Behind SLNA's 2 red cards at the beginning of the 2021 V.League season

Winning the first matches of last season without participating in any trial matches made SLNA complacent, thinking that “when the water reaches your feet, there is no need to jump”, everything is still fine. This has causedCoach Quang Truong must pay the price and these difficulties are not easy to overcome, if the "captain" is not steady at the helm.

Physical, foreign players

When losing a match, people often blame the referee, but those who know the team well must admit that when Ba Sang pulled the player in the situation where Van Toan (HAGL) escaped, referee Ngo Duy Lan could hardly have done otherwise. Perhaps SLNA audiences complained that this referee did not give a card in similar situations to D. Memovic (HAGL) and Van Duc, but it cannot be said that Ba Sang, committing a foul and then reacting violently like that, escaped the card. Even The Nhat "fueled" his teammates but still got another card and people saw that captain Van Duc was also unwise in his role as the team leader in this situation.

SLNA's foreign players often lose to their opponents in disputes. Photo: VPF

Standing in the wrong defensive position and accelerating too late caused Van Khanh and Ba Sang to be slower than the other team and forced to illegally block the opposing striker.

The lack of a foreign central defender and poor physical condition made even Xuan Manh, SLNA's strongest player, struggle when facing Washington in the left corner. Even when SLNA's coaching staff replaced Sy Nam in this position, the situation did not improve significantly. WhenCoach KiatisakRealizing this weakness, replacing Nguyen Trung Dai Duong, a player with a knack for playing aggressively and pressing opponents, SLNA's defense encountered many difficulties and conceded the second goal.

Foreign players are still an eternal problem for SLNA. The fact that Igor Jelic only showed up at Vinh Stadium just before the tournament started and Felipe Martins left the team for Nam Dinh, was criticized heavily but SLNA still had to open their arms to welcome him shows the crisis of foreign players for the Vinh Stadium team. SLNA's "picking up the duckweed and catching the shrimp" has proven this and only 2 matches have shown that the situation has not improved significantly compared to last year.

Questions for the Board of Directors

Up to now, striker Bruno has not played due to injury, Felipe Martins returned although he scored 1 goal from a messy situation in front of the goal.HAGLdoes not say much about professional level. The attack is not strong, the defense only has 2 central defenders, making coach Ngo Quang Truong restless. The strength of the Vinh team this season is the defense, which is now "broken" in both personnel and playing style. There is no guarantee that when Igor Jelic enters the field, he can patch up the holes and command the defense as well as the previous 2 seasons.

Coach Quang Truong still has a lot of work to do after two red cards. Photo: VPF

If the 2 matches against Saigon FC (away) and Than Quang Ninh (home) do not win at least 2 points, then SLNA's coaching staff and players will not be able to enjoy Tet in peace. The problem ofSLNAIt's not whether you make it into the top 6 or not, it's how you organize a team throughout the season.

1 point after 2 matches with one less player is not a bad result, but if we don't do a good job of psychologically supporting the players and make the right decision on foreign player contracts, the top 10 goal will be much more difficult.

An Thanh