Round 16 V-League 2016: Will host SLNA continue to go empty-handed?

(Baonghean.vn) -After sharing points in round 12, the path to the next round for both SLNA and S.Khanh Hoa is not very bright. SLNA only earned 3 points in 2 home matches, 1 away match, while S.Khanh Hoa also struggled with 2 draws.

In such a situation, both the home team SLNA and the away team S.Khanh Hoa, if the coach does not know how to do the ideological work, the players will not have much motivation to play. Before that, at Thong Nhat Stadium, under the enthusiastic cheers of about 8,000 Nghe An fans, national player Que Ngoc Hai, in a 4-on-2 situation, in the last minutes of the match, only slightly stretched his leg to fight for the ball and let Trinh Duy Long of SG FC comfortably pass the ball to Lima to score. If the national team is like that, then whether the SLNA players play or not depends on each person's professional awareness.

SLNA suffered 2 defeats in the last 3 matches - photo: Trung Kien.

Although Sanna.Khanh Hoa is ranked above the home team SLNA with 1 more point, experts do not rate the coastal city team higher. This is a typical example of a “one-man team”, when from one match to the next, the ball is given to Uche, despite this player managing and scoring on his own. The remaining names such as Viet Dan, Trong Binh, Duy Thanh, Van Vu, Quoc Chi… are still quite unfamiliar.

It seemed that with such strength and playing style, Sanna.Khanh Hoa would be a “delicious” opponent for the home team SLNA, but in reality, it was not! SLNA players and coach Quang Truong must still remember the 0-1 loss in round 18 of V-League 2015 at Vinh Stadium. The away team Sanna.Khanh Hoa put the home team in a “stalemate” and then unexpectedly scored in the final minutes of the match.

S.Khanh Hoa's playing style relies mainly on striker Uche (blue shirt) - photo: Internet.

In the first leg this season, although SLNA took the lead thanks to Odat Marshal and Phi Son, Lam Ti Phong and Uche Iheruome knew how to shine at the right time to seal a 2-2 draw. If Quoc Chi had known how to take advantage of the opportunity from the 11m mark, "given" by referee Trong Thu, perhaps the away team would have had to leave empty-handed.

Anything can happen before the ball rolls. The away team Sanna.Khanh Hoa is not strong, but that does not mean that the home team SLNA can rest assured. In the match at Vinh Stadium last year, Quang Truong and his team were "dirty and empty-headed", and who knows what they will do in this situation to get 3 points, especially when in the next round they will meet the "rock" HN.T&T?

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