Nghe An's 'youth tournament king' punishes SLNA's defense mistakes

(Baonghean.vn) -Despite dominating their opponents and creating many opportunities, coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team still had to accept defeat with a score of 2-3.

Despite not being able to field their strongest lineup due to the absence of central defender Le Van Phu and goalkeeper Dang Van Lam, the visiting team Hai Phong was the one to open the scoring in the 9th minute. With the ball from quite a distance, young player Ngoc Tan unleashed a tricky long-range shot that defeated goalkeeper Nguyen Manh. Reviewing this goal, it can be seen that the home team's goalkeeper made a mistake when Nguyen Manh's dive was not really accurate.

Ngoc Tan's goal seemed to touch the pride of SLNA players. The yellow shirts gradually filled the field of the Port City team. However, Hai Phong's defense under the direction of center back Ngoc Thinh successfully neutralized the attacks of Phi Son and his teammates. The tight defense - quick counterattacks, fierce ball-snatching of Hai Phong players almost made SLNA regret.

Striker Olaha in an attempt to score a goal to level the score 1-1 for SLNA. Photo: Thanh Cuong

From the misunderstanding between the central defender duo Ngoc Hai - Van Khanh in the 20th minute, midfielder Xuan Hung rushed down to face goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, but the inaccurate shot of the player wearing the number 24 shirt took away the chance to increase the score to 2 - 0 for the away team. The regret of the coaching staff and players of Hai Phong did not last long, goalkeeper Vu Hai had to continuously pick the ball out of the net after goals by Olaha in the 22nd minute and Ngoc Hai in the 30th minute, bringing SLNA to the lead with a score of 2 - 1.

With more than 15 minutes left in the first half, the match was quite exciting. Both the home team SLNA and the away team Hai Phong played quite openly with tit-for-tat situations towards the goals of Vu Hai and Nguyen Manh. In turn, Kovacevic (SLNA), Stevens, Dinh Bao (Hai Phong)... missed the delicious opportunities they had. The most regrettable was the free kick that hit the goal of goalkeeper Nguyen Manh by former SLNA player - Dinh Bao. If the strikers on both sides had taken better advantage of the opportunities, the number of goals in the first 45 minutes would not have stopped at 3.

Que Ngoc Hai celebrates scoring a goal against Hai Phong goalkeeper. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Returning after the break, the home team SLNA continued to launch attacks towards the goal of the "red phoenix flower city" team. Just 4 minutes after the ball started, Phi Son made a smart pass to his teammate Ngoc Toan to face goalkeeper Vu Hai, unfortunately the player wearing the number 9 shirt kicked the ball, hitting the foot of a defender of the away team and the ball landed in the hands of goalkeeper Vu Hai.

In the following minutes, Coach Truong Viet Hoang's players held the ball more, the ball was often passed to the foreign striker pair Fagan - Stevens. Meanwhile, the home team continued to have extremely dangerous responses. Foreign player Kovacevic was still the least effective player on the Vinh team. Unable to take advantage of the good situations, SLNA had to pay the price with a goal in the 57th minute. The one who brought the equalizer 2 - 2 for Hai Phong was striker Stevens after a mistake by left-back Manh Hung.

As usual, midfielder Tran Phi Son continued to make the opposing defense have a lot of trouble. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Not accepting the draw, coach Nguyen Duc Thang sent Phuc Tinh, The Cuong and Van Vinh onto the field in turn to replace Kovacevic, Van Duc and Ngoc Toan. The game quickly belonged to the yellow shirt players with a series of attacks on goalkeeper Vu Hai's goal. If it weren't for the excellence of "substitute" Vu Hai, the away team Hai Phong would have conceded more goals.

As time passed towards the end of the match, the impatience was evident in every step, coordination, and shot of the SLNA players. The efforts of Phuc Tinh, Phi Son... had not yet been rewarded when goalkeeper Nguyen Manh had to pick the ball out of the net for the third time in the 83rd minute, after a long-range shot by Dinh Bao. In the remaining 10 minutes of the match, the home team SLNA was helpless in finding a way into goalkeeper Vu Hai's goal, against the solid defense of Hai Phong.

Losing 2-3 at home, the Nghe An team still accepted to be stuck in 9th place with 27 points. Thereby, ending the unbeaten streak of coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team./.

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