Phi Son and foreign players made HAGL suffer defeat right on Pleiku field.

(Baonghean.vn) - Although not playing too dominantly on Pleiku field, SLNA was the team that took advantage of the opportunity to score the opening goal.

Immediately after the starting whistle of referee Nguyen Hien Triet sounded, HAGL players pushed their formation high to SLNA's field. However, pIn the 39th minute, the goal came to SLNA. After a long pass from a player in yellow, the ball hit the back of defender A Hoang and bounced back right where Phi Son was running. Seeing that goalkeeper Van Tien had moved up high, "Vietnam's Ronaldo" executed an accurate curl of the ball that broke the HAGL net.

Conceding a painful goal, the home team players attacked. HAGL's efforts were almost rewarded when Chau Ngoc Quang had a tricky shot into the top corner of the goal, but unfortunately could not overcome the excellent goalie Nguyen Manh. The first half ended with 1 goal in favor of the Nghe An team, with a fairly balanced match.

The second half was not much different from the previous 50 minutes, HAGL continued to attack to find an equalizer, while SLNA played tightly with quick counterattacks. The cohesion of the trio Khac Ngoc - Phi Son - Olaha made the home team's defense falter many times. If striker Kovacevic had been more accurate in his close-range header in the 55th minute, SLNA could have taken a big lead.

The match continued to be a stalemate. HAGL continued to attack, while SLNA continued to defend very tightly. Cong Phuong, Van Toan, Minh Vuong... were locked down, the home team's attacks were often broken from afar. In the first 20 minutes of the second half, the game belonged to HAGL. Minh Vuong had at least 2 chances to level the score for his team. However, the midfielder's inaccurate handling could not bring HAGL a goal.

As time went by, the players from the Mountain City became more impatient with a series of bad passes. On the other side, the more SLNA played, the more they proved their toughness and alertness. Goalkeeper Nguyen Manh was more relaxed than in the first half.

In the 81st minute, Manh Hung made a dangerous free kick outside the penalty area. If goalkeeper Van Tien had not played so well, SLNA would have scored the second goal. Unable to score against goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, HAGL had to pay the price with a goal in the 92nd minute. The scorer for the Nghe An team was foreign player Kovacevic.

The remaining time was not enough for HAGL to find an honorary goal, the match ended with a 2-0 victory for coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team. This victory helped SLNA end the streak of draws and losses at Pleiku Stadium for many years. With 3 points against HAGL, the Nghe An team has won 27 points after 21 rounds and continues to stand at 9th place on the rankings.

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