Echoes of the Nghe Tinh Derby when the away team overshadowed the home team

“Lose” from the start

The way the Nghe An team entered the match showed that they were "weaker" than their neighbor team even though they were playing at home. The Song Lam Nghe An players appeared lethargic and often lost in one-on-one battles.

Right in the first minutes, if the away team's striker had handled the situation more decisively, the home team could have had to pick the ball out of the net. It seemed like a warning to the Nghe An team, but they still played weakly and continuously letHong Linh Ha Tinhhad dangerous attacks. After a lucky escape in the 43rd minute, what had to happen happened, Hong Linh Ha Tinh opened the score in the 45+5th minute thanks to midfielder Nguyen Trung Hoc. Once again, the Nghe An team's defense lacked concentration in the final moments of the match, causing Song Lam Nghe An to concede a goal.

Hong Linh Ha Tinh players had a good match against Song Lam Nghe An. Photo: VPF

In the second half, although they were leading 1-0, the Nghe An team still did not have any changes. It was still a disjointed style of play with no clear lines in attack and a terrible defense from coach Huy Hoang's team. The result was Hong Linh Ha Tinh's second goal in the 58th minute after a very quick kick by striker Paulo Pinto. It can be said that this was Song Lam's worst 60 minutes in the 2023 V.League season.

Commendable individual efforts

After the second goal, the fate of the match seemed to have been decided, however, Olaha's individual efforts helped the Nghe An team regain hope of scoring a point. The Nigerian striker unleashed a dangerous long-range shot to reduce the score to 2-1 in the 60th minute of the match.

This goal helped the players' morale.Lam River Nghe Anwas strengthened. However, they still could not have clear attacking situations against the solid defense of Hong Linh Ha Tinh. Luckily for the Nghe team, striker Jordy Soladio's header after Xuan Manh's cross defeated goalkeeper Duong Quang Tuan, thereby equalizing the score 2-2 for the home team Vinh.

Soladio's efforts helped Song Lam Nghe An get 1 point against Hong Linh Ha Tinh. Photo: Phi Hung

It can be said that coach Huy Hoang's team avoided a humiliating defeat at home thanks to the great contribution of the striker duo Olaha and Soladio. Hopefully, this duo will continue to shine in the next matches to help the Nghe An team improve their position on the rankings.

Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong is successful

The fact that Hong Linh Ha Tinh had a good match against the home team Song Lam Nghe An was largely due toCoach Nguyen Thanh Cong. This 46-year-old coach has carefully studied the playing style of the Nghe An team to have reasonable tactics for the match at Vinh Stadium. That is the proactive playing style of defending firmly on the home field and being ready to switch positions to launch quick counterattacks. With the mobility of the foreign striker duo, Hong Linh Ha Tinh continuously created dangerous opportunities to threaten goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet's goal. The result of that reasonable playing style was the 2 leading goals of coach Nguyen Thanh Cong's team after nearly 60 minutes of play.

Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong continues to have a successful match at V.League 2023. Photo: Xuan Thuy

However, the lack of concentration and the exhaustion of the pillars caused Hong Linh Ha Tinh to regrettably lose the victory. However, this 2-2 draw once again proved that coach Nguyen Thanh Cong is having success this season. And under the leadership of this 46-year-old coach, Hong Linh Ha Tinh promises to bring many surprises in V.League 2023.

Coach Huy Hoang's confusing decision

When Song Lam Nghe An was starting to play stably, coach Nguyen Huy Hoang suddenly made some personnel changes in this match. First, he pulled Tran Dinh Hoang to play as a left center back instead of Thai Ba Sang. This change somewhat made Song Lam Nghe An's defense less solid and reduced the danger in the Nghe team's flank attacks.

In addition, the arrangement of Tran Dinh Tien to play in a 3-man midfield made the Nghe team lose the initiative against the visiting team Hong Linh Ha Tinh. With his forte as a winger, the number 15 of Song Lam Nghe An could not fill the gap in the middle of the field left by Dinh Xuan Tien.

Young midfielder Dinh Xuan Tien entered the field in the middle of the second half of the match. Photo: VPF

After some changes in the second half, the Nghe An team's game improved somewhat. Unfortunately, the Song Lam Nghe An players could only get 1 point against the away team Hong Linh Ha Tinh.

The 2-2 draw against Hong Linh Ha Tinh made the goal of entering the top 8 ofLam River Nghe Anwill be more difficult. And the whole team will have to try much harder in the upcoming matches to be able to complete that goal.

Spring Quy