How can SLNA score more goals?

(Baonghean.vn) - Last season, 8 SLNA players scored goals for their team. “How to score goals and who will be responsible for scoring goals?” is always a matter that any coach is concerned about. SLNA’s coaching staff certainly has their own calculations on this issue..

First of all, let's review the faces of the 8 players who scored 34 goals for SLNA last season: Odat Onoriode Marshal (10 goals), Tran Phi Son (7), Ho Tuan Tai, Ouattra Baba Salia (5), Nguyen Van Vinh, Ho Khac Ngoc, Que Ngoc Hai (2) and Nguyen Phu Nguyen (1). The average number of goals per match was only 1.3 goals/match, far lower than the average of V-League 2016 which was 3.01 goals/match.

Among those players, Odat Onoriode Marshal, Ouattra Baba Salia have left the team and the "veteran" Van Vinh has retired. On the other hand, SLNA has the return of midfielder Le The Cuong from SXKT.Can Tho. Last year, this Nghe An-born player scored 5 goals for the Tay Do team. To enter the top 7, SLNA, in addition to organizing a good defense, will have to score 35-38 goals, of which about 25-28 goals will be scored at Vinh Stadium.

Ho Tuan Tai is a young player expected in the attack.

Thus, SLNA's coaching board still has a lot of work to do, when this season there has not been any outstanding face taking charge of the team's match regulation. How can 2 foreign players quickly integrate and score 40% of the team's goals? How can 2 midfielders Phi Son and The Cuong score 13-15 goals? How to use Tuan Tai to promote the goal-scoring efficiency? Because Tuan Tai is a player with physical strength, speed, boldly holding the ball to break through but receives the ball early, missing many delicious situations. What strategy can the players in the second line score besides Khac Ngoc and Ngoc Hai?

In recent years, SLNA's corner kicks have been harmless, how to improve that situation is also a problem that the coaching staff must face. Up to 70% of scoring situations are due to the ball being passed by the back line, the midfield using speed to overcome the opponent, crossing the ball into the goal. Foreign strikers only need to know how to press and kick the ball accurately to score.

This is SLNA’s forte since coach Thanh Vinh’s time, it has proven to be very effective when facing superior opponents, playing an open game with the Nghe An team. However, when playing at home or against inferior teams, playing “sloppy” football, SLNA encounters many difficulties when encountering a multi-layered defense.

The decisive passes of the SLNA midfielder are quite "gentle", with little sudden creativity, so it is easy for the opposing defenders to block.

Sy Sam is a name often mentioned in the position of central midfielder and right back.

Apart from Phi Son and Tuan Tai, SLNA does not have any good players who can hold the ball and break through the opponent's center back. The situations of passing and receiving in the area before the 16.5m arc still lack creativity and can break the opponent's flank. As former striker Van Sy Hung commented: "SLNA's current playing style is basically based on strength and speed. When the opponent has deployed enough defenders, SLNA does not have players capable of breaking through."

Due to the long distance between the teams, SLNA uses a lot of medium and long passes, so the striker's ability to control the ball is not high. When controlling the ball in unfavorable conditions, it is easy to be blocked by the opposing defender. After Van Vinh retired, SLNA lost the stop-pass for the striker to approach and shoot the goal.

SLNA often trains many midfielders who are capable of recovering the ball, good at intercepting from a distance but weak in ball handling and scoring skills. In many situations during the match, they fiercely fight for the ball, attack with the ball and pass… to the opponent’s feet. Hopefully, what the media and fans know, SLNA’s coaching board will be aware of and will soon take corrective measures.

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