Overview before round 17 of V-League: Traps before the throne

Not as noisy as B.BD and Thanh Hoa, HN.T&T has made extremely steady progress to become the number one team in all indicators, despite playing 1 match less than its opponents. Although there has been a lot of progress, in round 17, the reigning V-League champion still faces difficult problems...

HN.T&T (white shirt) is making a strong comeback.

HN.T&T MUST CONQUER ITSELF

Despite playing 1 match less than their opponents, coach Phan Thanh Hung's team still leads the rankings, is the team that wins the most, scores the most goals, has the most "killer" striker pair, has the most players scoring goals and loses the least. The rise of HN.T&T is explained by many reasons. First and foremost is because the capital team owns the best midfield in Vietnam and a "super killer" named Samson, author of 17 goals and is leading the list of top scorers. Gonzalo has scored again after 39 days without a goal. HN.T&T also strengthened the defense with the presence of center-back Cyrus! The last two matches with Cyrus were 2 matches in which HN.T&T kept a clean sheet even though before that, they had 10 consecutive matches conceding goals with an average rate of 2 goals/match.

However, HN.T&T is still not a truly perfect machine. After a period of exhausting themselves in the AFC Cup, V-League and National Cup, many key players in the HN.T&T squad have shown signs of overload while some reserve players have been affected psychologically due to not being able to play regularly. For HN.T&T at this time, preserving their strength has become a vital task before decisive matches and the policy of rotating players, distributing forces, and limiting unnecessary penalty cards like those of Gonzalo or Hector in the match against SHB.DN is equally important.

HN.T&T is approaching the decisive turning point of the season, in both AFC Cup and V-League 2014. This weekend, they will march to Lach Tray Stadium with many challenges. First is the understanding down to the last hair, by very familiar people, especially coach Dylan Kerr, former assistant of coach Phan Thanh Hung! For the past 2 weeks, the English coach has mentioned this match and affirmed that Hai Phong will apply a strong playing style, not afraid of collision. But the most dangerous thing is that HN.T&T always plays unstable in the final stage of the season, and in the last 2 consecutive years, they lost the championship to SLNA and SHB.DN in the last round. It can be said that HN.T&T's biggest and most dangerous opponent is themselves.

LAST GROUP OPENS FULL SPEED

After going through round 16 with optimism, the two bottom teams, DT.LA and HV.AG, will face a huge challenge away from home in round 17. While DT.LA has to go to Pleiku Stadium to play the "Wood - Brick war" with old rival HA.GL, HV.AG will not have an easier time because they have to play away at Dong Nai.

Both DT.LA and HV.AG are in danger and want to take advantage of the good results they just got in round 16 as a springboard to fly high, overcoming the challenge that awaits in round 17. However, HA.GL and Dong Nai - with home field advantage in hand, certainly will not let the guests be satisfied. The reason is very simple, HA.GL and Dong Nai are both thirsty for victory and want to immediately end the feeling of frustration that it brings by winning 3 points in this weekend's round.

TOP SCORER:

17 goals: Samson (HN.T&T).

15 goals: Timothy (HA.GL).

8 goals: Abass (B.BD), Hai Anh (Dong Nai), Gonzalo (HN.T&T), Thanh Trung (Ha Tinh).

SUSPENSION LIST:

Trong Nghia (China), Tien Thanh (Hai Phong)

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