SHB Da Nang Football Club recently terminated its contract with Argentinian striker Gaston Merlo due to his long-term injuries, whilst injured Nguyen Sa has been ruled out for the rest of the season.  This has all upset coach Le Huynh Duc’s plans for this year’s season. 

SHB DN’s coach Le Huynh Duc

In addition, the mental attitude of his players, and key players’ basic mistakes, have also been major worries for coach Duc.  However, he said that he has seen very positive signs in his team in recent games.  In particular, their 3-0 and 5-4 away wins over QNK Quang Nam and Hoang Anh Gia Lai respectively showed that the team could impose their playing style over their opponents to control the games.       

In attempting to improve their results, SHB DN have much to do, with a priority being to seek a replacement for Merlo.  Coach Duc said that if SHB DN had a skilled striker, he could vary the team’s attacking styles to be more effective and increase the pressure on their rivals. 

The club now has many new European and South American players on trial.  Duc said that he and the club will carefully select the best players to avoid regrettable mistakes.  It is hoped that any newly-recruited strikers will help SHB DN improve their results when the V-League matches begin again later this month.