Que Ngoc Hai needs to have a cool head

The fact that just 3 hours before the match, VFF decided to ban Than Quang Ninh striker Joel Vinicius from 2 matches has put the home team at an additional disadvantage. Perhaps only Vietnamese football, which is in the lowlands of the world, has such a unique way of doing things.

Lynch Jermie's Match

Surprisingly, SLNA was the better team, maintained the game and dominated the game. The foreign duo Olaha and Lynch Jermie moved widely, causing a lot of trouble for Than Quang Ninh's defenders. Olaha even switched roles with Khac Ngoc and if he had been able to stretch better, this midfielder number 12 would have scored an early goal against goalkeeper Hoai Anh.

Lynch Jermie could have scored more than 2 goals. Photo: CTV

Midfielder The Cuong, after scoring against SHB.Da Nang in this match, continued to show his inherent ability. If he keeps up his form, his cross will not be inferior to the home team's "crossing saint" Xuan Tu, who has so far had 15 assists, leading the V-League.

Lynch Jermie had a match that was considered successful when he scored 2 consecutive goals, 1 from a free kick, 1 from a situation where he seized the opportunity from a careless pass to the goalkeeper of the home team's defender Van Viet. But if Lynch Jermie had handled the game better, perhaps this player would have scored a hat-trick of goals and SLNA would have 3 points when leaving Cam Pha.

With only Eydison on the attack line, Mac Hong Quan played lower to act as a bridge, making it impossible for Than Quang Ninh to put enough pressure on Van Hung's goal. With few options left, coach Phan Thanh Hung had to persevere in using the strategy of feeding high balls to Eydison, exhausting SLNA's defense.

The plan to replace Van Binh with Ho Sy Sam to play with Khac Ngoc to warm up for the "North Central derby" match with FLC Thanh Hoa in the next round was not successful. Sy Sam's mobility and blocking ability was not as good as Van Binh's, combined with the decline in the physical strength of SLNA players, which gradually caused them to lose the game.

The fact that at the end of the match, Eydison with his superior physical strength easily overcame The Nhat and Ngoc Hai scored the 1-0 goal seemed to be in the calculation of coach Phan Thanh Hung. All 4 SLNA defenders stood across but could not stop this foreign player with superior physical strength from scoring.

Sy Sam let Hong Quan freely hang the ball into the 16.5m area, forcing Que Ngoc Hai to use a trick to prevent Eydison from scoring the next goal.

Keep a cool head

To be fair, in this situation of blowing the 11m penalty, the one to blame should be the center back Que Ngoc Hai, not the referee Truong Hong Vu. Only Eydison and Que Ngoc Hai know how strong the pulling force was, but the arm around the neck for quite a long time and the fall of the Brazilian striker was enough for the referee to blow the penalty.

Eydison of Than Quang Ninh is an energetic and skillful striker. Photo: Contributor

Except for this sensitive situation, in our opinion throughout the match, referee Truong Hong Vu did his job very well and deserves to be respected. He handled the collision between Lynch Jermie and goalkeeper Hoai Anh very well, leading to the second goal of the Nghe team.

The fact that Que Ngoc Hai, as captain, a senior player with a lot of experience in competition, instead of restraining himself when the home team was in a disadvantageous situation, aggressively pointed at referee Truong Hong Vu's face is blameworthy. When the match still had 4 minutes left, the score was 2-2, if he could not keep a cool head, SLNA could easily have lost. VFF was even ready to impose a penalty when these images were evidence against Ngoc Hai.

The overreaction itself, pointing the finger straight at the king of the field, in addition to not changing the match result, has made Que Ngoc Hai's image worse.

In the past, Ngoc Hai was not called up to the national team because people were concerned about the central defender's non-professional issues. A season is considered successful for Ngoc Hai, with the captain's certificate in hand. Keep a cool head as the V-League is about to end!