Playing superficially, SLNA lost at home

(Baonghean.vn) - Starting with a squad missing many key players and a "hit or miss" style of play, the reigning V.League champion SLNA had to accept defeat right at home against an opponent from Malaysia.

This is the second consecutive year that the Nghe An team has had the honor of participating in the AFC Cup, but with financial burdens and insufficient strength, SLNA continues to show an unimpressive image in the top tournament of the continent. Although playing with the "second team", Nghe An fans still believe that playing on the "fire pan" of Vinh, the young SLNA players will play their best for the flag and the shirt, but the SLNA players entered the match with an unpositive attitude with many bad passes, unreasonable ball losses, allowing the away team to dominate the game most of the time.

Throughout the first half, Vinh City's audience was bored with the way the two teams played, with only occasional attacks that were not very dangerous towards the goals of both sides. The first 45 minutes of the match passed in the boredom of most of the spectators present in the stadium.



SLNA players played quite disjointedly.



Hector was always closely marked by the away players.



Nghe An fans braved the sun to cheer for their home team.

In the second half, the pace of the match continued to be slow, in a not-so-dangerous attack, in the 56th minute, Terengganu unexpectedly scored a goal, when striker Manaf fired a shot from a distance, goalkeeper Nguyen Manh was startled to see the ball fly into the far corner. Having conceded a goal, SLNA players pushed up their formation to find an equalizer, but Van Quyen, Trong Hoang, and Hector's shots were unable to penetrate the visitors' defense. In the final minutes, the young SLNA players struggled helplessly and had to accept their first home defeat of the 2012 season.

With what the defending champion SLNA showed in this match, it seems that the AFC Cup is still too much for Vietnamese players!

Duc Dung