V.League 2017: Counting the minutes, talking about domestic players

(Baonghean.vn) - After the first leg of the 2017 V.League season, not counting the goalkeeper and foreign players, there were 4 players Dinh Luat (HCMC Club), Van Hoc (Quang Nam), Van Thuan (Sai ​​Gon), Dinh Khuong (S.Khanh Hoa) who played all 13 matches.

Defender Dinh Dong also played all 12 matches of FLC Thanh Hoa (this team has 1 match left to play). They are irreplaceable players of the team.

If we take the 1000 minutes of playing time (13 matches), there are 36 domestic players (excluding goalkeepers) on this list. 5 players Dinh Luat (HCMC Club), Van Hoc (Quang Nam), Van Thuan (Sai ​​Gon), Dinh Khuong (S.Khanh Hoa), Dinh Dong (FLC Thanh Hoa) all played in all V-League matches, the oldest is veteran Truong Dinh Luat born in 1983.

The first four players played 1,170 minutes, and Dinh Dong played 1,080 minutes. Although he only played 1,020 minutes in the V-League, including the AFC arena, Hung Dung of Hanoi FC is the domestic player who played the most, with 1,600 minutes on the field.

Veteran Dinh Luat (HCMC Club), 34 years old, still "plowed" 1,170 minutes. Photo: DN

The Coaches' Marks

The most notable ones are Than Quang Ninh and XSKT. Can Tho are the teams that rotate players the most. The teams S.Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam, TP HCM and B.Binh Duong are always built on a squad of 4 pillars. As for Long An, in a forced situation, they have to rely heavily on Tan Tai, Tai Loc and Nam Anh to try to escape relegation.

The good news for U23 Vietnam is that young striker Ha Duc Chinh of SHB.Da Nang is playing 1,086 minutes and has become the player who has played the most time for the team on the other side of Hai Van Pass. The team from the Mountain City with Cong Phuong playing 1,140 minutes, Van Thanh 1,080 minutes and Hong Duy 1,055 minutes shows that compared to last year, HAGL rotates more.

As the youngest team in V-League, coach Chu Dinh Nghiem is using the tactic of "running and lining up", creating many opportunities for young players and they are gradually maturing.

The two teams with foreign coaches have very different tactics for using players. Dinh Dong and Mai Tien Thanh are the players that coach Petrovic trusts the most. Meanwhile, Alain Fiard almost kept the same defense including Dinh Luat (1,170 minutes), Au Van Hoan (1,080 minutes), Chau Le Phuoc Vinh (1,109 minutes), Thanh Binh (1,114 minutes) and in fact they conceded 19 goals, belonging to the group of teams with the worst defense in V-League 2017.

Perhaps, Hanoi FC under the hands of Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem is using its players best, except for Hung Dung, the young players of the capital team are rotated to play on many fronts. The most noteworthy thing is that they are still at the top of the V.League 2017 rankings despite not having a fixed core.

Hung Dung is the domestic player who has played the most, with 1,600 minutes. Photo: DN

Meanwhile, in the process of rejuvenating, Coach Tran Binh Su relied heavily on his four pillars, who often played to guide their juniors. Among them, captain Anh Duc played 1,152 minutes, Xuan Luan played 1,139 minutes, Trinh Van Ha played 1,121 minutes, and Le Tan Tai played 1,051 minutes. More impressively, Anh Duc with 8 goals is temporarily surpassing a series of foreign players to lead the list of top scorers.

S.Khanh Hoa football team is successful in both buying foreign players and training young players, combining generations. Among the 4 players who played the most in the team, young player Dinh Khuong played 1,170 minutes, senior players Tran Vu played 1,125 minutes, Tan Dien played 1,124 minutes and finally Quoc Chi played 1,080 minutes.

In our opinion, Coach Vo Dinh Tan is one of the coaches who has made the most impression in the first leg of the V-League this season. He doesn't have much money in hand, but he has managed quite well to keep his team in the top 3 of the rankings, surpassing a series of giants.

Worry SLNA

Coach Duc Thang's Nghe An team has 3 players: Phi Son played 1,159 minutes, Que Ngoc Hai 1,070 minutes and Hoang Van Khanh 1,048 minutes. According to statistics, Phi Son is the 5th most played domestic player in V-League 2017, this is both a joy and a worry.

Simply put, this is the last season of SLNA's contract with Phi Son. Playing the most games on the team, scoring 2 goals and having 3 assists, Phi Son is currently the best player of SLNA, attracting the attention of many coaches participating in the V-League. For 2 seasons, Phi Son has been the "lone bird" in the attack of the Nghe An team, the coaching board has not found foreign players of sufficient caliber to coordinate with this player.

Another strange thing is that the two central defenders of the national team have played a lot but SLNA still conceded 20 goals, which is considered a poor defense. With the strategy of prioritizing the use of two foreign players "attacking without scoring", the chances for young players to play are often very low, even though Tuan Tai has been called up to the national team many times.

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