his mother. Goalkeeper coach Minh Quang could not handle the first match assigned to him as coach.

Next, the home team's attack did not have the service of two experienced strikers Anh Duc and Pedro, while coach Minh Quang calculated a tight defense, saving striker Luiz for the second half. The students of this interim coach did not execute the plan as intended, "defending first, attacking later", so when Luiz was put on the field, everything was already settled.

Next, we have to mention the "merit" of the referee team. But starting with the mistake of assistant referee number 2 Le Tran Nghia who did not keep up with the offside situation of the situation in the opening goal of Vinicius. Referee Vu Nguyen Vu recognized the goal when the SLNA striker was clearly standing below the home team's defender. Although later it seemed that the main referee Vu Nguyen Vu "blew the whistle" for B.Binh Duong in the unclear penalty situation to let Luiz equalize 1-3.

Nghe An players flourish

Xuan Manh had a classy solo on his way back to the national team. Photo courtesy of Huu Thanh

Finally, when the home team's defense played so badly, SLNA players played extremely well. In the match, the foreign duo Olaha and Vinicius used their speed to tear apart the defense, Khac Ngoc and Xuan Manh showed their class and experience in pressing and fighting for the ball right from the opponent's field.

In a match where both foreign central defenders Shumeiko and Rabo Ali played like sleepwalkers, and Xuan Manh was excellent on the left wing, it was understandable that the home team lost the second goal. However, B.Binh Duong spectators did not understand why Trong Huy was so careless when facing Khac Ngoc. Realizing that Trong Huy was holding the ball without looking, central midfielder Khac Ngoc swooped in to steal the ball and scored a goal quite easily.

As the interim coach commented: "The fault lies with the defense, the whole team did not play well, not just Tan Truong's fault." Although this goalkeeper lost some quite humorous situations, the goal came from a kick-off by SLNA goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, both the defender and Tan Truong made serious mistakes.

Vinicius has proven his talent at Go Dau Stadium, in the shirt of Ho Chi Minh City, this foreign player scored a double in the 3-2 victory. In Vinicius's third goal, it was "the ball looking for someone", Olaha dribbled the ball with "rocket speed" and then passed it back to striker number 94. Vinicius scored the easiest goal of the season when the B.Binh Duong goal was empty.

The problem now is that SLNA players need to maintain their match emotions when returning to face Hanoi in the next round at Vinh Stadium.