"Super Simic" and Persija Jakarta challenge SLNA's top spot

In Group H after two matches, SLNA won all 6 points, leading while Persija Jakarta and Johor Darul Ta'zim both have 3 points but the Malaysian team is temporarily ranked higher because they won the previous match.

In the next match on March 6, SLNA will host Persija Jakarta at Vinh Stadium. This is an opportunity for coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team to extend their winning streak to 3 matches and open the door to the knockout round.

Marko Simic scored a hat-trick in Persija Jakarta's 4-1 winagainst Tampines Rovers. Source: Fox Sports

It is worth mentioning that Persija Jakarta's squad has an extremely sharp striker on the attack line, Marko Simic (Croatia).

In Persija Jakarta's 4-1 victory over Tampines Rovers yesterday afternoon, February 28, at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Marko Simic contributed 3 goals.

FOX SPORTS Asia did not hesitate to call this striker "hero" or "Super Simic" and this is the number 1 hope of Persija Jakarta in the away match at Vinh Stadium in a few days.

Vietnamese football fans who regularly follow the V-League are no strangers to Marko Simic, who played for B.Binh Duong, Long An and Dong Thap from 2015 to 2016.

During this time, Simic scored 11 goals in 25 matches but could not stay. Moving to play for Negeri Sembilan and Melaka United in the 2017 Malaysia Super League, Simic scored 16 goals in 22 matches.

At his latest destination, Persija Jakarta, Marko Simic shined even more when he scored 11 goals to help his team win the President's Cup, 6 goals ahead of the second-placed Stefano Lilipaly. The impressive performance of this 30-year-old striker has made Indonesian fans hope that he will become a naturalized citizen to play for the Indonesian national team in the future, and this striker is fully qualified as he has only played for Croatia's U19 and U21 teams before.

During his time playing in Vietnam, Marko Simic participated in the MV "Destiny" for singer Ho Ngoc Ha, which later raised suspicions of a relationship between the two, but the striker born in 1988 denied it, affirming that they were just friends.

Shining again after leaving V-League and saying goodbye to Vietnamese showbiz, Marko Simic is experiencing beautiful days in his football career and making SLNA's defense and goalkeeper Van Hung wary in the upcoming match on March 6.