Summary of round 11 of V.League 2019: SLNA 'knows' how to score, TP.HCM accelerates
(Baonghean.vn) - After 4 rounds of goalless draws, SLNA found a way into the opponent's goal, but 1 goal was not enough to prevent TP.HCM from continuing to fly high at the top of the rankings.
The match between Ho Chi Minh City FC and SLNA is the latest match of the 11th round - V.League 2019. Nghe An fans expect that coach Nguyen Duc Thang's team will no longer show a lackluster attack like the previous 4 rounds. And with what happened on the field, it can be seen that SLNA has been more "daring" in attacking or maybe when they were behind, the yellow team pushed up their formation to find an equalizer.
At least, despite having to accept defeat, what the away team did was enough to make fans less bored with their hometown team. Ho Chi Minh City's attack was not excellent, but on a day when SLNA's defense lacked concentration, they took full advantage of rare opportunities to score 2 goals in the first half and defended tenaciously to keep 3 points at Thong Nhat Stadium. With 3 points, the team from the city named after Uncle Ho continued to fly high when the team chasing them, Hanoi Club, unexpectedly stumbled against Nam Dinh.
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| Ho Chi Minh City ended SLNA's unbeaten streak. Photo: 24h |
Losing to TP.HCM, SLNA continued to "fall in rank" and gave up 4th place to Than Quang Ninh, the team that previously won 2-0 when visiting Go Dau Stadium of Becamex Binh Duong. Thus, SLNA with 1 draw and 1 loss has continuously lost its position in the last two rounds. The team that took the 3rd place from Nghe An team, Saigon, in the away match against Thanh Hoa, who is strongly reviving, suffered a 1-2 defeat and still kept the same 17 points as Thanh Quang Ninh and SLNA but ranked higher thanks to goal difference.
The two teams at the bottom of the table, Sana Khanh Hoa BVN and Quang Nam, have contributed to an eye-catching match with 5 goals scored. And the team at the bottom of the table before the round took place was the one who had scored 3 goals to defeat the visiting team Quang Nam, thereby surpassing their opponents, igniting hopes of escaping the red light group. Nam Dinh with a valuable victory over Hanoi officially surpassed Becamex Binh Duong to take 11th place. Thanh Hoa, after having a new source of sponsorship, has continuously won important points, 3 points against Saigon helped them to be only 1 win away from SLNA. Something that not many Thanh football fans dreamed of in the previous rounds. Newcomer Viettel, after two consecutive losses, also knew the taste of victory when defeating the visiting team Hai Phong in a tense match with 2 red cards divided equally between the two teams at Hang Day Stadium. But anyway, the home team also got 3 important points to reduce the pressure in the fight against relegation with the 10th position achieved.
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| Ranking after the 11th round of V.League 2019 ended. Photo: VPF |
As usual, no matter how difficult the situation is, Da Nang still gets points when hosting HAGL. In the past 16 years, each time Mr. Duc's team only got 4 draws and received 12 losses, and the 11th round of V.League 2019 continued to add 1 loss to HAGL's sad away series in Da Nang. The result of the match made the two teams continue to hold each other in the middle positions of the rankings.
Results of round 11 V.League 2019:
Nam Dinh 2-0 Hanoi
B.Binh Duong 0-2 Than Quang Ninh
Thanh Hoa 2-1 Saigon
Viettel 2-0 Hai Phong
S. Khanh Hoa BVN 3-2 Quang Nam
Da Nang 2-1 HAGL
TP.HCM 2-1 SLNA
