Round 7 V.League 2017: An emotional comeback

(Baonghean.vn) - Conceding a goal first, fighting tirelessly for more than 80 minutes but being so unlucky in front of the opponent's goal that no one thought the home team SLNA would get a point against SHB Da Nang. But within just 2 minutes, from the 80th to the 82nd minute, Thanh Vinh spectators enjoyed an indescribable feeling because of 2 beautiful goals.

Coach Nguyen Duc Thang burst into emotion after winning against SHB Da Nang

The tension was evident on the faces of SLNA players when they stepped onto the field. Photo: Duc Anh

After many years of having to live with the situation of “cutting your coat according to your cloth”, each season, SLNA has to say goodbye to some of its best players. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that this season, SLNA has revealed many of its weaknesses. Especially the problem of the competitive mentality of young players.

The proof is that in many rounds, they scored the first goal but lost in the final moments of the match. The loss to QNK Quang Nam is an example, in that match, they scored 2 early goals but in the end still lost at home with a score of 2-4.

Not only that, in defense, even Que Ngoc Hai cannot be a solid support. Along with that is the big turmoil in all lines, the attack line including 2 foreign players has not been able to promote their abilities, if not to say disappointing, especially the name Olaha Michael.

Returning to the match at Vinh Stadium against SHB Da Nang, SLNA, already lacking and weak in defense, lost a series of players due to penalty cards. The most regrettable thing is that Ngoc Hai received 3 yellow cards and had to sit out, defender The Nhat is serving a disciplinary sentence, center back Manh Hung and defender Dinh Hoang were injured and had to rest for a long time. In that difficult situation, coach Nguyen Duc Thang was forced to use the center back pair of veteran Nguyen Minh Duc and Hoang Van Khanh.

With the developments of the match, although being the away team but with high performance, Coach Le Huynh Duc of SHB Da Nang did not hide his intention to play an offensive game. Right after the opening whistle, the away team rushed into the home team's field. They continuously created quite clear scoring opportunities. Specifically, in the 8th minute of the match, the away team's striker shot very dangerously, fortunately Nguyen Sy Nam quickly cleared the ball away from goalkeeper Nguyen Manh's goal.

In the first half and more than 35 minutes of the second half, despite many attacks, SLNA players had difficulty finding a way into the away team's goal. Photo: Duc Anh

With such a situation, it was not difficult to understand why the away team scored the opening goal. In the 17th minute, from a free kick on the home team SLNA's side, young striker Ha Duc Chinh jumped high and headed the ball dangerously, forcing Nguyen Manh to push the ball away.

However, despite his best efforts, Nguyen Manh could only push the ball into the post. Very quickly, the central defender Ezequiel David joined the attack and scored from close range to open the score of the match. Having an early goal made the Da Nang players play more freely.

Striker Henry scored the equalizer for SLNA after a series of very sensitive touches by Phi Son, Khac Ngoc and a shot that hit the post of Thanh Binh's goal. Photo: Duc Anh

Meanwhile, the home team SLNA appeared impatient to find the equalizer, so their shots and final passes were very inaccurate.

SLNA players celebrate with Khac Ngoc after his unstoppable shot, setting the score at 2-1 for SLNA. Photo: Duc Anh

With a good position, SLNA created countless opportunities, especially those from the attacking wing where Phi Son and Khac Ngoc appeared. The most regrettable were the two situations where it seemed like the ball was in the net of SHB Da Nang, but the lack of luck and haste caused the shots to either go inaccurately or be blocked by the goalkeeper and the attacking players of the home team.

In the stands, fans burst into tears with emotions at SLNA's well-deserved and sweet victory. Photo: Duc Anh

The consecutive missed opportunities made the fans at Vinh Stadium very worried, partly disappointed, but SLNA played explosively. Within 2 minutes, SLNA scored 2 beautiful goals. The first was Henry's shot after a series of passing situations from outside the penalty area.

Next was a masterpiece by Khac Ngoc. He made an unstoppable shot into the top corner from a coordinated play with his teammates. In the little time left, SHB Da Nang could not recover and had to accept leaving Vinh Stadium with a score of 1-2.

After the match ended, National Team Head Coach Nguyen Huu Thang went down to the technical area to congratulate the SLNA coaching staff and players. Photo: Duc Anh

So after 3 home matches this season, SLNA finally got the victory song. This is an extremely important victory, a very emotional comeback.

Because this victory not only helps SLNA improve its position on the rankings (up 2 places and ranked 10th), but with the way of imposing the playing style, controlling the game well; the tireless efforts and determination of the players, SLNA will certainly overcome difficulties to affirm the brand of a team with a rich tradition./.

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