SLNA - XSKT.Can Tho: Poverty meets hardship

(Baonghean.vn) - Due to both losing in their first matches, both XSKT. Can Tho and the host SLNA are forced to play with all their might to get points. Both teams understand that if they lose another match, they will not be able to celebrate Tet in peace..

Poor people

At the opening ceremony, the leaders of Can Tho city only briefly assigned the task to coach Vu Quang Bao and his team: play well, play beautifully and Top 10. This is quite ironic because last year, when money was more abundant, the Tay Do team only ranked 11th in the rankings. Replacing the trio Oseni, Patiyo and Dinh Hoang Max who played quite energetically were the two foreign players Nsi and Henry who wandered around Saigon, B.Binh Duong, Dong Nai.

The coaching staff and players of XSKT Can Tho are determined to score points at Vinh Stadium. Photo from the internet.

It is not difficult to predict the lineup of the two teams that will debut at Vinh Stadium. XSKT Can Tho will play according to the 4-4-2 formation with the central midfielders Anh Tuan and Quang Tinh, the attack line is the African duo named Nsi and Henry. The right wing of the away team with Tan Dat and Van Quan will be a challenge for left-back Ngoc Duc and above is most likely The Cuong. Although still recovering from an injury, Phi Son will have to face Cong Thanh, a very tough left-back of the Tay Do team. After The Cuong's departure, midfielder Duy Khanh also returned after a season of injury, the brightest face of the Tay Do team.

In terms of strength, XSKT Can Tho is not stronger than the home team SLNA. Foreign players Nsi and Henry have not proven much, if anything, Henry is stronger in suppressing the opponent. The difference comes from Quang Tinh, who is the captain of SLNA, he has the ability to hold the ball from the left wing to the center of the home team to create a breakthrough. This midfielder's ability to play the ball is much better than SLNA's because Quang Tinh dares to hold the ball, and passes more creatively.

Difficult person

It seems that the match schedule is favorable for SLNA, but those who know about the Nghe An team do not think so. According to calculations, SLNA will only face difficulties in round 6 against Than Quang Ninh (away) and round 7 against SHB.Da Nang (home), but in reality, it is not like that. Being a "diesel engine", SLNA has not warmed up yet. V-League 2017 temporarily stopped for Tet holiday after 4 rounds, if they do not have 5 points in hand, it will be difficult to welcome Spring peacefully. How to get points in the situation of playing and arranging the squad is too difficult for SLNA's coaching staff?

Henry (SLNA) is the most dangerous striker of the Tay Do team. Photo from the internet

The experiment of the central defender pair Minh Duc and Manh Hung seemed to have failed, not because of the silly goal conceded from Manh Hung's careless mistake but because this central defender played uncertainly until he was replaced. Pushing central defender Ngoc Hai to play as a midfielder only served to push the ball away from Nguyen Manh's goal rather than providing an attacking combination. On the left wing, SLNA's coaching staff had 4 options: Xuan Manh, The Cuong, Van Vinh and Xuan Thang and in fact, coach Duc Thang used 2 of them but did not create any significant attacking opportunities.

New coach Duc Thang said: "We need to give foreign players Henry and Olaha time to integrate" but 3, 4 rounds or how many is a number that even SLNA's coaching board finds difficult to determine. SLNA and Ho Chi Minh City Club are the 2 teams that recruited foreign players the latest in V-League, but anyway, midfielder Victor and striker Dyachenko have been playing on Vietnamese football fields for several years while Henry and Olaha have not even recognized their teammates until they take the field.

In such a situation, when the away team has the advantage in attack and SLNA has the home field advantage, it is very likely that the two teams will be evenly matched.

Catcosan Vinh