Coach Ngo Quang Truong: SLNA will stay in the league at all costs
(Baonghean.vn) – After the loss to Hai Phong in round 13 of V.League 2020, coach Ngo Quang Truong affirmed that the Nghe An team must seriously reset the goal of staying in the league at all costs.
Guest at Lach Tray,SLNAreceived an early goal from a penalty and lost 1-3 overall. This result caused the Nghe An team to fall into the bottom 6 teams with 15 points, ranked 11th and had to play relegation with SHB Da Nang, Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh, Hai Phong, Quang Nam.
After the match, Coach Quang Truong shared: "Right at the beginning of the match, we were in trouble when we were awarded a penalty. Hai Phong Club has 3 very high-quality reinforcements: Fagan, Hong Quan and Xuan Tu. These are the best players of Quang Ninh. In addition, today Hai Phong's foreign player Diego had a very good match and shined to help them win."
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Coach Ngo Quang Truong. Photo: TK |
As mentioned above, it is clear that Hai Phong Club has better prepared after the season was interrupted due to the Covid-19 epidemic. As for SLNA, we will seriously redefine the goal of staying in V.League at all costs," SLNA head coach added.
On the side of Hai Phong Club, assistant coach Le Quoc Vuong also affirmed that this victory of the home team was very worthy: “This was a very good match in terms of tactics and determination of both teams. SLNA is also in dire need of 3 points to enter the Top 8 while Hai Phong is even more thirsty for a win at home.
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Hai Phong's assistant coach Le Quoc Vuong answers questions at the press conference after the match. Photo: TK |
We have been waiting for Diego to explode for a long time and today he has repaid the trust of Hai Phong's coaching staff and teammates. I hope he can maintain this form for as long as possible.
The players Mac Hong Quan, Nghiem Xuan Tu and Diego Fagan are top class players, everyone knows that. The whole team had an extremely excellent match. I dare not judge the performance ofPhan Van Ductoday, but we admit we were very cautious about him. He is really a very dangerous factor."

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