Highlights of the Nghe An Derby

First away win

Viktor Le's shot that missed the goal by a hair early in the match signaled a hard day's work for the players.Lam River Nghe An.

The Nghe An team had to continuously defend against dangerous attacks from the home team. Fortunately, the dedication of the Song Lam Nghe An defense and the lack of luck of the Hong Linh Ha Tinh strikers helped goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet keep his net intact.

This was even more amazing when Benjamin Kuku took advantage of Adou Leygley Minh's mistake to score the only goal to bring victory to the Nghe An team.

With this victory, Song Lam Nghe An had their first away win of the season, thereby breaking the streak of 6 consecutive matches without knowing the taste of victory. More importantly, this victory helped Song Lam Nghe An get 3 "more precious than gold" points in the fierce and intense relegation race.

Lucky win

After the Nghe Derby,Coach Phan Nhu Thuatsaid "Song Lam Nghe An was lucky against Hong Linh Ha Tinh". Indeed, the Nghe An team had a lucky afternoon at Ha Tinh stadium.

First, Adou Leygley Minh lost the ball, which created an opportunity for Benjamin Kuku to run down and coolly finish off goalkeeper Nguyen Thanh Tung. Remember, Adou Leygley Minh and Helerson are the most consistent central defender duo this season and rarely make mistakes.

Along with that is the "effective" assistance of VAR technology. Song Lam Nghe An was lucky to escape 1 penalty and 1 goal after the referees consulted VAR technology.

And finally, it was the help of the goalpost. The crossbar denied Hong Linh Ha Tinh a goal after a header by striker Mbo Noel.

It can be said that on an afternoon where luck was completely on Song Lam Nghe An's side, victory was understandable for the Nghe An team.

"Alarm" for Nguyen Quang Vinh

Midfielder Nguyen Quang Vinh is an important pillar of Song Lam Nghe An this season. The player born in 2005 has played 22 matches in V.League (1 match was suspended), scored 1 goal and had 1 assist. With 1780 minutes on the field, Nguyen Quang Vinh is one of the players who has played the most for the Nghe An team this season.

However, this is also causing the 20-year-old midfielder to show signs of overload. In recent matches, Nguyen Quang Vinh often has situations where he loses concentration, causing danger to goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet's goal.

Those were two similar fouls in the penalty area in the matches against The Cong Viettel and Hanoi Club. The only difference was that in the match against Hanoi Club, the referees were lucky to overlook them, while in the match against The Cong Viettel, Song Lam Nghe An had to accept a penalty, leading to the only goal conceded.

In the last match, there was a situation where the ball was lost right in front of the penalty area, forcing goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet to show his talent after Luong Xuan Truong's shot.

Therefore, the coaching board of Nghe An team needs to have reasonable calculations to reduce the load on midfielder Nguyen Quang Vinh, thereby helping this 20-year-old player to have the best performance.

Storm of injuries

Before the Nghe Derby, Song Lam Nghe An is facing many difficulties when the pillars are suspended and injured. Those are the cases of Hoang Van Khanh, Le Van Thanh or Ngo Van Luong. Meanwhile, Tran Nam Hai or Sebastian Zaracho are also not in the best condition when they have just recovered.

This is even more worrying when in the recent Nghe An Derby, Ho Khac Ngoc and Tran Nam Hai had to leave the field early. Along with that, many other players had to rely on the medical team to be able to play the full 90 minutes.

It can be said that Nghe An fans are very worried about the injuries of Song Lam Nghe An players. Especially when the relegation race is very hot, Nghe An team needs to have the strongest squad to be able to stay in the league successfully.

Exciting relegation race

Song Lam Nghe An's victory right on Hong Linh Ha Tinh field was a huge surprise. Because the home team has only lost 1 match this season and is very thirsty for points to compete for the top 3.

However, this surprise was not as big as SHB Da Nang's victory over Quang Nam Club. The Han River team lost a man early in the 3rd minute but scored the only goal to finish off coach Van Sy Son's team.

With these two surprising victories, the gap between the four teams competing for relegation is very close. Even the smallest mistake will cost the clubs dearly.

Therefore, the relegation race will continue to be very hot until the end of the day.V.Leaguecurtain call