Hai Phong aims to relegation despite leading the V-League

Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem took over the Hai Phong Club before the V-League 2022 with a very thin force. In order to have enough troops, the port team recruited the midfielder was criticized by the old Hanoi Moses, the striker was erratic Rimario, and borrowed a series of players such as Trieu Viet Hung, Dung Quang Nho, Chau Ngoc Quang .. .

Hai Phong fans are therefore dreaming about the first V-League championship in the history of the team. However, Mr. Nghiem said that the championship is an unrealistic goal. He said: "Everyone wants to have good achievements, but the force like this, we only know how to calculate and try each battle.

Hai Phong started the season with two victories against Ha Tinh and Nam Dinh, then Hoa Thanh Hoa and Binh Duong. The team then broke the unbeaten circuit when losing 1-2 on the Hanoi Stadium. The army of coach Chu Dinh Nghiem then lost his head to SLN, when losing to Viettel with the same score at home in round 7. But in round 8, Hai Phong defeated the 3-1 star to return Table of V-League table.

"Hai Phong is lucky to have the current achievement," Mr. Nghiem expressed his humility about the top position of the team. "The force is thin, if unfortunately there are players injured or sticky cards, we will deviate, and the achievement goes down immediately. Two defeats against Hanoi and Viettel are the example, when the team lost the captain Nguyen Hai. Huy and being affected much ".

According to the coach of Thanh Hoa, strong teams, with thick forces like Hanoi or Viettel may not have many problems even if they lose two matches, but Hai Phong will go down very quickly if they lose like that. "Fortunately, my player gripped each other's hands to fight and Thang Binh Dinh to block the losing circuit," Nghiem added.

Hai Phong is "makeover" about the play under Mr. Nghiem. Instead of waving the ball for the external striker like the previous seasons, they calmly held the ball, shortly coordinated to organize the attack. However, coach Chu Dinh Nghiem is not completely satisfied, because this game has only reached about 80% of expectation. He explained: "We still need to train more bravery to coordinate our play, when it is fast, it is fast, need to be slow, then the opponent must kick at our own will, not to follow them." .

Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem said he really needs to earn a good center -back to "liberate" Joseph Mpande. Due to the lack of central defenders, he had to pull this foreign soldier in front of the goalkeeper even though his forte was the striker. However, the former coach of Hanoi admitted that it would be difficult to earn good contracts in the mid -season transfer period.

Hai Phong currently has 14 points, the team closes behind SLNA one point, but the kick is more than one match. Next round, the army of coach Chu Dinh Nghiem had to come to be a guest of this opponent. Hai Phong promises to have great difficulties when Rimario - who scored 8 of the 14 goals of the V -League 2022 - was suspended for receiving all three yellow cards.

"Rimario will be very tough. He is a destination in Hai Phong's gameplay, is the main goalscorer, scoring up to two -thirds of the team's goals. Below, imbalance, "Mr. Nghiem added.

Mr. Nghiem also complained of the goalkeeper. Nguyen Van Toan injured when he joined U23 Vietnam to play the Asian U23, but still had to participate in the list of reserve in the match against Binh Dinh by the home team. He was serious that if unfortunately, Dinh Trieu could not catch the battle, Van Toan was forced to enter the yard even though his hands had not recovered.