Round 6 V.League 2019: SHB.Da Nang and SLNA share points at Hoa Xuan Stadium?

Arriving in Da Nang quite late, Coach Le Huynh Duc's recruitment was not as expected. The two contracts that the Hue-born coach was most satisfied with were Van Hoan and Manh Hung, players from Nghe An.

This is the replacement for the departure of Van Long (to Thanh Hoa) and central defender Louis Ewonde (HCMC Club). Previously, young players Viet Thang and Duc Le were "liberated" because they could not show much, foreign player Yao Hermann Kouassi came to Than Quang Ninh.

Strengthening the defense

In his reunion with Da Nang, Le Huynh Duc was determined to strengthen the defense when he signed a contract with center back Victor Nirennold (FK Senica) and left back Pham Thanh Tiep (OFK Banik Lehota). It was a bit confusing that he chose Vietnamese-American player Thanh Tiep after only a few training sessions. Especially after his impressive performance in the friendly match with Quang Nam FC, but after that, he rarely used the player in V.League.

Pham Manh Hung will have the opportunity to face SLNA. Photo: FBNV

This season’s attack, despite having national team player Ha Duc Chinh, Huynh Duc still has to rely on “youngster” Do Merlo. Whenever the game is stuck, the ball is still stuffed into the 16m50 area for this naturalized player to handle. Age has made Do Merlo not as agile as before, and the Argentine player often gets injured.

Similar to SLNA, the injury list of the Han River team is also quite long. Merlo, Patrick Boni, Trong Hoa, Quang Vinh, Viet Thang were injured, before that Lam Anh Quang, Ngoc Thang and Huy Toan were out for the entire first leg. In the match against Hai Phong, because Pham Manh Hung was carded, coach Huynh Duc brought Tien Dung back to play as a center back and also received a red card, further weakening the force.

Balance the midfield area

The attack of the Han River team was assigned to Phan Van Long and Ha Duc Chinh, behind them was midfielder Dominik Schmitt. The central midfielder pair Tuan Anh and A Mit stood firm against the extremely tough playing style of the home team Hai Phong.

The home team SLNA just had their 3rd win, 10 points more than SHB.Da Nang, 4 points more, but that does not mean they have a gap with the home team in terms of strength. The Nghe team's attack only has 5 goals after 5 matches and will face difficulties at Hoa Xuan Stadium.

Olaha is a great hope for SLNA. Photo: Duc Anh

Because in addition to the return of Manh Hung to play with center back Victor Nirennold, Au Van Hoan is also a player who is no stranger to SLNA's playing style. The SLNA players who are playing for the home team understand the playing style of Olaha, The Cuong, Khac Ngoc and their former teammates very well. Meanwhile, Dang Tuan Anh promises to fight alongside Ha Minh Tam against the midfielders Van Binh and Khac Ngoc of the away team. In the match at Lach Tray Stadium, captain Dang Tuan Anh had an extremely good match and was voted the best player of the match.

Ability to rotate

Not to mention, Le Huynh Duc is a coach with a very strange way of using people. Recently, he unexpectedly brought goalkeeper number 3 Pham Van Bieu, born in 1998, onto the field, leaving two seniors Thanh Binh and Van Hung on the bench. In many matches, when needed, Le Huynh Duc is ready to gamble all in thanks to his ability to read the game quite well. It is predicted that coach Duc Thang will have difficulty when facing this colleague with a lot of battle experience.

According to experts, this was a fairly balanced match in terms of skill level. The absence of Dos Santos due to a red card did not weaken SLNA because of the contribution of this foreign player to the Nghe An team's playing style. If there is no breakthrough, this will easily be the 4th draw of the team on the banks of the Han River. Meanwhile, SLNA's attack still has to rely entirely on foreign player Olaha, although Khac Ngoc has recently been pushed higher.