Song Lam Nghe An suffered defeat on the club's birthday
(Baonghean.vn) - Song Lam Nghe An suffered a 0-1 defeat against Cong An Ha Noi in the match of round 10 of V.League 2023/24 held at Vinh Stadium. Notably, this defeat happened on the day Nghe An Club celebrated its 45th birthday.
In the 9th round, Song Lam Nghe An won convincingly against Binh Dinh (the team currently ranked 3rd on the V.League rankings). This shows that the young football team of Nghe An is not as easy to bully as many people think. Therefore, when entering the 10th round, playing at Vinh Stadium, many home fans expect a positive result for Song Lam Nghe An.
However, it is not easy, because Hanoi Police owns a series of strong soldiers. Specifically, standing in the goal of the Police team is the number 1 goalkeeper of the Vietnam National Team Filip Nguyen; and other stars such as: Tan Tai, Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Jeferson, Quang Hai, Van Thanh, Geovane...
On the other side of the front line, Nghe An fans have high hopes for another victory for their team when Song Lam Nghe An has the strongest squad. In particular, coach Kiatisuk has had a series of 4 consecutive losses at Vinh Stadium. This is a spiritual support for coach Phan Nhu Thuat and his team to dream of 3 full points to stay at Vinh Stadium on the day Song Lam Nghe An celebrates the 45th anniversary of the club's founding.
Similar to the victory over Binh Dinh in the previous round, the Nghe An team continued to use the 4-4-2 formation to welcome Hanoi Police. In which, the goalkeeper position is taken by Van Viet; the defenders include: Dinh Hoang, Van Thanh, Mario Zebic, Vuong Van Huy; Ba Quyen, Van Lam, Manh Quynh, Van Viet are arranged to play in midfield; Olaha and Xuan Dai will play together in the attack of the Vinh team.
With the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, as soon as the starting whistle blew, both teams did not hesitate to launch attacks towards the opponent's goal. However, Song Lam Nghe An was the team that had the first clear chance of the match. In the 3rd minute, Dinh Hoang dribbled the ball down the right wing and then passed it back to Olaha. However, from a distance of more than 10m, the captain of the Nghe An team missed Filip Nguyen's goal.
As usual, Olaha was still the center of the home team's attack. Almost all of Song Lam Nghe An's attacks went through the Nigerian striker. And with his technique and speed, the captain of the Nghe An team caused many difficulties for the Hanoi Police defense. In the 8th minute, in a counter-attack, Olaha made a reasonable pass to Xuan Dai, but the striker born in 2003 could not get past the last defender of the away team.
After the first few minutes of proactive play, Song Lam Nghe An gradually lost control of the game. Hanoi Police with their star players organized many dangerous attacks towards Song Lam Nghe An's goal. In the 17th minute, from a cross from a teammate into the home team's penalty area, Bui Hoang Viet Anh jumped high to head the ball dangerously, but goalkeeper Van Viet played brilliantly to push the ball away for a corner kick.
In the final minutes of the first half, Hanoi Police increased the pressure and created many sharp attacks in front of Van Viet's goal. In the 40th minute, from a lightning-fast attack, Van Thanh had a chance to face the goalkeeper of Song Lam Nghe An, but the midfielder's kick could not defeat Van Viet.
In the second half, coach Phan Nhu Thuat decided to change the personnel. Quang Vinh and Ngo Van Luong were brought on to replace Van Lam and Xuan Dai. However, the above substitutions still did not bring about effective attacking play for the Nghe An team. On the contrary, in the 50th minute, Hanoi Police still had a rather dangerous situation in front of Song Lam Nghe An's penalty area. Van Thanh dribbled the ball at high speed and then fired a powerful shot, but goalkeeper Van Viet had a miraculous reflex to successfully block it.
Playing defensively, Song Lam Nghe An still created some quality counter-attacks. In the 62nd minute, from Olaha's pass, Quang Vinh turned around properly in the opponent's penalty area and then fired a low shot, but due to the weak force, he could not defeat Filip Nguyen.
When the atmosphere at Vinh Stadium gradually heated up again with the home team's attacks, Hanoi Police suddenly scored a goal to break the deadlock. Bui Hoang Viet Anh had the ball in the opponent's penalty area, the player born in 1999 handled the ball neatly before skillfully flicking the ball past Van Viet.
After being behind, coach Phan Nhu Thuat decided to send Dinh Xuan Tien, Success and Ngo Van Bac onto the field to replace Ba Quyen, Manh Quynh and Dinh Hoang. However, this substitution did not work. And the final score of the match was 1-0 in favor of Cong An Ha Noi.
On February 27, Song Lam Nghe An will travel to Lach Tray Stadium to meet host Hai Phong.
