How can SLNA get points at Thien Truong Stadium?

An Thanh• July 25, 2019 15:13

(Baonghean.vn) - Surprisingly, in the current V.League 2019, only S.Khanh Hoa earned 3 points at Thien Truong Stadium. The strong teams, Saigon, B.Binh Duong, Hanoi, SHB.Da Nang, Viettel, Thanh Hoa all lost, even lost heavily, in the top 3 but Than Quang Ninh only had a 1-1 draw.

That signals that SLNA will face many difficulties in the away match this weekend. Nam Dinh is showing two completely different faces in the V.League this season. They play away games with unusual "bad luck", only winning 3 draws and losing 6 matches, the worst in the V.League. However, the fact that Nam Dinh earned 19 points in 8 home matches at Thien Truong Stadium, only losing to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (20 points) shows how well Van Sy and his students have played.

Heavenly time, favorable location, and harmony between people

The current strength of Nam Dinh is similar to SLNA a few seasons ago, when playing at Thien Truong Stadium, there are always over 20,000 spectators cheering. Up to now, the number of spectators coming to the stadium of the team from Thanh Nam is still leading the V.League 2019, far surpassing the stadiums of Thanh Hoa, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh. The increasingly professional organization of the cheering activities has motivated the players to compete with excitement.

In terms of force, Nam Dinh is one of the few teams with naturalized players, in addition to 3 foreign central defenders Emmanuel Tony, 2 strikers "Made in Brazil" Junior Pereira, Gustavo. The defense is in charge of Van Phu and Emmanuel Tony, the scoring is handed over to Junior Pereira, Gustavo.

8 trận sân nhà Nam Định kiếm tới 19 điểm trên sân Thiên Trường, chỉ thua Hà Nội, TP.HCM (20 điểm). Ảnh VPF.

Nam Dinh earned 19 points in 8 home matches at Thien Truong Stadium, only losing to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (20 points). Photo: VPF.

The 36-year-old naturalized center-back Van Phu has played 9 seasons in Vietnam, so he understands the playing style of V.League teams very well. The aggressive and stubborn style of this Nam Dinh center-back duo always makes many strikers, including foreign strikers, frustrated, especially when diving in the air.

These two Brazilian foreign players have so far scored 9 goals for Nam Dinh. Junior Pereira plays quite simply, with almost no unnecessary movements, and shoots well with both feet. Gustavo has just joined Nam Dinh, played 4 matches and scored 2 goals, becoming the best foreign player to score in the second leg.

The Van Sy brothers used these two versatile players to do many tasks, to wear down the opponent's strength, disrupt their play, stretch the defense, create and score goals. In the match against Thanh Hoa, both of them moved very widely, actively colliding with the opponent's defenders to wear down the stamina of Coach Quang Bao's team.

To strengthen the midfield, Nam Dinh has just added Anh Quang and Sy Minh to the midfield. Anh Quang is a central defender but was promoted to play central midfield with Ha Long. In this match, Anh Quang is suspended but the home team at Thien Truong Stadium is not too worried. Sy Minh is a player with classy free kicks, last year this number 8 had some beautiful long-range cannon shots.

“The same thing happens when something goes wrong, or else it will go wrong…”

If they lose this match, SLNA will likely fall out of the top 7. It will also greatly affect the mentality of the coaching staff and players of Nghe An in the next two matches against Viettel and Hai Phong at Vinh Stadium.

The absence of both Michael Olaha and Damir Memović is really a big challenge for coach Duc Thang. Because it means the Nghe An team has lost both an important player in the long-range defense and a wall in front of goalkeeper Nguyen Manh.

Even with a full squad, it is difficult to get points at Thien Truong Stadium, now with a broken squad, facing the home team, playing fiercely is even more difficult. But there is no other way, SLNA's coaching staff and players have to face reality.

Junior Pereira với 7 bàn thắng là cái tên mà Văn Khánh, Thế Nhật phải đặc biệt chú ý. ). Ảnh VPF.

Junior Pereira with 7 goals is the name that Van Khanh and The Nhat must pay special attention to. Photo VPF.

Both teams that left Thien Truong Stadium with points both performed “2 in 1”, defended solidly and scored first. In our opinion, Vinicius should play low, replacing Olaha because as a striker, this player seems “harmless” to the Nam Dinh central defenders. Thanh Hoa’s Rimario is of a higher level than Vinicius but was still easily neutralized.

With the opponent's "attacking and dominating" style of play, the SLNA coaching staff must carefully calculate the distribution of physical strength throughout the 90 minutes and make substitutions at the right time. They need a conductor to direct and control the tempo of the match, and cannot play both halves with Nam Dinh.

Nam Dinh players in general (except Van Phu) and foreign players are not good at heading the ball, their defenders are still afraid of dribbling close to the sideline and then passing the ball back to the second line to score. These are the tactics that S.Khanh Hoa and recently SHB.Da Nang chose and succeeded when facing Nam Dinh.

The fact that Tuan Tai and SLNA's domestic players have the opportunity to "carry foreign soldiers" sometimes puts the Nghe An team in a "dead end" situation, which is why. It is difficult, even very difficult, but I wish the Nghe An team will have points when leaving Thien Truong Stadium.