Seen from Hoang Anh Gia Lai's way of doing things

Since taking over Hoang Anh Gia Lai, coach Vu Tien Thanh has declared to abandon the beautiful but somewhat "innocent" attacking style of play to pursue a pragmatic style of play. This has helpedHoang Anh Gia LaiOvercame a difficult period to successfully stay in the league last season.

This season, the team from the Mountain City continues to upgrade this tactic to cause many difficulties for opponents. After the first 3 matches, Hoang Anh Gia Lai has won 2 matches and drawn 1 match (against Thep Xanh Nam Dinh) to maintain the top position in the rankings.

To get this result, coach Vu Tien Thanh had to work hard to build a solid defense and an impressive attack.

Solid defense is the premise that the coach born in 1964 had when he first came to work at the mountain town team. Because after 8 rounds of V.League 2023/2024, Hoang Anh Gia Lai has lost 5 matches and conceded 14 goals. Therefore, if they want to get good results, Hoang Anh Gia Lai will first have to strengthen their defense.

Reasonable formation distance, the players above often retreating to support the defense and actively approaching the opponent are the strengths of Hoang Anh Gia Lai under coach Vu Tien Thanh. These are the things that helped the team from the mountain town keep a clean sheet after the first 3 rounds of V.League this year.

But defense alone cannot help Hoang Anh Gia Lai stand firm against opponents. Coach Vu Tien Thanh has built for Hoang Anh Gia Lai smooth attacks that make opponents wary.

First is the wing attack. It can be said that the team from the mountain town has practiced this attack very well. Small coordination on both wings, the midfielders' cross-field passes or the central defenders' highly accurate long diagonal passes have helped the wingers have favorable positions to put the ball inside.

Even in situations where the ball is brought inside, Hoang Anh Gia Lai has the necessary diversity to make it impossible for opponents to predict. That is, passing high to the strikers in the air, passing low to the attacking players to cut in front or passing back to the back for the second-line players to rush up and finish.

It can be said that with one move, coach Vu Tien Thanh has developed it in a variety of ways, making opponents wary.

Along with that is the set piece attack. Before coach Vu Tien Thanh, Hoang Anh Gia Lai was a team that was "afraid" of set pieces. The small stature of the domestic players made them feel hesitant when they had to take free kicks in their own half.

But, after coach Vu Tien Thanh took over, they turned this weakness into the team's strength. Not only are the foreign players tall, but even players with small physiques likeChau Ngoc Quang, Tran Minh Vuong also often has successful air combat situations.

This comes from the diverse arrangement of coach Vu Tien Thanh in set-piece situations. Free kicks are not always directed at foreign player Jairo Filho, many times this foreign player is just a decoy for other players to comfortably finish. However, if you are careless, foreign player Jairo Filho will be the one to finish off the opponent.

Besides, Hoang Anh Gia Lai makes good use of free kicks. Both Tran Minh Vuong and Chau Ngoc Quang are capable of launching free kicks with unpredictable trajectories but high accuracy. Not to mention the new player Da Silva Marciel is also very good at free kicks.

It can be said that Hoang Anh Gia Lai has made good use of available resources to build an annoying playing style and initially brought success. Therefore, this is a good model toLam River Nghe Anlearn and change to get better results in the next matches of the season./.