Round 18 V.League 2015: Will Song Lam drown the coastal city?

(Baonghean.vn)-Phi Son and his teammates are showing extremely high performance. Therefore, meeting Sanna Khanh Hoa in round 18 of V.League at Vinh Stadium at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon (July 23) is an opportunity for coach Quang Truong and his team to get the maximum number of points to stay close to the top group of the rankings.

Last week was a happy time for Vo Dinh Tan and his team, because Sanna Khanh Hoa had 2 consecutive victories to rank 6th on the rankings. In the 17th round, there was a narrow victory at home against QNK Quang Nam. In that match, the Nha Trang coastal city team completely dominated the weak and monotonous away team in their attacks. Before that, Sanna Khanh Hoa had a performance that could not be better against the defending champion Becamex Binh Duong. Vo Dinh Tan and his team showed a very reasonable style of play. They played solidly on the home field and had lightning-fast counterattacks to defeat the team from Thu Dau Mot with a score of 1-2.

But if we look at the overall style of play that this coach applies to Sanna Khanh Hoa, we can see that the coastal city team does not have a stable style of play. There were matches where coach Vo Dinh Tan applied up to 3 different formations, which confused the links in Sanna Khanh Hoa's formation. And after all, Sanna Khanh Hoa still mainly relies on the explosion of the foreign striker pair Uche and Huynh Kesley. Therefore, in the upcoming match against Song Lam, if coach Quang Truong has solutions to block these 2 strikers, it is very likely that the away team's attacking ability will fall into a stalemate.

SLNA players (yellow shirts) are in good form in recent matches.

Back to the first leg of V.League 2015 between Song Lam and Sanna Khanh Hoa. Although the Nghe team had to play away, coach Quang Truong's players still dominated the home team Sanna Khanh Hoa. Song Lam scored 2 goals in the first half and early in the second half. However, due to playing subjectively, the Nghe team had to pay the price with 2 quick goals in just 2 minutes. That was a valuable lesson for coach Quang Truong and his team when they only received 1 point when leaving Khanh Hoa stadium. The first leg between Song Lam and Sanna Khanh Hoa was the first match they met. In terms of the overall playing style of the Nghe An team since the beginning of the tournament, experts have assessed Song Lam as a team with a variety of options to approach the opponent's goal, from overlapping on the wing, then suddenly passing back for the second line to run up and finish, or crossing for the striker to cut in and score, or direct attacks from the midfielders... all of which have shown to be very effective.

SLNA foreign players have played more and more integrated and scored consecutively in 2 matches.

In terms of the balance of power between the two teams, it can be seen that the Nghe An team is of a higher class than the students of coach Vo Dinh Tan. That has been demonstrated for more than half of the season, especially in round 17. When the yellow team played extremely impressively against Than Quang Ninh. Phi Son was considered the best player in this match. He had two successful passes before putting his name on the scoreboard himself. In a statement after the match, coach Ngo Quang Truong praised this player: "He plays quickly, skillfully and has a very high ability to make breakthroughs. After a period of playing in a cumbersome and ineffective manner, he has learned to control unnecessary movements and handle the ball more effectively so as not to slow down the pace and lose opportunities for his teammates."

With his current form, hopefully Phi Son will continue to celebrate his goal in this afternoon's match against Khanh Hoa.

In addition, in that match, the foreign players did not disappoint the fans when both foreign players played brilliantly. Baba scored the second goal in two consecutive rounds.

The only weakness of SLNA that coach Quang Truong shared after the match with Than Quang Ninh was the finishing of the attacking players, SLNA's strikers still wasted too many good opportunities.

If the situation of wasting scoring opportunities does not repeat, another victory for the Nghe An team against Sanna Khanh Hoa in round 18 of V.League is not too difficult for coach Ngo Quang Truong and his team in the match taking place at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon (July 23).

Nghe An fans are looking forward to another victory of the Vinh home team.

Nghe An Electronic Newspaper will report this match live, please watch.

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