Song Lam Nghe An: Olaha - Van Duc duo, why not?
(Baonghean.vn) - Recent information about Olaha returning to the training ground, quickly integrating with his old team and SLNA looking for a third foreign player to fill the void left by Jilic has made the public feel more secure while waiting for the V. League to return.
Also from that information indirectly shows that foreign midfielder Peter is being retained, meaning the team will have enough three foreign players to compete in the upcoming very high demand.
And from there, a new but not new story begins when the coaching staff will assemble and shape what framework for the team? Of course, a foreign center-back who is about to be signed will join captain Van Khanh in SLNA's familiar quartet of defenders including Dinh Dong, foreign center-back, Van Khanh and Xuan Manh (if this player continues to be assigned to work here). Or with the spirit of innovation to move forward, SLNA will for the first time play with the starting lineup of 3 center-backs that is very popular today, from coach Park Hang-seo to European teams as many people know.
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| In reality, Olaha was able to complete the task well, but Peter had to continue waiting. Photo: Duc Anh |
There is no basis to say that Coach Huy Hoang will make a "revolution" in tactics at SLNA, but we should consider playing with 4 traditional defenders or renewing with 3 central defenders, in which the defense will actually need 5 positions, including 2 full-backs moving up to attack, as normal, and can be changed frequently and continuously in each tournament. Only keeping a 4-man defense like before is...unnormal, because although it maintains harmony and familiarity, it is easy for opponents to predict and proactively use the majority in the midfield to dominate and divide all directions of the ball, then not adapting and changing is really a matter of concern?
It is not difficult to predict that SLNA will still "rehash the old story", using 2 foreign players Peter and Olaha in the attack line, aiming to pressure the opponent from afar, assigning the task of attracting, breaking the opponent's strength and of course the most important is creating and scoring goals. Reality shows that Olaha can complete the task well, while Peter continues to have to wait, mainly temporarily trusting but not completely trusting. And we still have to wait and see if Olaha can really immediately get along with his teammates, after more than 2 years of moving and not really being successful at the new team?
The most important thing for every team today, after all, is the personnel in the midfield. Whether the defense plays well or not depends on the midfield, whether the offense can explode or not also depends mainly on the ball supply from the midfield. The SLNA midfield currently lacks a player to play as a central partner with Dinh Chau, especially one who can do a good job of organizing, distributing cards and launching attacks. Can Van Lam return soon, besides the young player Xuan Tien who has just been promoted, are there two potential candidates for this position?
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| Hopefully the Van Duc-Olaha connection will be the beginning and end of every winning match of SLNA. Photo: Duc Anh |
The biggest hope in the midfield and the whole team will be on Van Duc's shoulders and this player will explode more when Olaha shares the load, playing more easily when not having to "carry the team". Hopefully the Van Duc-Olaha connection will be the beginning and end of every winning match of SLNA as it has happened in the past?
The question is, in each specific situation, will the SLNA coaching staff allow the creation of a "twin strike" on the attack line by arranging Van Duc - Olaha to play highest and let Peter play lower, creating a solid vertical axis of foreign players, balanced from bottom to top?
Of course, no one dares to say which formation is better than the other, but the main thing is still the personnel that create the optimal formation, or in other words, the formation that maximizes the ability of each individual and the whole team is the optimal formation. SLNA has long played the 4-4-2 formation, when winning it is praised as stable, but when losing it is considered conservative and slow to innovate.
Former SLNA players like Ngoc Hai or Trong Hoang play well in any formation in the national team or the new team, which means SLNA players are always ready for any change that is beneficial to the team and the individual. People say “old teacher, young singer”. Will the SLNA coaching staff, including “young stars” like Huy Hoang, Nhu Thuat, Van Quyen, boldly do something new or will they continue to operate the team in the traditional way, as long as the team reaches the final goal?