Song Lam Nghe An: Outstanding numbers of the 2022 V.League season

Song Lam Nghe An's foreign players have not been in good form this season. Photo: Chung Le

5 losses in the second leg

Coach Huy Hoang's team only achieved 33 points, which did not meet the fans' expectations. Even in the first leg, the Nghe An team had quite good results, with 20 points and temporarily ranked 2nd. Also in the first half of this season, coach Huy Hoang's students won 6 matches, drew 2 and lost 4 matches.

But in the return leg, Song Lam Nghe An only won 3 matches, drew 4 matches and lost 5 matches. Among them, there was a 1-2 loss to Saigon Club right at home, making the audience extremely disappointed. With that poor performance, Song Lam Nghe An ended the season in 5th place on the rankings, not achieving the set goal.

Conceded 28 goals

JobCoach Huy Hoangapplying the 3-5-2 formation, with Captain Que Ngoc Hai as the core, is to build a solid defense for the Nghe An team, before thinking about scoring against the opponent. However, with young inexperienced players like Thai Ba Sang or Ho Khac Luong, they could not neutralize the opponent's attacks. Therefore, Song Lam Nghe An conceded 28 goals.

The young central defenders of Song Lam Nghe An play with little experience. Photo: Chung Le

On the offensive front, in the second leg, Song Lam Nghe An's players performed below par, and their opponents figured out the playing style of coach Huy Hoang's players. As a result, Song Lam Nghe An only scored 29 goals throughout the season.

Foreign players do not achieve the expected scoring efficiency

Oseni is the foreign player who has scored the most goals for Song Lam Nghe An. In 15 matches played, the striker born in 1991 scored 6 goals. This is quite a modest number, compared to 2018 (when he joined Hanoi), when this striker scored 18 goals.

Oseni has only scored 6 goals this season. Photo: Chung Le

Olaha was brought in by the coaching staff of Song Lam Nghe An at the beginning of the season. With 3 years of experience playing in the V.League for the Nghe team (from 2017 - 2019), he was expected to be the explosive force in the attack of Song Lam Nghe An. However, the number of goals scored by the striker wearing the number 10 shirt was only 3 goals. This was one of the reasons why Song Lam Nghe An only finished in 5th place. In addition, Mario only contributed 1 goal in the final match against Nam Dinh.

Thus, the total number of goals scored by Song Lam Nghe An's foreign players only stopped at 10. Meanwhile, Rimario alone scored 17 goals for the runner-up Hai Phong.

Van Duc is the bright spot of Song Lam Nghe An

This season, Van Duc continues to be the most important player in the attack of the Nghe An team. He not only plays the role of creating the play, making reasonable passes for his teammates to score, but the Vietnamese player also brings home great goals to help Song Lam Nghe An achieve extremely important victories. In 23 appearances this season, Van Duc scored 7 goals. In addition, he also owns the most beautiful goals of March and July of the 2022 season.

Van Duc's explosive performance helped Song Lam Nghe An win big against Binh Duong. Photo: Chung Le

Trong Hoang returned and contributed 2 assists.

Trong Hoang's return brings much hope to Song Lam Nghe An in the following seasons. Photo: Chung Le

After recovering from a herniated disc injury, Trong Hoang was able to play in round 20 of V.League 2022. Trong Hoang's presence helped Song Lam Nghe An have more attacking options. In addition, the midfielder born in 1989 also provided great support in defense. Trong Hoang's ability to keep the ball and spark attacks is one of his strengths. In the final match of the season, the Vietnamese player played excellently, often switching positions with Van Duc, making it difficult for the opposing defense to predict. Also in this match, Trong Hoang had 2 assists, allowing Mario and Tran Dinh Tien to score, bringing a 2-1 victory to Song Lam Nghe An./.