Identifying Binh Dinh Club - SLNA's first opponent at the 2020 National Cup
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the latest match schedule, Song Lam Nghe An will host Binh Dinh Club at Vinh Stadium within the framework of the 2020 National Cup taking place on May 24. This team is currently playing in the First Division and has been heavily invested, worthy of being the opponent of SLNA's young players.
Binh Dinh is not famous for football, but in the past, this team won the National Cup in 2003, 2004, and ranked 3rd in the National Championship in 2006. In 2005, the Binh Dinh U21 team also won the national championship. In 2019, Binh Dinh Club did not play very impressively in the First Division when it ranked second to last in the rankings with 21 points. However, this year, the martial arts team has a completely new look.
First is the appearance of Coach Nguyen Duc Thang - a former The Cong player born in 1976, a talented young coach who led U21 Hanoi, promoted Saigon FC to V.League 2016 and most recently Thanh Hoa FC. The appearance of the coach with a FIFA Pro license at Binh Dinh football team caused quite a few surprises but also spoke of the ambition of this team in 2020.
With a budget of over 40 billion VND, a huge amount of money for a first-class team, Binh Dinh's goal is to win a ticket to play in V.League 2021. Coach Duc Thang has screened 11 players from the old team to lay the foundation, adding more quality contracts. Among them are players who were trained in Binh Dinh and accepted to leave V.League to play in the First Division and now return to contribute to their homeland such as Huynh Van Thanh, Le Hoang Thien, Phan Duc Le...
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| Binh Dinh Club lineup in the 2020 season. Photo: VPF |
Looking at the list of Binh Dinh FC's squad for the 2020 season, most of them are very unfamiliar names, the most recognizable being goalkeeper Tran Dinh Minh Hoang - former U23 Vietnam player, veteran midfielder Bui Van Hieu and young midfielders like Nguyen Huu Thang, Nguyen Cong Huy. With such people, it is difficult to compare with SLNA, but certainly the coaching talent of coach Duc Thang will be the difference for this opponent.
In the First Division last season, Binh Dinh lost to strong teams like Pho Hien and Ha Tinh with very different scores. The representative of the First Division only had 5 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses. However, with quite high-quality additions in personnel, it is predicted that Binh Dinh will bring many difficulties when visiting Vinh Stadium.
Furthermore, in the upcoming match, SLNA will not be allowed to use foreign players, players like Phan Van Duc and Pham Xuan Manh are both injured. Coach Ngo Quang Truong and his colleagues cannot be complacent because the opponent will certainly play defensively, while finishing is a difficult problem.
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| Coach Nguyen Duc Thang is leading Binh Dinh Club. Photo: Duc Anh |
Since 2008, SLNA has never faced Binh Dinh. In the past period of 2005-2008, the two teams met a total of 8 times, the Nghe team won 3, drew 2 and lost 3. At Vinh Stadium, SLNA has never lost to this opponent with 2 wins and 2 draws. Of course, these statistics do not bring much because both teams have changed too much over the years.
Because Binh Dinh will play away at Vinh Stadium and will defend in large numbers, coach Ngo Quang Truong has been practicing the attacking, finishing and counter-attacking tactics for SLNA players very carefully. The young midfielders he tried to replace Phan Van Duc were Tran Ngoc Anh, Tran Dinh Tien on the two wings, and the striker pair Phuc Tinh - Tuan Tai.
In the friendly match on May 13 against the U19 SLNA juniors, Ho Phuc Tinh scored 2 goals, helping coach Quang Truong and his team win 2-1. In the V.League, Phuc Tinh rarely gets a chance to start, but in the National Cup, this player has a knack for scoring for SLNA. The National Cup is also a great opportunity for Ho Tuan Tai to regain his scoring touch after failing to score in the first 2 V.League matches.
"Phan Van Duc's absence due to injury is also an opportunity for the young players to show their ability. They are capable of doing well the role that Phan Van Duc left in the National Cup. Currently, we are having the best preparation for the match against Binh Dinh, especially in terms of tactics. That will be the peak of SLNA's performance before the return of V.League 2020".
Phan Van Duc is injured and will have difficulty recovering before the return of V.League 2020.
(Baonghean.vn) - Bad luck continues to haunt the young players of Song Lam Nghe An when midfielder Phan Van Duc continues to suffer injuries after a friendly match against the juniors of U19 SLNA.
