The crucial match between U21 SLNA - U21 Viettel

On the other side of the front line, coach Nguyen Van Tien and his team also consider the match with U21 Viettel as a "life and death match". Because in case of losing to the opponent, the door to continue will be narrow for U21 SLNA, when in the last match they have to face a very strong opponent, U21 HAGL. Therefore, the match between U21 SLNA and U21 Viettel taking place at 6pm on November 10 will be extremely tense and exciting.

U21 Viettel is not as weak as U21 Long An. Photo: BTC

Despite defeating U21 Long An in the opening match, the performance of Pham Duc Thong and his teammates still did not satisfy experts and fans of Nghe An. Especially after scoring the goal to increase the score to 4-0, U21 SLNA showed complacency and underestimated the opponent. Besides the wastefulness of the attack, the fragility of the defense. In just 4 minutes (from minute 65 to minute 69), goalkeeper Duong Van Cuong had to pick the ball out of the net twice.

Watching the performance of U21 SLNA in the last 30 minutes of the match, it is clear how poor the ability of these players to withstand pressure is. If U21 Long An's strikers were sharper, perhaps the number of goals conceded by goalkeeper Duong Van Cuong would not have stopped at 2. Objectively speaking, U21 SLNA won with a score of 4-2 thanks in no small part to the incompetence and inexperience of U21 Long An players (2/4 of U21 Long An's goals conceded were own goals).

The mistakes of the young Nghe An team must not be repeated in the match against U21 Viettel. The team from the capital is rated much higher than U21 Long An, the opponent that U21 SLNA just won against. The 0-3 loss to U21 HAGL does not accurately reflect the strength of coach Nguyen Minh Tien and his team. It is simply because U21 HAGL is too strong and U21 Viettel is too unlucky (missing a penalty at the beginning of the match).

Remember that coming to the 2018 National U21 Finals, U21 Viettel has all the best faces such as Nguyen Trong Dai (Vietnam U23 player), Nham Manh Dung, Truong Tien Anh (Vietnam U19 player)... Most of the players of U21 Viettel have just fought in the 2018 National First Division, the tournament they won the championship. With nothing left to lose, the team led by coach Nguyen Minh Tien will be extremely scary, not only for U21 SLNA.

Going into this match, both U21 SLNA and U21 Viettel set the goal of winning as their top priority. Considering all aspects, a draw is very likely.

The match between U21 SLNA and U21 Viettel takes place at 6:00 p.m. on November 10.

Official list of U21 SLNA participating in the 2018 National U21 Finals

(Baonghean.vn) - The National U21 Finals will take place from November 7 to November 17, 2018 at Tu Do Stadium, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province. In this tournament, SLNA holds the record for the number of championships in the years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012 and 2014.