This is also a very remarkable match because it will be a confrontation between defending champions Viettel – the team is temporarily ranked second with 19 points, 3 points behind HA.GL – is extremely hungry to win when meeting. Than Quang Ninh (18đ) – The team is right behind him, less than 1 point. Although they have just lost to Hanoi in the previous round (the main cause of internal problems), the Coal team still has the potential to cause difficulties for Viettel, once their main players are providing “mental doping” (to reduce the problem of being owed salaries, bonuses, pensions …). The key problem lies here: Does the away team have a satisfactory solution to that problem or not? Because even when Than Quang Ninh is in the most energetic state, Viettel is still considered to be better in terms of both the force and the advantage of playing at home.

Viettel has a triumphant song before Than QN in the earliest match of round 10 on April 16

The next 3 matches take place on Saturday (April 17).

At Vinh Stadium, the “Nghe Tinh derby” between SLNA (10d) and Hong Linh Ha Tinh (7d) is also the debut of new head coach Nguyen Thanh Cong – a son of Nghe, matured in SLNA shirt and is the biological son of once famous coach Nguyen Thanh Vinh (who has the greatest merit in training generations of SLNA players) – in the away shirt. Of course, in professional football, the story of the “origin” of the coaches or players is for reference only, just as the “SLNA veterans” played very well in Viettel’s shirt to beat the team. the shadow of my homeland right in Vinh citadel 4 rounds ago. A 2-0 victory over B.BD in the last round with the shining form of the pillars, especially “assassin” Phan Van Duc, helped SLNA temporarily escape from the bottom group of the group. But if they want to be more “sure”, they need to win all 3 points in a match rated on this upper door.

In Quy Nhon, the showdown between rookie Topenland Binh Dinh (VND 12) and East Asia Thanh Hoa (VND 11) is expected to be very attractive and balanced. They are sticking closely to each other on the summary board and also hope to reach the top 6 if they play well and achieve optimal results in the remaining 4 matches. Therefore, the results of this match will not only directly affect that ability but more than that, only the team that wins all 3 points will have the chance. The results are very encouraging in the last 3 matches (2 wins, 1 draw) has helped teachers and coaches Petrovic regain their confidence and with a strong attacking style, they will aim for another victory even though they have to be a guest. this match.

The last match of the day between Saigon FC (VND 9) and Hai Phong (VND 10) at the Thong Nhat Stadium has a different meaning, because both are desperate to get favorable results, at least to ensure the possibility. ability to stay relegated. The precious victory (against HL.HT) after a series of 5 consecutive defeats is a good signal for Coach Phung Thanh Phuong and his students. But on the other side, Hai Phong also ended the series of 4 defeats with an encouraging draw against strong opponent SHB.DN. In that context, it is difficult to judge which team can win this match, although theoretically, the advantage seems to be in favor of Saigon when they play at home.

SLNA will welcome Ha Tinh at home round 10

The remaining 3 matches take place on Sunday (April 18).

At Go Dau Stadium, a Binh Duong Becamex (13d) had to suddenly say goodbye to coach Phan Thanh Hung (due to his health condition), who was in a rather unstable situation. Although still in 6th place, but they are only over 2 teams behind with only 1 point and can completely fall to the next group if they do not win the match against SHB Da Nang (VND 16) this round. Meanwhile, SHB.DN has temporarily left the top 3, but the strength of teachers and teachers Le Huynh Duc is still very respectable thanks to the uniformity between the lines. The “gunfight” between two midfielders – player Tien Linh (B.BD) and Duc Chinh (SHB.DN) in this match is also very remarkable. A match “balance, equivalent”, do not know “which cat bite”.

HAGL welcoming Hanoi is the most awaited match in the 10th round at Pleiku

As mentioned above, the Pleiku yard in this round will be the focus of attention. There, a Hoang Anh Gia Lai (22nd) of elected Duc who is flying high will be hindered by a Hanoi FC of elected Hien who has not yet escaped the crisis? The history of confrontation in recent seasons is in favor of the visitors, when it has been 3 and a half years, they have not yet lost when they met HA.GL in the arenas. Even at the V.League last season, the total score was… 0-7 in favor of Hanoi. But under the guidance of coach Kiatisak, HA.GL is very different from themselves, with a firmer style, rich in teamwork and promoting the capabilities of each player better. Hanoi FC is facing many difficulties, has just broken up with coach Chu Dinh Nghiem (temporarily replaced by coach Hoang Van Phuc) and will most likely continue to have a new coach. In that context, what better opportunity for HA.GL to do a sweet “debt collection”, especially when they play at home? On the other side, although Quang Hai and his teammates had a strong victory in the previous round, but it was a match that Than Quang Ninh was completely underpowered, so they could only prove their strength if they could. score in this match.

