Identify Viettel's playing style?

An Thanh• May 1, 2019 20:35

(Baonghean.vn)-Newcomer Viettel has won 2 out of 3 matches at home, the only loss was against the defending champion Hanoi.

Up to now, Viettel is one of the few teams playing with a 3-defender formation with Gustvo, Bui Tien Dung and Duc Chien. When they no longer control the ball and need to deploy defense, coach Lee Heung-Sil will immediately switch to a 4-1-4-1 system. The Korean coach's mark on Viettel is not much, especially when Trong Hoang and Que Ngoc Hai are still sitting on the field.

Waiting for domestic soldiers

In fact, after 7 rounds, the trio of foreign players from Brazil, including Gustavo, Kayo and Paulo, clearly have not met their professional standards. The foreign players handle the ball quite slowly, which often slows down the team's attack speed. Therefore, Viettel rarely uses all of its allowed foreign players, most of them coming off the bench.

The brightest star of the army team is Hoang Duc, born in 1998, who plays aggressively and calmly in the central midfielder position. Photo: VPF

The brightest star of the army team is Hoang Duc, born in 1998, who plays aggressively and calmly in the central midfield position. The range of activity of this midfielder number 28 is quite wide and tends to lean towards the right wing, where Dinh Dong usually guards.

Up to now, Viettel players have scored 6 goals, 3 goals at home, 3 goals away. The first and last 15 minutes of matches are the favorite time of the players in military uniforms, they have scored 4 goals at this time. The first 30 minutes of the second half is the time when they have not scored against the opponent in the last 7 matches.

Unlike SLNA, the home team scored 3/6 goals (50%) thanks to a well-organized attack, based on a young but hard-working midfielder who fought and moved without the ball. The remaining 3/6 goals came from corner kicks, Viettel is a team with many tall players who are strong in aerial combat.

Quite similar to SLNA, the home team has many players who play the role of playmaker, Minh Tuan, Hoang Duc and Kayo are the faces who are doing this task well. In the previous round, Minh Tuan scored his first goal of the season and is in quite good form.

The reason why Viettel has only scored 6 goals so far, unable to penetrate the defenses of Hanoi, B.Binh Duong, and Ho Chi Minh City is because the pressure is not enough for the opponent to make mistakes. The final passes are not dangerous enough for teammates to easily score.

Solid rock

Vu Minh Tuan is in good form. Photo: VPF

Viettel's three-man defence has conceded nine goals, three at home and six away. They usually held their opponents well in the first 15 minutes of the game, but conceded more goals from the 30th to the 45th minute and from the 60th to the 75th minute. Of the nine goals conceded, they conceded two when the opponents held the ball and organized attacks from their own half, three from counter-attacks and four from set pieces (one penalty and two corner kicks).

In defense, Viettel players such as Van Tram, Tien Anh, Minh Tuan, Paulo, Que Ngoc Hai all play quite tough to block the opponent's attacks. Although they are new players, Viettel players are famous for playing tough, ranking 2nd in the number of penalty cards in V.League 2019, only behind Hai Phong. This explains why Viettel has been often penalized by referees and conceded 4 goals from set pieces.

On the trip to the North to meet Viettel, Hai Phong, the Nghe An team had the return of Alves, Pham Xuan Manh, Cao Xuan Thang, Ho Tuan Tai, giving coach Duc Thang more options. This is an opportunity for coach Duc Thang and his students to show their mettle when facing players in military uniforms.