U21 Song Lam Nghe An won big but worries still linger

The resounding 6-0 victory over U21 Song Tra Quang Ngai helped U21 Song Lam Nghe An get the first 3 points in the qualifying round of the 2024 National U21 tournament. However, the journey to find a ticket to the final round of the National U21 tournament will still be very difficult for coach Nguyen Van Vinh and his team.

It is very difficult to say because the next opponent of the Nghe An youth team is U21 Dong A Thanh Hoa. The core of the Thanh team is the U19 team that won the National U19 Championship in 2023. Among them, the most prominent are Nguyen Ngoc My, Le Van Cuong and Nguyen Van Tiep.

It was the quality squad of U21 Dong A Thanh Hoa that helped them excellently hold the reigning champion U21 PVF to a draw in the second match and convincingly win 4-2 against U21 Hue to rise to the top of Group B. Thereby, gaining many advantages in the upcoming match.

This advantage will help coach Le Hong Minh and his team play more easily in the "life and death" match with U21 Song Lam Nghe An. That is the defensive counter-attack tactic that they are good at to get a favorable result against the Nghe An team. A draw is enough to help U21 Dong A Thanh Hoa take one of the top two positions in Group B, thereby winning the right to enter the final round.

Meanwhile, the disastrous defeat against U21 PVF forced coach Nguyen Van Vinh and his team to win the remaining two matches to be able to decide for themselves in the race for a ticket to the final round. This unintentionally created a lot of pressure on the young players of U21 Song Lam Nghe An in the upcoming matches.

Especially when the Nghe An youth team is missing many players who are participating in the National U19 Team such as Cao Van Binh, Nguyen Mai Hoang, Nguyen Quang Vinh or Le Dinh Long Vu. These are all excellent young players with rich combat experience. Therefore, this absence significantly reduces the strength of U21 Song Lam Nghe An.

However, in the U21 Song Lam Nghe An squad, there are still many quality individuals. They are captain Nguyen Van Bach, defender Bui Thanh Duc, Phan Van Thanh or the promising midfielder pair Nguyen Trong Tuan, Nguyen Trong Son... If they can unite these factors, coach Nguyen Van Vinh's team can completely overcome the remaining opponents in Group B.

In addition, the 6-0 victory over U21 Song Tra Quang Ngai will help U21 Song Lam Nghe An players regain their confidence, and at the same time help the young strikers of Nghe An find the feeling of scoring again. That is the basis for believing in the victories of coach Nguyen Van Vinh's team in the next 2 matches.

Hopefully, U21 Song Lam Nghe An can promote the highest fighting spirit in the next 2 difficult matches, thereby gaining victories to get tickets to the final round this year./.