Nam Dinh - SLNA (3-0): The away team is running out of ideas
(Baonghean.vn) - Only in round 7 but SLNA has run out of attacking ideas and it is not difficult for the home team Nam Dinh, despite having lost 4 consecutive matches, to still be able to "fire" 3 unanswered goals into the away team's net.
Correctly detecting the gap on SLNA's right wing guarded by Sy Nam, with just a small move, using Merlo and Rafaelson to attract the visitors' defense, Nam Dinh quickly scored. From the corner kick, the ball found the head of center back Tony, while Ba Sang and Gustavo were distracted, the home team Thien Truong scored in the 9th minute.
A hundred schemes, a thousand plans
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| Nam Dinh has an important victory in the face of persistent bad luck. Photo: Vnexpress |
Before that, the audience at Thien Truong Stadium had done everything, such as mobilizing 10,000 signatures to demand permanent suspension of referee Vu Phuc Hoan and assistant Pham Hoai Tam; visiting and giving gifts to the coaching staff and players before the match. Those actions greatly encouraged the spirit of Nam Dinh players. Determining this was a "life and death" match, in addition to inviting "god of fortune" Tuan Hung to Thien Truong Stadium to cheer, the Nam Dinh Supporters Association also organized a spirit medium performance in the stands to "cut the black line". These spiritual therapies greatly encouraged the spirit of new coach Hong Phu and his students, and the home team was the better team. This was also one of the few matches in which Nam Dinh audiences were satisfied with the referee's whistle.
The early goal made it very difficult for SLNA, who are only used to playing defensive counter-attacks, to launch their attacks. It seemed that Nam Dinh’s coaching staff had read the intentions of the Nghe An team and locked Van Duc in so they could “sleep soundly”. Both coaches used the “provocation” tactic of giving the captain’s armband to Do Merlo and Tuan Tai, strikers who were scoreless.
But Tuan Tai still handled the ball awkwardly and somewhat stiffly when facing the goal of the home team Nam Dinh, while the naturalized player Do Merlo had "his own day". The new captain Do Merlo moved wide and then suddenly entered the penalty area to compete in the air and score.
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| It seems that Nam Dinh's coaching board has read the intentions of the Nghe An team and they locked in Van Duc so they can "sleep soundly". |
It must be said that the new coach Hong Phu was quite skillful when throughout the beginning of the second half they were just waiting for an opportunity. Quang Tinh and Matar replacing Van Lam and Dinh Tien in the 61st minute was in the home team's calculations, and Do Merlo scoring a double goal less than 10 minutes later was all in the mind of the "staff". This was a match where Sy Minh and Rafaelson had no luck in scoring.
On the home side, Dinh Tien and Matar were also denied 2 chances by the goalpost and crossbar. But to be fair, Nam Dinh has transformed and the 3-0 victory is completely deserved. Coach Quang Truong even "waved the white flag" early when he let Van Duc rest on the field to prepare for the match against Quang Nam, also a team that has just "changed coach".
Take care of both offense and defense
In 7 consecutive matches, both foreign players and Tuan Tai have failed to score. When the defense is falling apart and the offense lacks any ideas to develop their play, it is very difficult for SLNA to score points. Surprisingly, fate has pushed SLNA into "death battles" when facing 3 out of 4 teams that have just changed their head coach.
In fact, Van Lam and Dinh Chau played well, but the role of "conductor" was too much for both of these young players. V.League teams could read SLNA's substitution intentions, so it was not difficult for them to predict Quang Truong's moves. With young players, when excited, they can beat the reigning champions, but when they lose, it is too difficult to turn the game around without two factors: creativity and experience.
Having two foreign players who “attack but do not score” is putting SLNA’s coaching staff in a situation where “it is a pity to abandon them but a sin to keep them”. The warning from experts about finding a foreign central midfielder has been ignored by the club’s two “foreign hunting” channels and now Coach Quang Truong is the one to suffer. Refreshing old faces like Sy Sam, Sy Nam… is not the forte of Quang Truong and Technical Director Duc Thang.
