Thong Nhat Stadium is open again?

Sân Thống Nhất - Ảnh 1. — Will Ho Chi Minh City Police Club continue to have the joy of victory at Thong Nhat Stadium? - Photo: NK

And Hanoi Police Club will host Hai Phong in the remaining match of round 6 at Hang Day Stadium at 7:15 p.m. (FPT Play THTT).

Thong Nhat Stadium support

Notably, Ho Chi Minh City Police Club (CATP) and Nam Dinh both won at home but lost away in the first 3 matches. Specifically, when CATP lost to championship candidate The Cong - Viettel 0-3, Nam Dinh lost 1-2 to weak opponent Song Lam Nghe An. Therefore, CATP is more confident that they can defeat Nam Dinh at Thong Nhat Stadium.

Despite having a strong force and the advantage of registering many foreign players (7 compared to 4 of the other teams), Nam Dinh FC has not played as well as expected. Not only did they score few goals, Nam Dinh also conceded 4 goals. Using only the domestic central defender pair Thanh Hao - Dang Van Toi to prioritize 4 foreign players for the midfield and attack shows the looseness of Nam Dinh's defense.

That is the problem that coach Vu Hong Viet must fix or change with a foreign center back if he does not want to concede a goal against CATP. Because the home team CATP is not only good at counter-attacking but also has many excellent strikers such as Tien Linh, Huy Toan or Raphael Utzig.

In particular, Raphael Utzig's increasingly better integration helps CATP Club's attack become more dangerous.

Nam Dinh FC’s two wins with the same score of 2-1 so far were both comebacks. But if they had finished better, Nam Dinh would not have struggled so much.

Coach Vu Hong Viet, after the 2-1 victory over rookie PVF-CAND in round 3, also had to admit that Nam Dinh is having problems with finishing. So if they cannot overcome this, Nam Dinh Club will not easily score points at Thong Nhat Stadium.

This is because CATP not only has Vietnamese-American goalkeeper Patrik Le Giang who always plays impressively, but also has home field advantage, having defeated championship candidate Hanoi 2-1 and won Hoang Anh Gia Lai 1-0.

Hanoi Police Club breakthrough?

Hanoi Police Club (CAHN) is showing impressive form to compete for the championship this season. The latest is the 4-2 victory over Hanoi in round 3 to rank 2nd on the rankings with 7 points after 3 matches, 2 points behind the top team Ninh Binh.

With home field advantage and superior squad, CAHN will not have difficulty defeating Hai Phong. The important thing is whether CAHN can maintain the high performance of the first 3 matches of the season after the FIFA Days.

Because in the recent friendly match with the first division club Bac Ninh, which only had 1 foreign player, CAHN lost 0-1 when playing with 3 foreign players in the squad. However, that defeat also helped CAHN to improve better when V-League returns.

However, Hai Phong is always a very difficult team to play against. In the opening match at Thien Truong Stadium, they made the defending champion Nam Dinh sweat before they could come back to win 2-1 thanks to a goal in the 88th minute.

Hai Phong then won two more matches against PVF-CAND (3-1) and Song Lam Nghe An (2-0) to be in the top group with CAHN Club. Therefore, CAHN will not easily win against Hai Phong.

The difficulty for coach Alexandre Polking is just how to rotate the squad for CAHN to be able to win against Hai Phong while ensuring the physical strength of the key players to achieve good results in other matches in the Southeast Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League Two 2025 - 2026.

But with the brilliance of the attacking duo Alan Sebastiao (leading the scoring list with 5 goals) and Leo Artur (2 goals), CAHN can beat any opponent.

Back to topic

NGUYEN KHOI

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/san-thong-nhat-lai-mo-hoi-20250913100520825.htm