Song Lam Nghe An receives good news from Van Khanh and Xuan Manh

After round 11 of V.League, SLNA has a rather poor record, ranking 11th with 12 points. This position is in the group of 6 teams that have to play relegation while phase I has only 2 rounds left. And one of the reasons why the Nghe team is having difficulties is that there are too many injuries from the pillars.

Center back Hoang Van Khanh suffered a ligament sprain and spent nearly 2 months in PVF Center for treatment. Today (July 30), the SLNA captain returned to the team headquarters to join and practice with his teammates.

The return of Van Khanh and Xuan Manh will help SLNA's defense become more solid in the coming time. Photo: Xuan Thuy

In the case of Pham Xuan Manh, the former U23 Vietnam player, after a period of injury relapse, has returned to normal training. Also due to persistent injury, Xuan Manh has not played a single match in V.League 2020.

The return of Van Khanh and Xuan Manh at this time helps coach Quang Truong and SLNA's coaching staff have more options to reinforce the defense that has been patched up throughout the past matches.

Currently, the Nghe An team still has 2 other injuries: Dinh Dong and Xuan Thang. Dinh Dong is expected to return to training in the next few weeks, while midfielder Xuan Thang will likely have to sit out the rest of the season.

During the time the above pillars were injured, SLNA's coaching staff put their trust in young players such as Thai Ba Sang, Mai Sy Hoang, Tran Dinh Tien, Tran Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Van Viet, Dang Van Lam. These are all players from SLNA's U21 team.

'Breaking into' the injury recovery training area for SLNA captain at PVF Center

(Baonghean.vn) - Before the match against Hanoi Club in round 5 of V.League 2020, SLNA fans in Hanoi went to PVF Training Center to visit and encourage center-back Hoang Van Khanh - SLNA captain who is recovering from injury here.