HAGL - SLNA: Away team gets points

(Baonghean.vn) - The fact that Mr. Duc has appointed Chung Hae Seong, the former number 1 assistant of many generations of the Korean national team, as the club's Technical Director, shows an important strategic shift of the HAGL club. Of course, it will not be easy for the away team SLNA to score points at Pleiku Stadium in this debut match.

Home team HAGL will not have the services of goalkeeper To Vinh Loi and foreign player Brazil Motta in the match against SLNA. Coach Tran Quoc and his students have just had 3 consecutive losses against Long An, TP. HCM, S.Khanh Hoa, especially the 1-2 loss against the bottom team on the home field, which has hurt the pride of Mr. Duc and the fans of Pho Nui.

In fact, with a 2-point gap with XSKT.Can Tho, the Mountain City team is not in critical condition, but their damaged pride is real. A team with more than half of the squad having participated in the national team but continuously losing, continuously getting red cards is contrary to Mr. Duc's statements of playing beautifully, playing cleanly and the quality of the HAGL training center.

1,000 words of gratitude

This is a match between the home team with 3 consecutive losses and the away team with 3 matches without conceding a goal, SLNA has just won 2 matches and drawn 1. A match where Nghe An fans will have 1,000 pictures of Phi Son, like a thousand words of gratitude to this player after 5 seasons playing for SLNA in the V-League.

The number 10 striker's scoring form and ability to create goals have improved significantly this season, he has just left his mark on all 3 goals at Tam Ky Stadium. Nghe An people hope Phi Son and his teammates will lift the National Cup on November 30, 2017, the end of his contract with SLNA.

The match HAGL - SLNA round 21 V-League 2015 left many doubts in the history of V-League. Photo: Internet

I don't know if the goals and aspirations for titles of the Club's Board of Directors touched the heart of this guy with magical feet or not, but certainly the affection of the Nghe An audience is something Phi Son can never forget.

Meanwhile, Cong Phuong and his teammates also do not want to disappoint Technical Director Chung Hae Seong after having a good match in the Vietnam national team jersey. Mr. Chung Hae Seong's role will not be much different from Mr. H. Calisto's, although he is only the Technical Director in name.

The only disadvantage of HAGL is that they only play with 1 foreign player in the defense line. Of course, because of that, Cong Phuong, Chau Ngoc Quang and Van Thanh are the names that Ngoc Hai, Van Khanh and SLNA's defense line must pay the most attention to.

The style of play and the 3 goals conceded by the Nghe An team at Tam Ky Stadium will be studied carefully by Coach Tran Quoc Tuan. Currently, HAGL does not have a conductor with a tactical vision like Dinh Thanh Trung (Quang Nam), but clearly, defeating SLNA requires such a split.

A match that is not too stressful in terms of technical skills but has a lot of meaning, of course no one wants to go home empty-handed. Although the away team is the favorite, it is not easy to win, the defense in the match against Quang Nam showed deadly gaps.

Review the past to learn the present

Recalling the first match of coach Tran Quoc Tuan as HAGL's coach, it was the match against SLNA in round 21 of V-League 2015. A match in which SLNA lost 1-3, opening the way for HAGL to escape relegation in the most spectacular way in V-League history.

Mr. Chung Hae Seong will appear to observe this match. Photo: Internet

A match where the developments on Pleiku field surprised all Nghe An fans. When scoring, SLNA players were not happy, when they were equalized they were not sad, and head coach Ngo Quang Truong, who used to play for HAGL, tried his best to explain.

Meanwhile, Mr. Tran Binh Su, who was then in charge of Dong Nai Army - HAGL's direct opponent in the relegation battle, bitterly said: "Coach Nguyen Quoc Tuan has better relationships than coach Graechen Guillaume in the V-League. HAGL is making good use of their relationships, while we are all alone."

If the match against SLNA at Pleiku Stadium has a bad result, it will be considered as the farewell of this coach to make way for the Korean coach to stand behind the curtain and command the troops. Whether the Korean coach will soon directly lead the team or not depends on the results of the HAGL players.

If that happens, it is true that Vietnamese football has too much fate that cannot be explained, all we can say is: Vietnamese football is like that./.

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