Hanoi FC-Song Lam Nghe An: The highlight match of the round
(Baonghean.vn) - For many years now, the clashes between Hanoi FC and Song Lam Nghe An, regardless of the format, away or home, have attracted a lot of attention from audiences, experts and the press. This time, it is also a clash between the two teams at the top of the V.League 2022 rankings.
For many reasons, the confrontations between Nghe An and Hanoi FC are always of interest to fans of both localities. The historic 1-1 draw against Hanoi FC by SLNA in V.League 2011 at Vinh Stadium, which helped coach Huu Thang and his team win the championship, is considered the best match in the history of more than 20 years of Vietnam's top football tournament. The 2-6 loss in V.League 2012 against Nghe An is still a "stain" that is difficult to wash away for Hanoi FC, the most successful club on Vietnam's football field, in more than 10 years of fighting in V-League.
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| Midfielder Xuan Manh will have a tough match. Photo: SLFC |
Along with HAGL, Song Lam Nghe An and Hanoi FC are candidates for the 2022 V.League championship. So the match between the two teams at the top of the rankings is considered the "early final" of the first leg. The performance of coach Chun Jae Ho's students is impressive because the players are in their prime. In the match against Hong Linh Ha Tinh, only Dau Van Toan was a player who had never played for the national team, there were no foreign players in the starting lineup but they still made the opponent struggle to defend.
Unpredictable hosts
The Korean coach currently has a squad with most players over 1m80 tall, specifically Van Tung is 1m80, Xuan Tu is 1m82, Duy Manh is 1m80, Van Hau is 1m86, Thanh Chung is 1m80... so the ability to play high balls is always the strength of Hanoi FC. In addition to foreign player Siladi, coach Chun Jae Ho has just "finalized" Tonci Mujan and Uros Djeric, replacing the two names Ivancic and Zec Djuro. The fact that Tonci Mujan scored a goal on Ha Tinh field right after his debut shows that this is a foreign player that cannot be underestimated. The 27-year-old Croatian player has only had 5 days of training with the Hang Day team.
In the match against Song Lam Nghe An, Thai Quy was absent because he had received 3 yellow cards. This is a player who started 8 matches for the Capital team with 1 goal, 2 assists. But Hai Long, Duc Huy, Van Toan are still the solutions for the anchor midfielder position of the 4-1-4-1 formation of Hanoi FC. The player that the coaching board of Song Lam Nghe An must pay the most attention to is "locomotive" Van Quyet, the star who played best in the match against Hong Linh Ha Tinh. With 1 goal, 2 decisive passes, 80% successful dribbling, this player was rated 235 points by InStat, the highest in the match. Van Quyet has complete personal technique, moves widely, and has a strange ability in free kicks that always makes any defense uncomfortable.
Song Lam Nghe An determined to get points
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| Van Quyet is the most important player of the home team Hanoi FC. Photo: HNFC |
Meanwhile, Song Lam Nghe An is showing that it is a worthy opponent for the home team. In the match at Hang Day Stadium, coach Huy Hoang and his team are essentially playing at home because thousands of Nghe An fans are ready to cheer. What the coaching staff of Song Lam Nghe An is satisfied with is that the main players Van Hoang, Xuan Manh, Van Duc, Que Ngoc Hai are all playing very well, inspiring the young players Xuan Tien, Sy Hoang, Van Cuong. Meanwhile, the two foreign players Olaha and Oseni both play an important role in the playing style of the Nghe team. Currently, all three lines of the away team Song Lam Nghe An have scored. This season, the Nghe team plays diversely, scoring goals from many different attacking positions. The players are more proficient in applying the 3-1-4-2 tactical formation.
The 3-0 victory over Hai Phong has helped the coaching staff and players of Song Lam Nghe An become much more confident. This will be the match where Xuan Manh and Que Ngoc Hai will face the strongest attack of V.League 2022 under the leadership of Van Quyet. Surely, the Nghe players will compete fiercely for the ball in the midfield to prevent the home players from exploiting the flanks and playing a pass-and-go in the 16.5m area. The players of the two teams are no strangers to each other, both the home team and the away team have players who can seize the opportunity to decide the match. The team that scores first will have many advantages in the match that is worth 6 points in this round.