SLNA visits Thien Truong: Waiting for domestic performance

Due to receiving enough penalty cards, in round 18 of V.League 2019, SLNA will visit Nam Dinh without the services of two key foreign players on both sides of the front line: Olaha in attack and Memovic in defense.

These are 2 of the 4 players who have played almost all 17 matches of the season for SLNA, becoming positions that are difficult to replace in coach Nguyen Duc Thang's tactical scheme.

The simultaneous absence of both Olaha and Memovic makes predictions about SLNA's ability to win against the home team seem to gradually decrease, because Nam Dinh is also having an extremely successful streak of matches when playing at home.

Ho Tuan Tai will be given more opportunities when playing in his new position. Photo courtesy of Xuan Thuy

In defense, The Nhat will likely be named for the position left by Memovic next to Hoang Van Khanh.

In this season's V.League, The Nhat has been in the starting lineup twice in the home match against SHB Da Nang and the away match against Hai Phong, and the 1991-born midfielder has been on the bench three times. And no matter where he started, since Pham The Nhat entered the field, SLNA has never suffered a defeat. He is the one who contributed to the achievements of the Nghe An team (3 wins and 2 draws).

Hopefully The Nhat's luck in entering the field in this afternoon's match will help SLNA get a favorable result against a Nam Dinh team that is full of spirit at home.

Pham The Nhat is the lucky card that coach Duc Thang owns. Photo courtesy of Duc Anh

With experienced players like Nguyen Manh, Dinh Dong, Khac Ngoc, Van Binh and powerful young warriors Ngoc Toan, Xuan Manh, Cao Xuan Thang, hopefully SLNA will have a fair match, successfully overcome difficulties and get a good result against the home team Nam Dinh who is almost using the strongest force.