V-League: Opportunity for SLNA to escape the bottom

Notably, from round 12 onwards,V-Leaguewill compete continuously until the end of the tournament (without any breaks), all difficulties and advantages will be shared equally for each team on the way to finding the throne as well as the race to escape the bottom and prevent relegation that no one has wanted for a long time.

The story of winning the championship this season will probably be more exciting ahead and whether Xuan Son is there or not, Nam Dinh Green Steel is still the number 1 candidate. Currently, public opinion is more interested in the bottom teams, although the competition is still long and these teams are "identified as points hoarders" and are trying their best when the opportunity has not completely closed.

The latest move of the team currently ranked at the bottom of the V-League - Da Nang team is to replace the driver and this is the second change since the beginning of the season. The new/young coach Le Duc Tuan is the one who was just "fired" from the position of captain of Hanoi FC, and is expected to bring new vitality to the team that has not known victory until now. No matter what happens, it is inevitable that there will be sadness about the decline of this representative of Central football. Over time, they have lost a famous stadium, Chi Lang, a youth training foundation, a team of good coaches and the leading position of top football in the not-so-distant past. And it is impossible to know when they will really return?

Meanwhile, the Hai Phong team is… hovering around the bottom of the table, although it has one win, the rest is heartbreaking disappointment. The problem of Hai Phong is determined not to be the support of the fans or the current playing attitude of the players, but the quality of foreign players and the series of injuries of the pillars. When this team let Mpande move to Nam Dinh Blue Steel, those who know for sure that those who stay will have difficulties and the reality completely shows how this absence creates a disastrous gap. If there is no effective change, it is very possible that the experienced coach Chu Dinh Nghiem will be caught up in the "grinder" of coaches with no other way?

Among the 3 teams at the bottom, although only temporarily 1 point ahead of Hai Phong, Song Lam Nghe An can temporarily rest assured with the scene of escaping the 2 bottom positions since the beginning of the tournament until now. In fact, the team at Vinh Stadium has taken an early step by replacing the captain (even though it is an old person), adding key players (also old people) and this helps the team create a new look to quickly stabilize all aspects. The break for the national team to compete is the best opportunity for the young team of Song Lam Nghe An to focus on recovering their physical strength, recovering from injuries, and getting used to the new exercises of the coaching staff.

The fact that no player was called up to the national team will certainly affect the self-esteem of young talents, so they have focused their efforts on training at the club and waiting for new opportunities. The last 3 matches of Song Lam Nghe An (1-0 win against Da Nang in the National Cup, 1-1 draw against Cong An Ha Noi in round 10, 1-0 win against Binh Duong in round 11) were a confident result after the team was in a corner, forced to change. Returning to a defensive style of play as the foundation for all possible attacks, with the familiar, traditional balanced 4-4-2 formation, the team operated smoothly and effectively as it had done many seasons ago.

Although the main foreign player Olaha is recovering from an injury, Song Lam Nghe An has shown a solid style of play in defense, changing when changing positions and attacking coherently and systematically. Foreign player Zaracho, who used to play poorly in defense, is proving to be the best version of a 4-man defense, attacking high and scoring the first goal for the home team against the extremely strong opponent Cong An Ha Noi. Striker Kuku has also been tireless and has come very close to scoring in recent exciting matches.

In particular, the young team of Song Lam is showing that they are no longer as immature as in the first leg. Xuan Tien returned with a goal in the match against Da Nang. Manh Quynh opened the season with a precious goal in the first win against Binh Duong. Ba Quyen also returned in time to strengthen the team's midfield and will be the one to watch as a central midfielder with veteran Khac Ngoc. And when Zaracho plays well, Van Khanh plays steadily as usual, the young defenders of Song Lam will also be more confident and play more flexibly in the upcoming matches...

And that is the solid foundation, the opportunity for Song Lam Nghe An to firmly escape from the bottom group. There will be no easy matches ahead and the fragile gap with the team behind can be swapped after one round. Therefore, the team needs to calculate for the long run, for each different opponent like the commendable draw against Cong An Ha Noi, like the way to fight until the last minute to win against Binh Duong.