Referee goes easy on Quang Nam, SLNA loses miserably
(Baonghean.vn) - Despite having an equalizer from Ho Tuan Tai and playing quite well in the second half, the main referee of this match, Mr. Nguyen Minh Thuan, made decisions in favor of the home team Quang Nam, contributing to SLNA's disappointing 1-2 loss right on the opponent's field.
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| SLNA's starting lineup for the match against Quang Nam had quite a few changes. Photo: Van Tuan |
The match took place relatively quickly in the first minutes. In the 6th minute, the foreign player from Quang Nam had a dangerous header that forced goalkeeper Van Hoang to push the ball away, Huy Hung rushed in to score a powerful shot to open the score.
With home advantage, Quang Nam was the better team with consecutive shots. In the 13th minute, defender Anh Hung forced goalkeeper Van Hoang to push the ball away for a corner kick. Meanwhile, SLNA was quite stuck in finding a way to Van Cuong's goal.
In the 32nd minute, goalkeeper Van Hoang had to fly as far as he could to block a dangerous shot from foreign player Paulo Pinto of the home team. Before that, there was a rather unfortunate loss of the ball by foreign player Alagie Sosseh of SLNA.
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| Dinh Dong played very aggressively. Photo: Van Tuan |
Realizing the weakness in Sy Sam's position, SLNA's coaching board brought in young player Dang Van Lam to improve his ability to compete and control the midfield. And this change in player has partly helped the Nghe An team attack more coherently.
In the 45+1 minute, goalkeeper Van Cuong made an unreasonable entrance, striker Ho Tuan Tai finished with an accurate diagonal shot to bring the equalizer 1-1 for SLNA. This was Tuan Tai's first goal after a series of disappointing matches. Tuan Tai even had another chance to score but his header was inaccurate.
The first half ended with a draw of 1-1.
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| Ho Tuan Tai. Photo: Van Tuan |
In the second half, SLNA continued to make a substitution when Dinh Tien came on to replace foreign player Alagie Sosseh. The Nghe An team responded with a clear opportunity in the 59th minute. From Peter Samuel's pass to Van Duc, the Quang Nam goalkeeper collided with the SLNA midfielder but the referee did not consider it a penalty.
With 20 minutes left in the match, defensive midfielder Dinh Chau was brought in to replace veteran Quang Tinh. The match took place with fierce fouls from both sides. At the end of the match, SLNA sent in central defenders The Nhat and Van Viet to replace Phan Van Duc and defender Ngoc Duc.
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| Phan Van Duc was clearly missed a penalty by the referee. Photo: Van Tuan |
At the 89th minute of the match, the referee once again caused controversy. From a corner kick on the right wing, Huu Phuoc headed the ball and it hit player Tuan Tai right on the goal line, but this was a goal that caused a lot of controversy.
The match ended with a humiliating defeat for the Nghe An team. Losing 3 consecutive matches, SLNA still only has 11 points and certainly cannot keep the 5th position. Meanwhile, with this valuable victory, Quang Nam temporarily climbed to 13th position with 7 points.
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