When the Lam River Nghe An broke out in the South

The FIFA Days break in October allows Song Lam Nghe An to wait for injured players like Nam Hai, wait for foreign central defender Zaracho to finish his suspension, and then have additional training time to increase coordination. Song Lam Nghe An does not have any national team players competing, so it is more convenient for internal training and testing. Nam Dinh Blue Steel has a player in the national team, so the internal situation is more chaotic and a bit more difficult.

But in general, if the team has a strong force like Nam Dinh Green Steel, the Coaching Board will be able to turn things around more easily and thus, everything will go more smoothly, especially when the defending champion is playing at home and striker Nguyen Xuan Son is eager to score against a weaker team than ever. The opening goal of Nam Dinh Green Steel has not had the mark of Nguyen Xuan Son, but the following goals continuously took place, this naturalized player scored the 2nd goal (penalty) and the 3rd goal from his signature header, not to mention the 4th goal missed and went to Van Vu's feet so that this player could easily beat Van Viet.

We cannot blame the weak defense of the away team or the inexperienced defense from a distance by Xuan Tien, Quang Vinh, Quang Tu... In the second match playing for Song Lam Nghe An in the V.League, foreign center-back Zaracho received a yellow card and gave a penalty to the opponent, showing that he is the worst foreign center-back to ever play for the Vinh team so far. But in the end, we should not blame him, because "you get what you pay for", because he has never played in the V.League to test, because without "powder", how can we "wash it into glue"? If not, we must be patient and wait for him to get used to it and mature in the next matches, maybe?

Against a rich team like Nam Dinh Steel Blue, all indicators of youth, on-site training, cheap foreign players… of Song Lam Nghe An, were answered by a “broken” result of 4-1, only adding to the heartache and sorrow of many Nghe An fans. Without potential, not enough investment, they had to let the pillars leave, so they had to bring in mediocre foreign players. From there, they could not nurture the ambition to go far or have a certain possible ranking.

Despite having learned lessons from Da Nang or Hoang Anh Gia Lai about “forcing” young players to quickly fall in rank and fall behind, Song Lam Nghe An still for the second consecutive season “persisted in promoting young players” and “immune” to all opinions and public opinion, only to end up with a way of doing things that could not be poorer than the “cheap” way: low salary, low bonus, low target, passing days and months at the bottom of the rankings…

People thought that the U17 generation of Xuan Tien and Van Cuong who won the national championship that year would be a worthy successor when they took turns playing for the first team of Song Lam Nghe An. Unfortunately, both Xuan Tien and Van Cuong did not have time to shine before they quickly disappeared into silence after incidents of indiscipline, noisy loan transfers, injuries... And not only that U17 generation, potential players of the next generation such as Quang Vinh, Thanh Duc... when continuously being "forced to ripen" like before, after this weak defeat, can they maintain their motivation to strive, mature or vice versa?

In a "broken" afternoon, knowing but unable to save the game on Thien Truong field, no one saw a glimmer of hope for the young Nghe An team and the determination to overcome difficulties of the entire team that had grown up on the basis of extraordinary determination? To put it bluntly, to overcome difficulties spectacularly, the team must have a leader (but who is that?), must have pillars in the lines (who, who?), must have a star to turn the game around (it is difficult to say who specifically?). And even though Kuku scored goals in 2/4 matches, this number is just a "drop in the ocean" when the team played 4 matches and conceded 7 goals and scored only 2 goals.

Look at how Hendrio or Silva pass the ball with class, Silva or Nguyen Xuan Son of Nam Dinh Steel Blue finish unstoppable, then it is strange that Song Lam Nghe An does not "break down". Maybe in the past, Song Lam Nghe An knew how to make it difficult for the team from Thanh Nam, but now it is impossible, can never do it again like before, because the gap between these two football powers is currently one end, one end, one professional, one semi-professional.

Indeed, it was a match that “broke” many things, brought optimists back to reality and helped them learn how to get used to and face the unwanted, easily forgotten realities ahead./.