SLNA's professional problems seen from statistics

(Baonghean.vn) - According to statistics of 3 important individual titles of the 2016 V-League season, SLNA only has Odat Marshal, scoring 7 goals, ranking 2nd on the list of players with the most goals. This is reflecting the current situation of SLNA.

Odat is the player who scores the most goals of SLNA at present.

SLNA's defense includes national goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, right wing is national player Dinh Hoang, center back Minh Duc is also a national player, left wing is often changed but Manh Hung is also a famous former national player.

However, it is understandable that SLNA conceded 15 goals after 10 matches and Nguyen Manh was not on the list of goalkeepers who kept a clean sheet. Only 2 matches, round 5 against Saigon at home and round 7 against HAGL away, SLNA kept a clean sheet, clearly reflecting one thing, the defense of all domestic players is facing many difficulties against the playing style of foreign strikers with good power of the teams. In the first leg, Hoang Vu Samson (HN.T&T) will certainly continue to be a test for SLNA's defense.

Although his forte is defender, Que Ngoc Hai is expected to become SLNA's main creator.

With 11 goals scored but SLNA also does not have a true playmaker, Ngoc Hai, Phi Son and Van Vinh are the 3 best players on SLNA but each of them only stopped at 2 assists. After a while Khac Ngoc was assigned the main task, now Ngoc Hai and Thanh Phong are being tested.

While the central attacking role is not creative, the crosses from SLNA's fullbacks are not very stable. Odat often moves to the right wing and accidentally, this foreign striker, Phi Son, and Dinh Hoang often create a straight line, losing the overlapping attack.

There are few overlapping lines, and no midfielder has dared to carry the ball into the 16.5m area like Quang Tinh did in the past, so SLNA's attacking plans are easy to predict and intercept from afar. This leads to the list of top V-League assist makers not having the names of SLNA players. Observing, we see that Khac Ngoc is losing his long-range shot, and the 2 full-backs' crosses are often inaccurate, the ball's trajectory often goes around the back of the goal.

The fact that Odat Marshal is on the list of players who have scored many goals in V-League is both a joy and a worry for SLNA. Surely in the coming time, defenders will pay more attention to this striker and SLNA will face difficulties. SLNA's coaching staff needs to pay attention to the distance between Van Vinh, Phi Son, Baba and Odat to have more options to share the fire. Coach Quang Truong should also boldly experiment with arranging Baba to play low in midfield, continue to experiment with using domestic strikers like in the match against Long An, instructing Phi Son to play inside to open the way for Dinh Hoang to climb the sideline.

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