The last match of the 10th round took place at Thien Truong Stadium, where Nam Dinh (12d), the team lost 2 consecutive matches with a close score on away field of B.BD and HA.GL, welcoming HCMC ( 10d) – an opponent with quite good results in the last 2 rounds (won heavily SLNA and drew at Thanh Hoa). Of course, Nam Dinh will once again expect great resources when playing at his “holy land” to aim for 3 points, while Polking’s teachers and coaches also want to be able to maintain a stable state. to have points to return to the rear after this match.

The 90-minute match statistics showed that the match between SLNA and B. Binh Duong had a fairly high professional quality. The SLNA host controlled the ball only 44% and skillfully performed defensive counter-attacking style. Coach Quang Truong’s students launched 8 finishes and 5 of them went on target. SLNA’s finishing rate on target has improved as they still have 1 shot on the crossbar.

This is a rare match this season where the quality of the shots on the SLNA side has such a high accuracy rate. On the B. Binh Duong side, the visitors launched 9 shots, 3 shots hit the target and there were also 2 situations where the ball reached the crossbar and the post. SLNA played a good game without receiving any penalties compared to the opponent’s 1 red and 4 yellow cards.

SLNA’s finishing ability has gotten better. Photo: Duc Anh

Despite winning, Pham Xuan Manh personally will have to learn from experience because a foul in the penalty area leads to a penalty. Before that, in the match against Nam Dinh, he also had an unnecessary foul situation outside the penalty area, indirectly leading to a last-minute goal. The position of Cao Xuan Thang also needs to be considered because if defender Sy Nam comes back, Xuan Manh will be more dangerous when playing in the winger position.

Continue to believe in using young players

In the last match, when Peter was not healthy to play, the person chosen was young player Nguyen Van Viet. The player born in 1999 was the one to create a favorable way for Phan Van Duc to open the score after an intrusion and passed the technical person. His good strength and ability to observe also help Van Viet to have other very sensitive passes to his teammates. However, Van Viet is no stranger to Nghe fans. Two players Nguyen Van Duc (1998) and Tran Manh Quynh (2001) are the first faces BHL SLNA “released” in the V.League playground.

Besides Van Viet, Van Duc and Manh Quynh are used more often. Photo: Duc Anh

Although Van Duc is inexperienced, the biggest mark of original player Quynh Luu is a one-touch finish that sends the ball to the crossbar. The ability to pass the ball and handle in a narrow space of this central midfielder is also better than the man Sy Sam. For Manh Quynh, this player replaced Van Viet and had a tectonic line for Phan Van Duc to score. If he was more fortunate, the number of assists of Manh Quynh in the match would have been 2 when Xuan Thang missed the chance to score at the end of the match. Thus, not only with 3 points, BHL has basically solved the problem in the central midfield position.

How to use Bruno Henrique?

Striker Bruno Henrique last season had 10 goals for HL Ha Tinh, but this season he only had 1 goal after 8 matches. Obviously the ability of this Brazilian striker has yet to be fully promoted. Although this player did not score in the match against Binh Duong, this is still a pretty good striker of SLNA. The player made a one-touch move and finish after an accurate cross from his teammates.

Unfortunately it was an offside ball. It was a typical Bruno Henrique scoring situation with a pretty good one-touch finish. It seems that this player will become dangerous when he has the highest kicking tendency, often present in the middle and penalty area.

Striker Bruno Henrique still needs a good partner beside Phan Van Duc. Photo: Duc Anh

However, in order for this player to promote his header and scoring ability, it is necessary to have midfielders capable of crossing the ball well from the two wings for him to choose positions and deliver a quick, neat finish. Unfortunately, Peter Samuel is not the type of player that can cross the ball well, does not work well, manages to manage in the middle area, so the foreign duo of SLNA often do not find each other in combination.

Anyway, Bruno Henrique still has a better finishing ability than Peter Samuel and playing with a 4-4-1-1 chart in the past has helped SLNA become more harmful. The most important thing right now is that BHL must find out how to use midfielder Bruno Henrique to maximize the player’s strengths.

Thus, Hong Linh Ha Tinh is the 4th professional football team led by the Nghe An strategist.

Immediately after news coach Pham Minh Duc broke up Hong Linh Ha TinhMost of the fans predict that coach Nguyen Thanh Cong will be the new “captain” of the team that is standing at the last position on the stage 1 rankings. V.League 2021. Because at that time, the strategist born in 1977 had just left Quang Nam and was once impressed as a “firefighter” at the Saigon Club, Thanh Hoa and Quang Nam, the team currently playing in the First Division.

Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong when he also led Saigon club. Photo: Trong Vu

Remember, the first time Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong being “hot seated” is at the beginning of the return leg of V.League 2018. Due to the poor performance of the Saigon Club (losing 2 consecutive matches to HAGL and SLNA), the leaders of the team at Thong Nhat Stadium have decided to replace head coach Phan Van Tai Em with assistant Nguyen Thanh Cong. This is a bold “move” by the leaders of the Saigon Club, because the youngest son of former coach Nguyen Thanh Vinh does not have much experience in training in the V.League arena.

However, it did not take long for coach Nguyen Thanh Cong to clear the skepticism from experts and fans of the Saigon football team. Under the “shaping hand” of former SLNA striker, the Saigon Club’s style has been gradually perfected. At the end of the V.League 2018, teachers and coaches Nguyen Thanh Cong won 31 points and finished in 8th place, 7 points more than the team that had to compete in the play-off match of Nam Dinh (24 points in Nam Dinh). .

A year later, in the next season led Saigon ClubCoach Nguyen Thanh Cong shows his ability to direct more clearly. With the squad quality not having many positive changes, the team at Thong Nhat Stadium still performed a very uncomfortable game. Thanks to that, after 26 rounds, the Saigon Club won 36 points (5 points more than V.League 2018) and finished 5th, standing above famous teams such as SLNA, HAGL, SHB Da. Nang, Quang Nam or Thanh Hoa.

Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong when he also led Thanh Hoa. Photo: Manh Cuong

Unfortunately for family reasons, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong had to leave the Saigon club to return to his hometown. It was not until the first stage of V.League 2020 passed 3 rounds, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong “re-exported” the pitch. Receiving the invitation of the election of De, the strategist from Nghe An agreed to help Thanh Hoa overcome the crisis. At the time coach Nguyen Thanh Cong took over the “hot seat” left by coach Fabio Lopez, the Thanh team still had not won any points at the first stage of V.League 2020 (lost all 3 matches).

The appearance of coach Nguyen Thanh Cong completely changed the face of Thanh Hoa. From a group of exhausted and frail under coach Fabio Lopez, suddenly the Thanh team became a formidable opponent. Before having to carry the luggage to leave Thanh (disagreeing with the election of De), coach Nguyen Thanh Cong helped Hoang Dinh Tung and his teammates win 14 points (4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses), and at the same time exit the danger zone (get up to 8th place).

Not long ago, when returning home, Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong received a “call for help” from Quang Nam’s leadership. At that time, the Quang origin team was also buried in the last position on the V.League 2020 stage 2 rankings. Chairman Nguyen Hao’s aim is to hope coach Nguyen Thanh Cong will bring the home team of Tam Stadium. Safe landing period. Despite great efforts, the victories against Nam Dinh, SHB Da Nang and Hai Phong still could not help Quang Nam “escape”.

Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong (middle) when he was leading Quang Nam. Photo: AS

Instead of leaving the “shipwreck” Quang Nam to seek opportunities in a team playing in the V.League, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong chose to continue working with Dinh Thanh Trung, Huynh Tan Sinh, Nguyen Anh. Hung … conquered the promotion ticket. But then the adventure of coach Nguyen Thanh Cong at Tam Ky Stadium also stopped, when Quang Nam did not win any victory after the first 4 matches in the first stage of the National Championship 2021 (draw 2, lost 2). .

Just finished handing over the work to his successor, Coach Duong Hong Son, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong’s cell phone received a call from the Board of Directors of Hong Linh Ha Tinh. Before the enthusiastic invitation of the head of the team “Hong Mountain”, the 44-year-old strategist agreed to sit in the “hot chair” that once belonged to coach Pham Minh Duc. A rather brave decision of coach Nguyen Thanh Cong, in the current situation (Hong Linh Ha Tinh is standing in the “book team” position on the V.League 2021 stage 1 rankings, with only 6 points).

Witnessing the journey of coach Nguyen Thanh Cong over the years, football experts and fans of the country have called him “welder” – nickname of coach Claudio Ranieri – who used to lead football teams. age like Parma, Cagliari, Fiorentina, Juventus, AS Roma, Napoli, Inter Milan, Sampdoria (Italy), Valencia, Atletico Madrid (Spain), Chelsea, Leicester City, Fulham (England), Monaco, Nantes (France). .. The reason coach Claudio Ranieri is called “welder guy”, because the moment he takes over the “hot chair”, most teams are in a form crisis.

Wait and see, whether “the welder Vietnamese version” – Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong can “revive” a Hong Linh Ha Tinh who is “clinically dead” or not?