SLNA determined to get points against Sana Khanh Hoa

(Baonghean.vn) - The Toyota V-League Championship has gone more than half way, but what the Nghe An team is showing makes experts and fans feel sad. If there is another loss, SLNA will fall into the vortex of the relegation battle. Therefore, a victory at this time against the team from the coastal city of Sana Khanh Hoa BVN on the afternoon of July 17 is extremely necessary to lift the spirit of the whole team.

SLNA in the 2016 V-League season is playing blandly, lacking identity. That is because, after 15 matches played, the Nghe An team has only won 4 matches, drawn 6 matches and lost 5 matches. Currently with 18 points, the team of coach Ngo Quang Truong is standing at 11th place on the rankings. This is something that is hard to accept for the team considered to have the most tradition in Vietnam.

In the first leg, SLNA had a dramatic draw with Sana Khanh Hoa.

Most recently in the 15th round of V-League, despite the support of 8,000 enthusiastic fans in the stands of Thong Nhat Stadium. However, coach Ngo Quang Truong's team played poorly and made silly mistakes, allowing Trinh Duy Long to easily overcome and comfortably pass the ball accurately to striker Carlos Lima to head the ball into the net of goalkeeper Nguyen Manh in the final minutes of the first match. With this defeat, the Nghe An team is getting closer and closer to the relegation battle. Something that few people could have thought of before the season started.

In round 16 of V-League, SLNA will return to play at home field "fire pan Thanh Vinh". However, overcoming opponent Sana Khanh Hoa BVN is not an easy task for the Nghe team. Especially the coastal city team is always known for its very annoying and "rebellious" playing style. That was shown when they defeated the current runner-up Hanoi T&T, "Dark Horse" XSKT Can Tho, the ambitious team Than Quang Ninh and held the defending champion Becamex Binh Duong to a draw... In the first leg, although they took the lead twice, SLNA still could not leave Nha Trang field with 3 full points.

SLNA is determined to defeat the coastal city team in the second leg of round 16 of V-League 2016.

Realizing the difficulties that awaited them, Coach Ngo Quang Truong's team quickly put aside the sadness of losing to the Saigon team and quickly returned to their headquarters to practice for the match against the team from the coastal city of Khanh Hoa. More than ever, the Nghe An team needed a victory to lift the players' spirits after a series of unstable matches before.

One thing that makes coach Ngo Quang Truong have a headache is the problem of injuries that have been taking away the best players from the Nghe An team. When two important players, full-back Tran Dinh Hoang and center-back Nguyen Minh Duc, will continue to sit out the match against Sana Khanh Hoa because they have not recovered from their injuries. According to information from the team's coaching staff, although Tran Dinh Hoang has returned to practice with his teammates, the national team player cannot participate in this round. In addition, the possibility of center-back Hoang Van Khanh playing is still uncertain after he was injured in the match against Saigon FC in the previous round. With the absence of these important players in the defense, SLNA will face many difficulties against the aggressiveness and ability to seize opportunities of striker Uche Iheruome of Sana Khanh Hoa BVN.

If they continue to receive another defeat when facing Sana Khanh Hoa BVN, SLNA will face many difficulties and officially fall into the spiral of the relegation battle. Because in the next round, the Nghe team will have to visit a Hanoi T&T team that is in good form. Overcoming Hanoi T&T at Hang Day Stadium at this time is not a simple task. Especially in the first leg match at Vinh Stadium, the Nghe team lost to the Capital team with a score of 3-1.

Therefore, in welcoming the team from Sana Khanh Hoa BVN, coach Ngo Quang Truong and his team are determined to defeat their opponents to improve their position on the rankings as well as create a springboard for the matches that are predicted to be very difficult and are waiting ahead.

Cao Anh