It is true that coach Le Huynh Duc said a round ago that Binh Duong's squad is very thin and not enough to become a championship candidate in the current season. However, it is also true that despite the difficulties in terms of squad, coach Le Huynh Duc's team still strives to cling to the top spot through each match.
Binh Duong is clearly not a team with many stars, but until now they are still above many clubs with great star teams in domestic football.
The team led by coach Le Huynh Duc also had some unfortunate stumbles this season. The most vivid example was the 0-1 loss to the underdog team TP.HCM in round 12.
However, this defeat reflects the true nature of Binh Duong's current strength: The gap between the official squad and the reserve squad is too large. In case a few key players in Binh Duong's official squad have problems with performance, they will have no one to replace them and will immediately weaken.
Binh Duong unexpectedly ranked second in the V-League 2023 - 2024 table after the first leg
In fact, Binh Duong has transformed compared to themselves last season (nearly relegated), participating in the race in the top group of V-League after the first leg mainly thanks to the skillful calculations of coach Le Huynh Duc.
So far, Binh Duong is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the V-League 2023-2024 season, with only 11 goals conceded (0.846 goals/match). This is a very good statistic.
Among the top 5 teams in the V-League, only the defending champion Cong An Ha Noi (CAHN) is close to the same number as Binh Duong. Specifically, CAHN conceded a total of 13 goals after the first leg (on average, they conceded 1 goal/match).
The top team Nam Dinh alone has conceded a total of 17 goals (1.307 goals/match). The 4th and 5th ranked teams Thanh Hoa and Binh Dinh have conceded 16 goals each (1.23 goals/match on average).
Binh Duong is the only team in V-League with an average loss rate of less than 1 goal/match, this seems very strange for a team led by a former attacking star, the former number 1 striker of Vietnamese football, Le Huynh Duc.
But that detail reflects that Mr. Duc is the type of coach who knows himself and his opponents, choosing a tight playing style first, then thinking about scoring, especially when Binh Duong does not have many stars in the squad.
That is also the point that current opponents in V-League do not dare to underestimate coach Le Huynh Duc's Binh Duong team. Because, if opponents misjudge Binh Duong, they will immediately be punished by Le Huynh Duc's team.
Coach Le Huynh Duc helps Binh Duong concede the fewest goals in the first leg of V-League 2023 - 2024
The fact that Binh Duong has persistently clung to the top spot until now, still close to the top team Nam Dinh until now (the gap between the two sides is only 3 points, exactly equal to 1 win) has somewhat helped make the first leg of the tournament more attractive, in the context that the strong championship candidates before the tournament started, including CAHN, Hanoi Club, and The Cong Viettel, all played inconsistently.
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