Identifying SLNA's opponent Nam Dinh in round 7 of V.League 2021

In preparation for V.League 2021, Nam Dinh Club has made some changes on the coaching bench, deciding to register Mr. Nguyen Van Sy to hold the position of head coach of the team; at the same time, the team from Thanh Nam suddenly said goodbye to fitness coach Nils Haacke. In fact, this did not cause too much disruption to the team's situation, because Coach Van Sy has long been in charge of technical and tactical decisions.

End of 2020 season,Nam Dinh Clubsaid goodbye to a number of players whose contracts had expired. Among them were many key players in the main squad who regularly played such as defender Tran Manh Cuong, midfielder Le Sy Minh, naturalized striker Do Merlo, foreign duo Rafaelson and Thiago... Not many have arrived at Thien Truong this season. These are faces such as goalkeeper Ho Van Tu (from SLNA), striker Rodrigo Dias (from Quang Nam), striker Vo Ly (SHB Da Nang), defender Wesley Rodrigues and striker Konan Oussou.

With many young faces promoted, Nam Dinh is living by the breath of pillars such as captain Lam Anh Quang, Dinh Van Truong in defense and Hoang Xuan Tan, Nguyen Dinh Manh, Mai Xuan Quyet. Most of them are players who do not have much experience in the V.League arena. However, coach Nguyen Van Sy and his team are the team that shocked the first round when they defeated Hanoi FC 3-0 at Thien Truong.

SLNA often does not have good results when meeting Nam Dinh at Thien Truong Stadium in the past few years. Photo: TK

In the following three matches against Hai Phong and Thanh Hoa, they all lost 2-3 and 0-3 quickly on the opponent's field before continuing to lose to Viettel at home with a score of 1-2. It was not until the last two rounds that the team from Thanh Nam found the feeling of winning again. Specifically, in round 5 of V.League 2021, they defeated rookie Binh Dinh with a minimum score of 1-0. In round 6, Nam Dinh surprised everyone with a 3-star victory at Thong Nhat Stadium against Saigon Club.

On the current rankings, Nam Dinh FC is in 7th place with 3 wins and 3 losses, earning 9 points. The team from the South has a good ability to score 10 goals/6 matches but conceded 8 goals. Foreign players such as Rodrigo (2 goals) and Oussou Konan (3 goals) are showing their integration. Compared to SLNA, the home team's scoring record is much better. Because in the past 6 matches, SLNA has only scored 5 goals/6 losses andPhan Van Ducis the main factor with 3 goals.

Thus, in terms of strength, the two teams are considered to be quite equal even though Nam Dinh does not have as many stars in the national team as SLNA. On the other hand, Nam Dinh always plays very passionately with the home field advantage and the cheers of tens of thousands of spectators.

SLNA's ability to score goals is still a big problem for SLNA's coaching staff. Photo: TK

In the most recent history of confrontation, Nam Dinh and SLNA met 18 times. SLNA won 7, drew 5 and lost 6. However, at Thien Truong Stadium, the Nghe An team had a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Since being promoted to V.League 2018, Nam Dinh only lost 2-3 once in that season before continuously keeping 3 points against SLNA in 2019 and 2020.

That requiresCoach Ngo Quang Truongand the students need to determine a specific goal and play with concentration against this opponent. Currently, SLNA has a relatively good defense with the return of Hoang Van Khanh, but in the attack, every ball and goal-scoring task is placed heavily on the shoulders of Phan Van Duc.

Also in round 7, teams such as SHB Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh, Ha Tinh and Viettel will play at home. The gap between the teams on the rankings is now only 1 win. Therefore, this is considered a very important stage for teams with real ability to break away with the hope of entering group A - the strong team competing for medals.

SLNA lost their first home match in V.League 2021

(Baonghean.vn) - In front of a large home crowd, SLNA was full of enthusiasm with the return of Pham Xuan Manh but was unable to continue the winning streak after losing to defending champion Viettel at home in round 6 of V.League 2021.