Two red cards, two goals: The match was too tense, The Cong Viettel rose up wonderfully and forced Ninh Binh to share points.

Despite losing a man and being behind from the first half, The Cong Viettel still showed formidable team spirit and tenacity, forcing Ninh Binh FC to accept a draw in round 6 of V-League 2025 - 2026.

Xuan Tien scored a beautiful goal for The Cong Viettel

Photo: The Cong Viettel

The Cong Viettel had a difficult start

The Cong Viettel is determined to have a victory to stop Ninh Binh FC, officially entering the top group after round 6 of LPBank V-League 2025 - 2026 before entering the FIFA Days holiday in October.

In fact, despite having to play away at Ninh Binh Stadium, coach Velizar Popov's team entered the game well. The red shirt players played flexible attacking football, controlled the opponent's playing style and had more shots than the home team Ninh Binh FC.

However, the turning point happened in the 35th minute when captain Bui Tien Dung left the field with a straight red card after pulling down Rodrigues Gustavo in the penalty area (determined to have prevented a clear goal when he was at the bottom of the defense).

Ninh Binh FC took the lead and had one more player from the first half.

Photo: Minh Tu

On the 11m mark, midfielder Duc Chien easily defeated goalkeeper Van Viet to score the opening goal for the home team Ninh Binh. The advantage of playing with more players helped the new V-League 2025 - 2026 rookie play football more easily, but only a little easier.

Highlight The Cong Viettel 1-1 Ninh Binh FC: Great rise, suspense until the last minute

The great spirit of the army team

In a difficult situation, it must be acknowledged that The Cong Viettel showed a spirit of never giving up, tenacity and constant collective effort. Thanks to that, Coach Popov's students did not collapse, but instead tried to bring the ball up whenever possible.

In particular, the Bulgarian coach showed his talent in coaching when he sent Xuan Tien and Nhat Nam onto the field in the 67th minute and immediately equalized 1-1 just 2 minutes later, from an attack with few participants but extremely effective.

Truong Tien Anh dribbles past U.23 Vietnam player Quoc Viet of Ninh Binh FC

Photo: The Cong Viettel

Lucas held the ball in the penalty area, attracting the attention of most of Ninh Binh FC's defenders, before he passed it back to Xuan Tien to rush up and shoot very hard, breaking the roof of the net, while goalkeeper Dang Van Lam stood there helplessly.

A goal that captured the spirit of "10 men as 1" of The Cong Viettel, when for a long time before that the whole team had moved together, fought together to be able to bring the ball closer to the opponent's goal.

The statistics also show that even though they lost a player, The Cong Viettel still had a ball possession rate of 42.7% while Ninh Binh FC, who were at home and had more players and were leading, only had the ball for 57.2%. In fact, the away team's ability to compete in one-on-one matches was even more dominant.

Volley equalized 1-1 for The Cong Viettel

photo: Viettel Sports Club

Even at the end of the match, Ninh Binh FC lost their composure, leading to Geovane receiving a red card and having to leave the field after a cold-blooded tackle on The Cong's center-back Kyle, helping the match to be level from a 1-1 draw to each team leaving the field with only 10 players.

The Cong Viettel parted ways with Ninh Binh with 1 point in hand, but it was a draw like a victory for coach Velizar Popov and his team, showing their collective strength and formidable determination. They even had the right to regret when Xuan Tien could not defeat Dang Van Lam in the 90+6 minute.

On the contrary, Ninh Binh FC had to accept the second consecutive draw, missing the opportunity to break away and lead the V-League 2025 - 2026 rankings. At this time, they are still temporarily leading the table with 14 points, but if they do not improve their performance, the ancient capital team will likely be caught up or surpassed.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hai-the-do-hai-ban-thang-tran-qua-cang-the-cong-viettel-quat-khoi-tuyet-voi-bat-ninh-binh-chia-diem-18525100220084895.htm