Foreign player injured, Song Lam Nghe An tries out Canadian player

SLNA's 1m94 tall center back is injured. Photo: Trung Kien

The trial period of Song Lam Nghe An's foreign players is facing some difficulties as many foreign players are injured. Two out of three trial cases have returned home due to this reason.

Other players such as Victor Mansaray and some other faces who did not meet the requirements also left SLNA. Currently, there are only 3 players remaining on trial, which are striker Peter Onedykachi, center back Sergio Uyi and 1 new player.

SLNA's training session on February 11 only had 2 foreign players who were in good health. Photo: Trung Kien

That player is Mallan Roberts, a Canadian, born in 1992, 1m93 tall and his main position is center back. This player has played for 8 years in the USL Championship in the US for clubs such as Edmonton, Ottawa Fury, Richmond Kickers.

In 2019, this player was a mainstay of FC Tulsa with 32 matches. In 2016, this player was called up by the Canadian national team and also participated in the national team of this country in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. This player's transfer value on Transfermarkt is 175,000 euros.

Player Mallan Roberts is on trial at SLNA. Photo: Trung Kien

So at this time, Coach Quang Truong has 1 striker and 2 foreign defenders on trial. However, Sergio Uyi is injured and cannot return to training. According to regulations, the deadline for foreign players is February 19. The deadline for adding foreign players is March 5.

Phan Van Duc and his teammates were punished by coach Quang Truong for practicing kicking out.

(Baonghean.vn) - During the afternoon training session on February 11 to prepare for V.League 2020, coach Ngo Quang Truong had the players practice 3-on-2 attack and defense exercises. The defenders performed quite well while the attackers seemed to not be able to fulfill their goal-scoring duties.