SLNA's formidable attack with new player Bruno Henrique

In previous seasons, SLNA failed to find foreign players capable of replacing Michael Olaha and stars like Phan Van Duc and Pham Xuan Manh who were injured. Therefore, in V.League 2019, SLNA only scored 32 goals with an efficiency of 1.2 goals/match.

In V.League 2020, the burden of the attack is placed solely on the shoulders of Phan Van Duc. The Nghe An team only scored 17 goals in 18 matches, a scoring efficiency so low that coach Ngo Quang Truong and his team ranked only 10th overall. Of which, the number of goals scored by foreign players only accounted for 35%.

Bruno's presence helps SLNA have a strong attack. Photo: Duc Anh

At this time, with the presence of Bruno Henrique, the Brazilian player playing alongside Peter Samuel is expected to improve the performance of the Nghe An team. Last year, Brunro played for the rookie HL Ha Tinh but this player still scored 10 goals.

Supporting him is striker Peter Samuel, one of the players with the best ability to compete, create walls and stir up trouble in V.League. Not only that, this is the season when Phan Van Duc and Pham Xuan Manh are both in the best physical condition. The two players born in 1996 will most likely play in the winger positions.

Last season, Phan Van Duc only scored 2 goals but this player contributed greatly to SLNA's playing style with sharp assists. Meanwhile, Pham Xuan Manh also matured and returned strongly on the right wing with acceleration and accurate crosses.

SLNA's expected lineup for the 2021 season. Graphics: TK

In defense, SLNA still has goalkeeper Van Hoang, center back Van Khanh playing with a foreign player. The midfield is where strength needs to be strengthened, so SLNA's coaching board has promoted a series of young players from SLNA's U19 and U21 teams. However, among the series of names, Sy Sam (Van Lam) and Dinh Chau are still the 3 most promising names.

One of the unfortunate things withSLNA before the 2021 seasonis that they do not have many opportunities to select a satisfactory center back and cannot participate in friendly tournaments before the new season. Recently, coach Quang Truong has continuously let the players compete internally and had a friendly match winning 1-0 against HL Ha Tinh.

SLNA's match schedule at V.League 2021 is considered quite favorable when in the first match, Phan Van Duc and his teammates will welcome rookie Binh Dinh at Vinh Stadium on January 16 before visiting HAGL in the next round.

Official match schedule of Song Lam Nghe An in the first leg of V.League 2021

(Baonghean.vn) - The 2021 V.League National Championship, taking place from January 16, includes 14 teams. The competition format is divided into 2 stages. In stage 1, 14 clubs will play a round-robin to determine the 6 leading teams in stage 1 (group A) to compete for the championship, while the 8 bottom teams (group B) will compete to avoid relegation in stage 2.