SLNA occupies the top spot in V League

* Score: Oseni 15 '

Also at Rongshi Stadium last year, in the 10th round of the 2021 V League on April 17, 2021, Ha Tinh was stunned to win the SLNA 2-0 before the match was cancelled due to Covid-19. So today, home team head coach Nguyen Hoi Wong showed some respect to neighbouring opponents as he set up a low-post line-up to defend aggressively.

Facts have proved that this strategy is effective. At the beginning of the game, left-back Mai Sy Hoang dodged the restricted area, but missed SLNA's chance because of half-pass and half-shot. Ha Jing responded to midfielder Fan Xie's spinning free kick of about 25 meters, which led goalkeeper Fan Huang to save hard and take a corner kick.

The mutation reached SLNA at the 15th minute. After receiving Pan Wende's pass, Shi Huang crossed Ha Tinh's restricted area from the left. Despite losing to the visiting defender, Oseni still uses his power to get out of the trail, catch the ball and shake his head. Goalkeeper Guangtuan flew by and still couldn't touch the ball. The opening goal made Rongshi Stadium explode in the excitement of thousands of fans.

But after some good first 15 minutes, the teams played slowly and lacked the expectations of many fans for Yidby. SLNA had a lot of good players like Que Ngoc Hai, Phan Van Duc, Pham Xuan Manh but didn't kick sharp enough. It was not until towards the end of the first half that they had their next big chance, when Oseni managed himself in the box and hit the visitors' edge of the net.

In the second half, Hejing tried to find an equaliser, but failed. With captain Dinh Thanh Trung injured, the visitors were very uncreative in attack. The injury-returning new high is expected to do well to replace the position left by his predecessors, but the midfielder only kicked a round shoulder and there was no mutation.

The SLNA defence, commanded by Que Ngoc Hai, cancelled out almost all of the visitors' attacking efforts. But at the top, the expected star Pan Wende did not perform well. The national midfielder only boldly shot once from midfield, and caught a glimpse of Ha Jing goalkeeper getting up, but the ball bounced off the top of the net. Vander shook his head and expressed regret for losing his masterpiece.

Still, a 1-0 win was enough to put SLNA at the top of the table with 13 points. Ha Jing ranked 7th with 8 points, and was in danger of being overtaken by other teams at the end of the 7th round.

In the 8th round, SLNA and Ha Tinh visited Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City respectively.