08:02, 01/06/2023
CDak Lak football club has officially entered the competition in the National Second Division 2023 with the goal of returning to V.League 2 after a year of relegation. Teachers and coaches Coach Tran Phi Ai had the best preparation for the battle to win the promotion ticket.
In the 2022 season, after 10 seasons of participating in the National First Division Football League, Dak Lak Football Club was relegated in the final round. A series of key players have found a new stop or are reluctant to retire, so the squad is seriously damaged, with only 11 veterans who have fought in the First Division.
So forcing the coaching board to supplement and borrow players from Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Khanh Hoa teams along with some mature young strikers from the gifted line to add to the squad. A series of names that Dak Lak audiences have never heard of such as Luong Van Phuc, Nguyen Van Tiep, Huynh Vuong Quoc Thinh, Tran Nhu Tan, Bui Anh Duc ... have "docked", joined forces with veterans of the football club. Dak Lak quite a long time before the tournament officially started.
Among these faces, it is worth noting that midfielder Nguyen Van Huy from Khanh Hoa has had experience in fighting in the harshest football tournament, V.League 1. The rookie awarded with this number 20 shirt will is an important addition, reinforcing the certainty in front of the home team's goal of Buon Ma Thuot Stadium in the context of veteran midfielder Do Xuan Thi's injury, possibly having to rest until the end of the qualifying round.
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| Goalkeeper Yeli Nie practices, ready to join teammates to conquer promotion goal. |
Regarding the final position of the team, after goalkeeper Ngo Van Nhat retired, goalkeeper Y Eli Nie - was in the U23 Vietnam team and won the AFF U23 Championship Cup with the team. - was assigned the responsibility of "guardian". His return after a long time of injury will somewhat reassure the audience.
A big change on the coaching bench is the return of coach Tran Phi Ai - who was instrumental in bringing Dak Lak football club to promotion, to the First Division in 2013. The return of the experienced coach This experience shows the determination of the leaders of the sports industry to rise to the top. The talent of coach Tran Phi Ai is expected to help the team develop to its full strength thanks to the combination of the experience of veterans and the youth of the players. He affirmed that he would join the team of players to unite, do their best, at all costs to help the team regain the faith and image of Dak Lak football in the hearts of fans. He also said that Dak Lak's football promotion opportunity is "quite bright", because there are 2,5 promotion places, including two direct tickets.
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| Dak Lak Football Club players practice to prepare for promotion goal. |
Dak Lak Football Club concretized its determination in the first match with a successful comeback, defeating Lam Dong team 2-1 in the Central Highlands derby in the opening match of the season. In this match, it can be seen that the play of the Dak Lak team is not coherent and lacks cohesion. It is understandable that the new and old players have not been able to find a common voice in the first match. But the 3-point goal has been completed, coach Tran Phi Ai still has more time to adjust more reasonable positions and tactics.
The 2023 National Second Division football tournament has 14 participating teams. Dak Lak football club is located in Group A with the presence of teams: Gama Vinh Phuc, Lam Dong, Luxury Ha Long, PVF, Young SHB Da Nang, Youth Quang Nam. Meanwhile, Group B includes the following teams: Youth TP. Ho Chi Minh City, Gia Dinh, Dong Nai, Tien Giang, Dong Thap, Dugong Kien Giang and Vinh Long.
According to the rules, the teams play a round-robin two-legged game at home and away. The first and second teams in each group win the right to the Final Round, which will take place from August 13 to August 8, 16 and pair up to compete according to the prescribed code scheme. The two winning teams have the right to participate in the National First Division in the 8-2023 season. The two losing teams compete to choose the team that will play play-offs with the 2023th-placed team in the 2024 National First Division competing for a place in the Championship. First place in the country in the 10 – 2023 season. The two teams ranked at the bottom of each group must relegate to the Third Division next year.
Dang Trieu
