SLNA-Khanh Hoa: First 3 points for home team Vinh Stadium?

(Baonghean.vn) - Considered the "dark horse" of V-League 2017, but no Nghe An audience believes in the team's success.Coach Vo Dinh Tan of S.Khanh Hoa can pocket 3 points when leaving Vinh stadium. Simply, in the 38 years since its establishment, SLNA has not lost to any team for 3 consecutive years at home. Could it happen again this year?

Homegrown policy

Similar to the host SLNA, S.Khanh Hoa Club also advocates using young players that they have trained themselves. Van Vu, Dinh Nhon, Trung Hieu, Chi Quoc, Trong Binh and Dinh Khuong are the players that were trained by Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN. This year, Coach Vo Dinh Tan continues to promote 4 players from U19 Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN to the first team to strengthen the testing and make the squad thicker.

S. Khanh Hoa is considered the "dark horse" of V-League. Photo: Internet

After last year's V.League, the Pho Bien team said goodbye to its mainstays: Viet Dan, Van Thanh and Cao Van Trien. Coach Vo Dinh Tan of Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN brought in new player Nguyen Dinh Loi from TDC Binh Duong to be a backup for Tan Dien on the left wing and Hoang Nhat Nam, a former Nam Dinh player, to replace the position left by Cao Van Trien.

It can be said that the biggest difference with SLNA is the plan to use foreign players of coach Vo Dinh Tan. In recent seasons, S.Khanh Hoa has always used foreign central defender Zarour Chaher as a pillar, ensuring that they do not lose before thinking about winning. Being a team that plays with a foreign player in the forward line and boldly uses young strikers. That has made Trum Tinh or Ti Phong, although still very young, quickly integrate into the V-League and quickly mature.

For a long time, S.Khanh Hoa has been “knowing the enemy, knowing itself” so there are no “blockbuster contracts” but instead, they advocate building their own identity to attract audiences to the stadium. It is not for nothing that S.Khanh Hoa is called the “dark horse” of the V-League, even though they do not have famous foreign players or national team players like the Nghe An team.

3 points is not easy

It is true that playing against S. Khanh Hoa is not easy, if it was easy, SLNA would not have lost in the last 2 consecutive seasons. But clearly, in addition to the psychological factor, Coach Duc Thang will have points to build confidence.

First of all, compared to striker Uche, Sadio Diao, the Senegalese player is not as dangerous. Although he still plays well, he lacks the strangeness. Compared to the 2 matches against FLC Thanh Hoa and SXKT.Can Tho, the opponent only played 1 foreign player, the SLNA defense was significantly reduced, and Que Ngoc Hai has a lot of experience dealing with these physical foreign players. In fact, when he was playing for QNK.Quang Nam, Sadio Diao was often "killed" by SLNA defenders in confrontations.

Young player Lam Ti Phong is the hope of S.Khanh Hoa. Photo: Internet

The reason why SLNA lost in the two matches at Vinh Stadium was because S.Khanh Hoa had players who knew how to slow down the game such as Nhat Nam and Quoc Chi, causing SLNA players to struggle and not find a way to get into Tuan Manh's goal. At the end of the match, they relied on Uche's speed to attack goalkeeper Nguyen Manh's goal and were successful with that tactic.

In addition, Ngoc Hai and his teammates need to pay attention to captain Van Vu of S.Khanh Hoa, a defender with good long passes. In midfield, if Khac Ngoc can block Nhat Nam, it is considered that he has limited 50% of the away team's attack.

Nghe An audiences have more hope when Henry scored and Olaha Michael moved widely across the width of the field. With French midfielder Zarour Chaher playing the ball quite well, Phi Son and The Cuong need to limit passing the ball in the air, boldly holding the ball and breaking into the middle to have more passes to split the opponent's defense. When the necessary confidence has increased, facing opponents who are not too strong, SLNA's midfield needs to have more short and medium passes to pressure the opponent.

We know that SLNA has had a slow start, but after 1 loss and 1 draw, this is the time for the coaching staff and players of the Nghe An team to focus on getting 3 points before traveling to the South to meet Long An. I believe 3 points will come!

Catcosan Vinh