SLNA: Phan Van Duc returns, where will Ho Tuan Tai go?
(Baonghean.vn) - According to information from the Nghe An team, player Phan Van Duc will return to the field at the beginning of the 2020 season.
As long as he possesses a strong physical foundation, Duc “Cọt” will naturally be in the starting lineup of SLNA next season. And certainly, the coaching staff of the Nghe An team will continue to assign the player from Yen Thanh to take on the position of left winger. This has been Phan Van Duc’s forte at SLNA and the Vietnam National Team throughout the past time.
Before suffering an injury, Duc “Cọt” was always the number 1 choice of former coach Nguyen Duc Thang in the left wing position of the Vinh team. In V.League 2018, Phan Van Duc scored 9 goals for SLNA. Besides his goal-scoring ability, the midfielder born in 1996 also showed his sharpness in smart off-ball movements, creating favorable conditions for his teammates to score…
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| Phan Van Duc in a training session of SLNA, preparing for the 2020 season. Photo: Archive |
Witnessing the performances of the striker born in 1995 in the last season, experts and football fans of Nghe An had to admit that Ho Tuan Tai had "filled" the void left by Phan Van Duc. Objectively, V.League 2019 was Ho Tuan Tai's most successful tournament since he joined SLNA's first team (2015).
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| Ho Tuan Tai played quite well as a left winger last season. Photo: Archive |
However, in case the coaching board decides to bring in 2 foreign players to play in the striker position to create a "double-barreled gun" of Tay - Tay, Ho Tuan Tai will have to try to adapt to the right wing midfielder position, which is currently the "weakest link" in SLNA's attack line, after the departure of Tran Phi Son. It is worth mentioning that in the past, the player wearing the number 10 shirt had played unsuccessfully in the above position.
It seems that mixed in with the joy of Phan Van Duc's return is worry for Ho Tuan Tai./.
