Song Lam Nghe An: collective 'accident' at Hoa Xuan stadium?

In the first half of this match, the two teams mainly played probing, so everything only started in the second half. That was when the away team attacked all over the field, but mainly from the right wing where U19 full-back Van Cuong started for the second time this season, often moving up as a third striker alongside two foreign players.

Oseni still scored, but SLNA could not get any points at Hoa Xuan Stadium. Photo courtesy of Chung Nguyen

When the visitors' desire to attack and score was not successful, SHB Da Nang coach Thanh Hung directed his players, including two U19 players Phi Hoang and Dinh Duy, to focus on the left wing in their attacking direction, where Van Cuong often left the field empty. This U19 duo, strangely enough, had enough physical strength and technique to coordinate and launch a dangerous shot that defeated goalkeeper Van Hung ofLam River Nghe An.

The loss made Song Lam Nghe An even more eager to attack, scoring 1 goal from Van Cuong's pass and Oseni's goal, but then conceded 2 more goals in the same scenario. The ball was passed quickly for Phi Hoang and Dinh Duy to accelerate past Van Khanh. If lucky, the number of counter-attack goals of SHB Da Nang would have been 4, not 3 as the final result (Dinh Duy's shot missed the empty goal by a hair).

There are two more things to say after what the fans witnessed in this match, as well as all the joys and disappointments that the insiders have said. Firstly, why did SHB Da Nang, which was having a lot of difficulty in terms of personnel, with only one foreign player on the field, and had to be replaced in the first half, play so well, surprisingly, and explosively in the second half?

Meanwhile, Song Lam Nghe An is having a series of sublimation matches, everything is on track, why against a not so strong opponent, they play so carelessly and deadlocked? Of course, football has wins and losses, there are sublimation streaks, there are down cycles so nothing does not happen in reality.

Phan Van Duc played poorly in this match. Photo courtesy of Chung Nguyen

Also in round 8, the top candidates such as T. Binh Dinh, Viettel... playing away from home all "fell flat on their faces", right? Song Lam Nghe An has also had a history of unexpectedly winning against stronger teams and unexpectedly losing to weaker teams, right? So the above question is frankly very difficult to answer satisfactorily, but should we just consider it a common accident in football?

Second, coincidentally, in this match, both teams were forced to send 2 U19 players onto the field at the same time. They were Phi Hoang-Dinh Duy on the home team and Xuan Tien-Van Cuong on the away team. The result was surprisingly surprising when Phi Hoang and Dinh Duy played like 2 shining heroes with 3 goals, luckily 4 goals were all due to brilliant counter-attacks.

Meanwhile, Xuan Tien played a good 75 minutes in this match, while Van Cuong had an equal number of attacks and errors. The question is, after this match, will Phi Hoang and Dinh Duy still be able to "make waves" like in the match against Song Lam Nghe An? If they continue to play explosively, it will prove that coach Thanh Hung is incredibly cool (previously with Hai Long in Quang Ninh team) and it will be a good thing for not only SHB Da Nang but also the U19 Vietnam team or U23 Vietnam team.

On the contrary, if these young players are only "average" like the previous rounds, then that will be a big question mark for the Song Lam Nghe An defense, for the U19 Song Lam Nghe An players who have long been praised?

The only bright spot in this match came from the efforts of young defender Ho Van Cuong. Photo courtesy of Chung Nguyen

The defense has always been the launching pad for all victories of Song Lam Nghe An when they only conceded 3 goals in 6 matches. But on a terrible afternoon, this famous defense also conceded 3 goals, which is worthy of criticism and criticism.Coach Nguyen Huy Hoangalso began to feel that experience is necessary and it is not by chance that SHB Da Nang invited Mr. Thanh Hung to lead the team when facing difficulties?

In short, the lack of concentration of the defense is beyond dispute. The problem is to wait, wait to see if the famous defense of Song Lam Nghe An just encountered a rare collective "accident", everything will be back to normal immediately? Wait to see the true strength of the young talents, of the young coach after a time of showing too much enthusiasm but in fact, it was an extremely regrettable mistake?