Coach Nguyen Duc Thang: 'SLNA lost to HAGL because of bad luck'

In the post-match press conference, coach Nguyen Duc Thang said: “Both teams gave the audience many goals. Football has wins and losses. Today’s defeat was unfortunate, the SLNA strikers missed many opportunities. We tried our best and gave the audience a satisfying match. Even though we lost, I am satisfied with all the players on the field today.

The SLNA captain explained why SLNA's foreign players failed to score in this match: "I'm quite satisfied with my players, especially Ho Tuan Tai. He performed quite well in the 90 minutes of play. I only feel a little regretful about Vinicius because he hasn't achieved stable form and is often surrounded by the opponent's defense, making it impossible for him to score."

HAGL players are the ones who enjoy the joy. Photo: Anh Tien

Finally, the head coach of SLNA emphasized: “I highly appreciate the victory of the opponent today. HAGL had a quite successful match when they made progress in the way they played, especially the fighting spirit of the players.”

Meanwhile, the one who enjoyed the most joy was coach Lee Tae-hoon. He shared: “This was an important and very hard-won victory. All the players played well, moved hard, and the whole team coordinated with each other to the maximum.

Tuan Anh’s goal today is of great value to the team. Tuan Anh is a skilled player, with good ball-playing ability, ball-handling and organizing roles. In this match, HAGL had few opportunities to shoot the ball, but when Tuan Anh had the opportunity, he took advantage of it. Hopefully, Tuan Anh will further develop his role to continue contributing to the team.”

Finally, the head coach of HAGL admitted: “We cannot calculate much for the long journey in V.League because HAGL is in a dangerous position. The simple goal is to get points, at least 1 point/match. We were lucky today to get 3 very important points. At this time, Xuan Truong has only reached 60-70% of his capacity, hopefully this player will contribute more”.

In the match at Pleiku Stadium, SLNA players were the ones who launched more shots but were not very effective. The Nghe team launched 21 shots, 10 of which were on target. Meanwhile, HAGL launched 12 shots, 9 of which were on target./.

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