How to beat Hanoi FC?

The away team is too strong.

Can SLNA make a difference with home field advantage? Photo: VFF

To know how strong the team at the top of the rankings, Hanoi FC, the upcoming opponent of Song Lam Nghe An, is, let's take a look at the statistics: Except for the top scorer of V.League 2022, which belongs to Rimario (Binh Dinh), all the remaining titles belong to Chun Jae Ho's team: Team with the best defense (8 goals conceded, equal to Viettel), Team with the most goals (19 goals), team with the most wins (9 matches), fewest losses (1 match), most impressive foreign player.

Striker Siladji scored 4 goals, including 2 goals to help Hanoi FC defeat two direct opponents, SLNA and Hai Phong. Newcomer Tonci Mujan has just joined Hanoi FC but has already scored 1 goal and 4 assists in 5 matches for the purple team.

Not every match Chun Jae Ho uses all 3 foreign players but Hanoi FC still makes the opponent terrified. The series of 7 consecutive wins shows that Van Quyet and his teammates have one hand on the championship when the gap with the teams behind is equivalent to 3 wins.

Mr. Chun Jae Ho often uses the 4-1-4-1 formation with Do Hung Dung playing as a midfielder when needed to attack. Hanoi FC will play with the 4-2-3-1 formation when needed to protect the score, then Dau Van Toan will play as a central midfielder. But Van Quyet, Tuan Hai and the attackers danced with the ball with mischievous tricks that made all the V.League defenses shake except for SHB.Da Nang, the only team to beat them 2-1.

Competitive spirit

The home team Song Lam Nghe An is 9 points behind the opponent, ranked 2nd thanks to the tireless efforts of the coaching staff and players of the Nghe team. Except for Hanoi FC, Song Lam Nghe An, Thanh Hoa FC, Hai Phong FC are the teams with the best home record, winning 4 matches, drawing 1, losing 1. The 3-man defense, using 100% domestic players of the Nghe team, only conceded 2 goals at Vinh Stadium.

Coach Huy Hoang has innovated, switching to a 3-1-4-2 tactical formation, in which Xuan Manh is put in the anchor midfielder position. Song Lam Nghe An's correction, putting Ngoc Hai in the middle of the defense line, wearing the captain's armband, is highly appreciated by experts. But the strength of the Nghe An team's players in matches against the capital team is their uncompromising fighting spirit. In the last three matches, Song Lam Nghe An lost to Hanoi FC, but Que Ngoc Hai, Xuan Manh and their teammates fought fiercely until the last minute.

To get a point against Hanoi FC, the coaching staff of Song Lam Nghe An must certainly study the playing style of the coach of the Quang Nam team. After many years of coaching at Hang Day Stadium, coach Phan Thanh Hung used the 4-1-4-1 formation, proactively attacking the away team from the start. The team of coach Chun Jae Ho was hit by a preemptive attack from the 6th minute and ended the first 45 minutes with a 2-0 lead. Mr. Phan Thanh Hung said that if they defended, sooner or later they would be penetrated by the Hanoi players. In the first leg, Song Lam Nghe An lost the match due to individual mistakes in defense, not mistakes in tactics by the coaching staff.

The away team has too many tricks up their sleeves, any Hanoi FC player can participate in creating and scoring goals, so it is difficult for them to only defend and succeed, except for TP.HCM. In addition, the issue of physical strength and timely substitutions is also something that the young coach Huy Hoang needs to consider. Mr. Chun Jae Ho often sends foreign players into the field in the second half to decide the match. A very difficult match for the home team, but if they win, the whole V.League must thank the Song Lam Nghe An players for making the tournament less boring.