Hanoi FC: Suddenly want to... concede a goal

No one doubts the ability of coach Chu Dinh Nghiem and his team. Up to now, they are the "unrivaled" team in V-League 2018. Good foreign players, the "atomic trio" of Vietnamese football field MOS of the capital team, Moses, Oseni Hoang Vu Samson, are capable of penetrating any V-League defense.

In the last 19 rounds, Hanoi FC has shown superior strength against strong teams but has been playing quite poorly against the bottom team.

Too strong and dangerous

Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem has enough "old ginger" Thanh Luong, Van Quyet to guide "young" Quang Hai, Van Dai, Dinh Trong... in difficult matches. Except for the goalkeeper position, Hanoi FC is superior to all teams in all 3 lines, they play leisurely then suddenly speed up.

Quang Hai is in impressive form at the end of the season. Photo: Internet

In the 56 goals scored after 19 rounds of Hanoi FC, there were enough goals from the striker's solo play, with the capital team's signature pass-and-pass combination. Goals came from corner kicks, free kicks, high balls and long-range shots.

Except for the goalkeeper, all three lines of Hanoi FC participated in scoring, Oseni is leading the list of top scorers with 14 goals, newly participating from the second leg Hoang Vu O.Samson also has 9 goals.

It is very difficult to defend against Hanoi FC’s attack at this time, because coach Chu Dinh Nghiem has too many options to approach the goal. Hanoi FC players such as Thanh Luong, Van Quyet, Hung Dung, Quang Hai, Van Dai can all be “3 in 1”, disrupting, creating and scoring.

The style of play of Van Quyet and the current Hanoi players is extremely annoying, both technical and when needed, they also play aggressively, full of tricks, causing frustration for the opponent. It is not an exaggeration to say that even if the rest of the V-League formed a team, it would be difficult to win against the team that will be crowned champion this season.

Up to now, they have only lost 1 match at Thong Nhat Stadium, drawn 3 matches, and won 15 matches. As the fans at Hang Day Stadium said, with the current situation, even if we use a reserve coach, we will still win. Only when Hanoi FC loses on their own, will there be a team that can beat them.

Suddenly want to… concede a goal

Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem prefers to use a 4-man defense. They are all players who eat the national team's food such as Van Hau, Dinh Trong, Duy Manh and Van Kien. Sometimes, he also uses Van Thanh, a striker, to play as a full-back and uses Van Hau as a center-back.

In fact, Hanoi's defenders can "lock down and block" any of the strongest attacks in V-League 2018. But they conceded 11/23 goals from bottom-ranked teams such as Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, and Nam Dinh.

Sometimes central defender Dinh Trong "plays like he's sleepwalking". Photo: Internet

Teams with strong attacks like HAGL, S.Khanh Hoa, FLC Thanh Hoa accepted to play an open game but all lost miserably to weak teams… in the style of “suddenly wanting to… concede a goal”.

Surprisingly, of the 4 teams that scored 3 or more goals against Hanoi, only FLC Thanh Hoa was in the top 3, while Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City and Nam Dinh were in the bottom. Even at Thong Nhat Stadium, Saigon players scored 5 goals against the strongest team in V-League.

In the big 6-3 win over Ho Chi Minh City, in the last 10 minutes of the match, they “went for a walk together” and conceded 3 goals. In round 18, against the away team, the central defenders Dinh Trong and Duy Manh played like amateurs. Pereira and reserve player The Vuong scored twice while there were 3 defenders in front of them. Dinh Trong even gave The Vuong enough “space and time” to chip the ball into the goal of goalkeeper Van Cong.

In the end, Nam Dinh still could not keep the 3 points in hand, when Hanoi scored 3 goals in the last 7 minutes of the match, but this was a confusing match even though it was full of drama.

There is a very strange Hanoi in the minds of many V-League viewers. Strong and weak, winning and losing…so obvious but not logical!