Song Lam Nghe An must win the match against Khanh Hoa Club
(Baonghean.vn) - Playing at home and only having to face the team at the bottom of the rankings, coach Pham Anh Tuan and his team will be determined to win this match. Win to leave their opponents far behind and shorten the gap with the teams above.
To win this 6-point match, first of all, the leadership of the Nghe An team must have psychological therapy to boost the players' spirit. In recent matches, it feels like the Nghe An players are playing with heavy legs, which makes the style of play of Song Lam Nghe An lack clear blocks or shapes. Therefore, clearing the players' minds is an important task of the Nghe An team's coaching staff, not only in this match but also in the remaining stages of the season.
Another difficulty for coach Pham Anh Tuan is the personnel crisis in the defense. With Mario Zebic having received 3 yellow cards, the Nghe An team will be without the Croatian center-back in this match. This is a huge disadvantage for Song Lam Nghe An, because Mario Zebic is one of the most stable players in the defense.
In addition, the central defender duo Le Van Thanh and Le Nguyen Hoang are not in the best physical condition, making it uncertain whether they will be able to play in the next match. With such a porous defense, the Nghe An team can only rely on the talent of goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet and the experience of veteran Tran Dinh Hoang.
Especially when Song Lam Nghe An will have to face the fast and strong foreign duo of Khanh Hoa Club. Both Douglas Coutinho and Leazard Landy have scored 3 goals this season and are the hopes of the coastal city team in the fierce relegation race. Therefore, this will be a hard working day for the Nghe team's defense.
Not only worrying about the defense, the new head coach of Song Lam Nghe An also has to solve the problem of the attack. In the last 5 matches, the attack of the Nghe An team has only scored 1 goal - a disappointing number. Michael Olaha, Phan Xuan Dai or Tran Manh Quynh still play quite hard but the monotony in the attacking situations makes Song Lam Nghe An easy to predict.
This is completely understandable when the Nghe An team is lacking a conductor to distribute the ball in the midfield. The hope Dinh Xuan Tien is gradually losing confidence after being punished and injured. Meanwhile, midfielder Nguyen Quang Vinh is too young to be able to control the match. It can be said that coach Pham Anh Tuan needs to have a revolution in the midfield to help Song Lam Nghe An play better in this match, as well as the rest of the season.
Meeting Khanh Hoa Club will be a great opportunity for coach Pham Anh Tuan to test those adjustments. Khanh Hoa Club is experiencing a disappointing streak of 11 consecutive matches without knowing the taste of victory, including 4 consecutive losses. This makes the coastal city team sink deep to the bottom of the V.League rankings.
A weak defense is one of the reasons for that poor performance. After 18 matches, coach Tran Trong Binh's team has conceded 30 goals. In the last 3 matches, they have conceded 10 goals. Therefore, this match will be an opportunity for Michael Olaha and his teammates to break their goal drought, thereby bringing a favorable result for the home team.
However, Song Lam Nghe An cannot be subjective in this match. Because, the Nghe team has not been able to win against Khanh Hoa Club in the last 5 matches at Vinh Stadium (3 draws, 2 losses). Along with that, the mentality of having nothing to lose in this reverse final will make the coastal team more unpredictable than ever.
Hopefully, coach Pham Anh Tuan's team will try their best to achieve good results in the 6-point match.
The match between Song Lam Nghe An and Khanh Hoa Club will take place at 5:00 p.m. on May 18 at Vinh Stadium.
