Drawing with Hai Phong Club, Song Lam Nghe An cannot improve its position on the rankings.

Before the match, the Vinh home team only had 2 points after 2 draws against SHB Da Nang and Dong A Thanh Hoa. Meanwhile, Hai Phong Club had 4 points and ranked 3rd on the V.League 2023 Rankings. Photo: Chung Le

Through the first two rounds atV.League 2023,Lam River Nghe Anhas 2 points, after 2 draws against SHB Da Nang and Dong A Thanh Hoa. In these 2 matches, the Nghe An team's attack did not really play well.

In this match, Song Lam Nghe An has the return of young midfielder Dinh Xuan Tien - who was absent in the previous 2 rounds due to injury. Photo: Chung Le

In this third round, Song Lam Nghe An welcomes Hai Phong Club at home. This is the opportunity for Song Lam Nghe An to get their first win of the season. In this match, Song Lam Nghe An has the return of young midfielder Dinh Xuan Tien - who was absent in the previous 2 rounds due to injury.

Before the match with Song Lam Nghe An, the Hai Phong team had 4 points after drawing with Becamex Binh Duong in the first round and winning against Ho Chi Minh City Club in the second round. Hai Phong is currently ranked 3rd on the V.League 2023 rankings.

Going into this match, Song Lam Nghe An was determined to win their first victory in the tournament. Photo: Chung Le

Entering the match, Hai Phong Club created a good attacking position against the home team. In the first 5 minutes, the strikers of the port city team threatened Song Lam Nghe An's goal twice with long shots from outside the penalty area. However, the ball did not go very accurately.

In the 10th minute of the match, in a situation where the ball was cleared up, goalkeeper Van Tien of Song Lam Nghe An made a mistake when he passed the ball to the opposing team's player standing in the penalty area. Midfielder wearing the number 79 shirt, Nguyen Tuan Anh of Hai Phong Club, did not miss this "gift", scoring the opening goal.

Striker wearing the number 98 jersey Jordy Soladio of Song Lam Nghe An finished the ball into the far corner, defeating goalkeeper Van Toan, scoring the equalizer for the home team. Photo: Chung Le

In the 12th minute, the match score was balanced 1-1. From a quick counter-attack, striker wearing the number 98 jersey Jordy Soladio of Song Lam Nghe An from the right wing, accelerated to receive a favorable pass from his teammate; calmly adjusted the ball, finished and sent the ball into the far corner, defeating goalkeeper Van Toan; scoring for the home team. Jordy Soladio scored his first goal in V.League 2023.

Jordy Soladio excitedly celebrates his first goal in V.League 2023. Photo: Chung Le

In the following minutes, the pace of the match was quite slow. Song Lam Nghe An was the team with the better position in the game. However, Hai Phong Club was the team with more dangerous opportunities. The opportunities that Hai Phong had all came from the indecisive and uncertain clearance situations of the home team's defenders.

The situation where Dinh Xuan Tien passed goalkeeper Van Toan but could not finish. Photo: Chung Le

In the 42nd minute, Song Lam Nghe An had a chance to increase the score of the match when young midfielder Dinh Xuan Tien received a favorable pass from his teammate. In the penalty area, Song Lam Nghe An's number 23 held the ball, dribbling past Hai Phong goalkeeper Van Toan but tripped, fell and could not kick to finish... The 1-1 draw remained until the end of the first half.

In the second half, Song Lam Nghe An made three substitutions. Ngo Van Luong, Ho Van Cuong, Dang Van Lam came on to replace Dinh Xuan Tien, Tran Nam Hai and Mai Sy Hoang… Meanwhile, Hai Phong Club kept the same lineup as in the first half.

In the second half, player number 9 Nguyen Trong Hoang of Song Lam Nghe An was very active, constantly causing trouble for the defense of the Hai Phong team. Photo: Chung Le

In the second half, Nguyen Trong Hoang of Song Lam Nghe An was pushed up higher. The number 9 of Song Lam Nghe An was active, causing many difficulties for the opposing team's defense. In the 58th minute, Trong Hoang almost scored a goal for himself when his shot went just wide of the Hai Phong Club's goal.

Trong Hoang is quite regretful about the missed opportunity. Photo: Chung Le

Hai Phong Club also had extremely dangerous attacks, threatening the goal of Song Lam Nghe An Club. Striker wearing the number 7 shirt Mpandee Joseph Mbolimbo of the Hai Phong team missed two good opportunities when he could not defeat goalkeeper Van Tien in a face-to-face situation.

Not satisfied with the draw, in the final minutes of the match, the players of Song Lam Nghe An and Hai Phong Club played with great effort and determination. However, no more goals were scored...

With this draw, Song Lam Nghe An cannot improve its position on the rankings./.