SLNA - identity and penalty cards

(Baonghean.vn) - Up to this point, after 18 rounds, SLNA has received 37 yellow cards, ranking 3rd in the list of teams receiving the most yellow cards but is 1 of 4 teams that have not received a red card. In fact, the 2 matches with the most yellow cards are the matches that fans have recognized as being played in the most traditional style..

First of all, it must be said that in recent years, although SLNA has been in the top teams receiving many yellow cards, compared to before, the number of penalty cards has tended to decrease. The 2 matches where SLNA received the most cards were round 18, against SHB.Da Nang with 6 yellow cards, round 11 against Hai Phong with 4 yellow cards (both away).

In addition, SLNA had 3 matches in which they received 3 yellow cards: round 4 against Long An; round 6 against Than Quang Ninh; round 13 against Ha Noi, all were away matches. The only match in which SLNA players did not receive a card was the home match against B.Binh Duong.

By round 18, 15 SLNA players had received yellow cards. The most were midfielder Ho Khac Ngoc, who played 15 matches and received 6 yellow cards; defender Que Ngoc Hai, who played 14 matches and received 6 yellow cards; defender Hoang Van Khanh, who played 15 matches and received 5 yellow cards; goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, defender The Nhat and midfielder The Cuong each received 1 yellow card.

Why so many cards?

Many SLNA fans will ask: Why is SLNA's playing style in the V-League considered quite good but still receives so many yellow cards?

With 6 yellow cards, central defender Que Ngoc Hai is one of the 2 players who received the most cards in SLNA. But for Nghe An fans, those are really necessary yellow cards to protect the goal. Photo: Internet

Without too much expertise, one can see that the 5 matches SLNA received the most yellow cards (1 match 6 cards, 1 match 3 cards and 3 matches received 3 cards) were all away games, there were many situations where the referee was too harsh on them, some time-wasting errors or "king of the field" reactions. Most Vietnamese referees are often more lenient and lenient with home players.

Looking back at the 6 yellow cards that referee Quoc Hung gave to Nghe An players, there were at least 2 yellow cards that made coach Duc Thang shake his head in dismay.

To be fair, the yellow card given by Xuan Manh in the 58th minute for his reaction of throwing the ball away after his "trick" of holding the ball (after being knocked down by the opponent) was not accepted by the referee, which is something that should not have happened. In our opinion, the coaching staff and Xuan Manh need to have a cooler head when playing away games because such cases will certainly still happen, especially when the V-League is nearing the end.

The yellow card situation for Phi Son, because referee Quoc Hung judged that he "pretended to be injured to waste time" in the last minute of the match, also partly answered the above question.

True to form

After the heavy penalties imposed by the V-League Organizing Committee on Que Ngoc Hai for his collision with Anh Khoa (SHB.Da Nang), the playing style of SLNA players has somewhat declined. The writer and most of the Nghe An audience do not support violent playing style, but it is clear that SLNA players need to play more enthusiastically, aggressively and strangely in confrontations.

SLNA received 37 yellow cards, many of which were considered heavy-handed by the referee. Photo: Internet

Obviously, at Hoa Xuan Stadium, the situation of blocking Merlo by central defender Ngoc Hai, although receiving a yellow card, was still something that needed to be done, should be done. Or the situation of Ngoc Toan's yellow card in the 81st minute was considered a bit heavy-handed by referee Quoc Hung, but in our opinion, it was very necessary to prolong the time for A Mit's free kick.

Or like the 1-1 draw at Lach Tray Stadium (round 11), when playing true to their style, they received 4 yellow cards but SLNA still left with 1 point in hand. Talking to us, Hanoi players Thanh Luong and Van Quyet all expressed their apprehension when facing Khac Ngoc, Van Khanh, Ngoc Hai - players with an aggressive playing style, not afraid of collision.

Recently, the left wing of defender Vo Ngoc Duc has also made the opposing attacking players falter. Surprisingly, the "veteran" Van Vinh, who has not played much, mainly coming on from the bench, has still received 3 yellow cards (rounds 7, 11, 13), all of which stem from the deliberate intentions of players with quite good individual skills. This is also something that young players need to learn from their seniors' experiences.

After a long time, Nghe An fans got to witness a match where SLNA players played with all their might and tenacity against the home team SHB.Da Nang.

Obviously, to get good results, the Nghe An team still needs to promote this traditional style of play. The players need to be alert to avoid unnecessary arguments that lead to receiving cards, or time-wasting fouls that the audience is very allergic to, but they still have to boldly compete, follow the rules to avoid injuring the opponent./.

An Thanh