Round 15 V.League: SLNA - Dong Tam Long An: Finding the winning streak again

(Baonghean.vn) - At 5:00 p.m. today, at Vinh City Stadium, there will be a match between host Song Lam Nghe An and Dong Tam Long An in round 15 of V-League 2015. Nghe An Electronic Newspaper will report live on this match, please watch.

Before this round, both teams had positive results. Dong Tam Long An had a thrilling 4-3 victory over QNK Quang Nam to climb to 3rd place in the V.League 2015 rankings. Meanwhile, the Nghe An team also had a courageous draw against the first-leg champion Becamex Binh Duong.

Song Lam's young players always have explosive moments alongside their experienced seniors (Photo: Duc Chuyen)

More than half of the season has passed, Technical Director Huynh Ngoc San, on the Dong Tam Long An side, has shown fans his ability to lead the team. With many years of experience working with the "wizard" Calisto, Technical Director Huynh Ngoc San has accumulated valuable experience so that after years of struggling in the First Division "Gach" has achieved sublime results this season. He has built for the Dong Tam Long An team a collective, highly disciplined playing style. In the past matches, "Gach" is a team that always enters the field with the mindset of "knowing the enemy, knowing yourself", so they always have reasonable countermeasures to approach the match. DTLA plays solidly at home and from there has had surprising and effective counterattacks. With the 4-2-3-1 formation, each counterattack of Dong Tam Long An always has more than 3 players on the attack line to support the main striker Souleymane Diabate. This player with good physical strength and neat ball handling has shown his effectiveness. After 14 rounds, Souleymane Diabate has scored 8 goals for "Gạch".

SLNA had an impressive performance in round 14 of V.league - photo: D.C

As for the home team Song Lam Nghe An, after unsuccessful matches, coach Quang Truong's team had a draw that delighted fans. At Go Dau Stadium, Song Lam drew 1-1 with the first-leg champion Becamex Binh Duong. In this match, Nghe An players played bravely against the quality players of Technical Director Mai Duc Chung. Names such as Cong Vinh, Moses, Abass, Trong Hoang, Anh Duc were all completely blocked and neutralized by coach Quang Truong's players. The defense played very tightly, not giving the strong and technical players of Binh Duong team any room to show off.

On the attack line of Song Lam, the players also had unexpected combinations that caused many dangers for the team from Thu. Phi Son's skillful dribbling and stirring up trouble on the left wing repeatedly made Binh Duong's defense struggle to defend. The least effective player on the Nghe team was still foreign player Baba. This player always had quite clumsy ball handling, causing many of Song Lam's counterattacks to pass by regrettably. Thus, after 3 matches, Song Lam's "foreign goods" still did not show the value that fans expected. It can be said that through the match with Binh Duong, the Nghe team showed a bit of a revival after 4 matches without knowing the taste of victory in the V.League arena.

Phi Son always has technical dribbling moves (Photo: Duc Chuyen)

In this round 15, Song Lam meets Dong Tam Long An, which will be the 19th time the two teams have met since the 2006 V-League. In which, Song Lam has had 9 wins and only 3 losses. Although Dong Tam is the team that is currently ranked 3rd on the rankings up to this point of the season with consecutive victories at home, when this team plays away, they have only had one victory. Therefore, the match against Dong Tam Long An at home this afternoon will be a springboard for Coach Quang Truong's players to regain their winning streak like at the beginning of the season.

Also in this round 15, Hanoi T&T will be a guest at QNK Quang Nam, Dong Nai will meet Dong Thap, Hai Phong will meet Sanna Khanh Hoa, Thanh Hoa will meet HAGL, SHB Da Nang will meet Binh Duong, Than Quang Ninh will meet Can Tho.

Duc Anh