Highlights of Song Lam Nghe An's victory in the National Cup quarter-finals
The goals in the second half helped the Nghe An team win against Dong Thap Club. This victory helped Song Lam Nghe An to be present in the Semi-finals of the National Cup 2024/2025.
First medal under Tan Long Group
Lam River Nghe Anhad more than 70 minutes of deadlock against Dong Thap Club. This stemmed from the annoying defensive play of coach Phan Thanh Binh's team.
However, luck and class spoke up at the right time to help the Nghe An team score 2 goals in the 71st and 79th minutes. The visitors' efforts after that only helped them score an equalizer in the 82nd minute. In the end, coach Phan Nhu Thuat's team won 2-1 against Dong Thap Club.
This victory extended Song Lam Nghe An's unbeaten streak at Vinh Stadium to 6 (5 wins and 1 draw). More importantly, this victory helped the Nghe An team reach the Semi-finals of this year's National Cup, thereby earning their first medal under Tan Long Group.
The framework of Song Lam Nghe An
Meeting Dong Thap Club is an opportunity for coach Phan Nhu Thuat to test new personnel in the squad. That is Phan Xuan Dai in the spearhead position in the attack, Phan Ba Quyen playing with Ho Khac Ngoc in the center of midfield or Tran Dinh Hoang playing in the right-back position.
However, these changes have not been shown much, causing Song Lam Nghe An to not be able to create an overwhelming game against the team from the land of the Lotus.
Only untilDinh Xuan Tien, Nguyen Quang Vinh or Ho Van Cuong were put on the field, then the Nghe An team created clear attacking situations towards goalkeeper Nguyen Thanh Tuan's goal.
It can be said that after this match, coach Phan Nhu Thuat has determined the main names in the lineup of Song Lam Nghe An for the remaining stages of the season.
The fate of Dinh Xuan Tien
After scoring the only goal to help Song Lam Nghe An overcome SHB Da Nang in the round of 16, in the last match, this midfielder born in 2003 continued to score a goal to help his team win against Dong Thap Club with a score of 2-1.
With 2 goals scored, Dinh Xuan Tien is leading the scoring list at the National Cup with Nguyen Tien Linh. It can be said that Dinh Xuan Tien's luck is helping the Nghe An team go deep in this year's National Cup.
Besides, Phan Xuan Dai also left his mark in the last match. In a rare time playing in the starting lineup, the striker wearing the number 21 shirt played with great effort, causing many difficulties for the Dong Thap Club defense. It was the strong pressure from Phan Xuan Dai that made the away team's defenders confused and scored an own goal, opening the score for Song Lam Nghe An.
Hopefully after this match, Phan Xuan Dai will be more confident to have better performances in the remaining stages of the season.
Waiting for the exciting semi-final
Thus, Song Lam Nghe An will meet Becamex Binh Duong in the upcoming semi-finals. This is expected to be an exciting and fierce match as the Nghe team has home field advantage and Becamex Binh Duong has a superior force.
In the 2 matches in V.League this year, both Song Lam Nghe An and Becamex Binh Duong have won 1 match at home. Therefore, the upcoming match will be very unpredictable at Vinh Stadium.
Although it was a very difficult victory against Dong Thap Club, this was an important milestone for Song Lam Nghe An. Not only was it the first medal under Tan Long Group, this victory also added confidence to the team.Coach Phan Nhu Thuatmore confident in the upcoming fierce relegation race./.