Henrido could not penetrate the dense defense of Binh Dinh Club
Nam Dinh Club misses Xuan Son so much
Nam Dinh Club is still very strong, as the midfield still controls the ball effectively, pressing the home team Binh Dinh just as coach Vu Hong Viet intended. But clearly without Xuan Son, the defending champion’s attack was much more “harmless” when meeting Binh Dinh Club in round 11 of V-League 2024 – 2025.
On the afternoon of January 24 at Quy Nhon Stadium, pillars such as Van Vi, Tuan Anh, Van Vu, Hong Duy… simultaneously appeared on the field along with talented midfielders such as Caio and Hendrio in the away trip against Binh Dinh Club. But it’s clear that Nam Dinh Club still misses Xuan Son very much.
Even to cope, coach Vu Hong Viet had to be “creative” in renewing the attack by bringing midfielder Lucas to the position of center forward to replace Xuan Son, with the expectation that this 1.93 m tall player will cause trouble. Good pressure on home team Binh Dinh’s defense.
Central defender Lucas was completely restrained when playing as a striker
In fact, Lucas played hard, but could not “crush” Binh Dinh Club’s 2-meter-tall midfielder Luis Angel, while his foot-playing skills were not good enough to serve as a backdrop for his teammates. .
At the same time, Binh Dinh Club also arranged a very good multi-layer defense force, helping them greatly limit the attempts of the visiting team Nam Dinh to cross the ball from both sides.
Nam Dinh Club waits for reinforcements
This caused Nam Dinh Club to shoot a lot, up to 18 shots in the middle of the second half, but most of the balls were blocked, went out of goal under the pressure of the home team’s defense, or were blocked by excellent goalkeeper Hoang Anh. break.
Entering the second half of the second half, Nam Dinh Club was even more eager to strengthen their attack. In the 69th minute, Van Anh and Van Trung replaced Van Kien and Van Vi to refresh the two wings, to cross the ball from both sides more effectively for Lucas inside.
Coach Vu Hong Viet really needs to add a striker to the attack without Xuan Son
On the other side of the front line, former player Vu Minh Tuan was sent onto the field by coach Bui Doan Quang Huy to look for opportunities to score from quick counter-attacks, hoping to earn his first score after the previous two losing matches.
In the final minutes, although Nam Dinh Club really wanted to speed up the match, the loss of physical strength prevented Tuan Anh and his teammates from creating many waves for the home team, accepting a 0-0 draw despite launched a total of 20 shots.
This result caused coach Vu Hong Viet and his team to go through a series of 4 consecutive matches without knowing the smell of victory on all fronts, missing the opportunity to win the top spot of Thanh Hoa Club, even after playing 12 matches, they (21 points ) is at risk of being taken second place in the table by rival The Cong Viettel (18 points, 10 matches).
A quality striker to replace Xuan Son will certainly be the top task of coach Vu Hong Viet and Nam Dinh Club when entering the Lunar New Year holiday.
