Losing heavily to CAHN Club, Hanoi is in the bottom group: Crisis is imminent, is coach Nhat safe?

The heavy 2-4 defeat at CAHN Club in round 3 of V-League (7:15 p.m. on August 28) left Hanoi Club stuck at the bottom of the table with only 1 point after 3 matches.

CAHN Club's dominance

While Hanoi Police Club (CAHN Club) is flying high in second place with 4 points after 2 matches, the away team Hanoi is in the bottom group with 1 draw and 1 loss in the opening round. If they continue to fail to beat CAHN Club in the match on the evening of August 28 at Hang Day Stadium, coach Makoto Teguramori's team is at risk of falling to the second to last.

Hanoi FC convincingly defeated CAHN FC (2-0) in the second leg last season. However, that victory came in the context of CAHN FC having a tight schedule in three arenas. When fully fit, coach Alexandre Polking’s team is still in the upper hand.

Heavy rain made it difficult for both CAHN Club (red shirts) and Hanoi Club to control the ball.

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Therefore, CAHN Club pressed the away team Hanoi right from the first minutes. In the 2nd minute, Van Do took the ball and charged straight from the right wing into the center and then curled the ball wide of the post. In the 14th minute, Hanoi's defense again exposed a gap, allowing Quang Hai to comfortably pass the ball to Alan Grafite. However, the striker who received the title of top scorer last season shot wide.

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The heavy rain made the field slippery and the ball wet, greatly affecting the quality of the match. Players from both teams continuously made bad passes on the wet field. The number of chances also decreased because of that, even though CAHN had possession of the ball up to 68%.

However, in the midst of the slippery field, CAHN Club still controlled the game well. In the 31st minute, center back Thanh Chung headed the ball poorly, causing it to fall straight to Leo Artur's feet. The Brazilian midfielder controlled the ball skillfully, then curled the ball beautifully with his left foot past goalkeeper Van Chuan.

Leo Artur shines

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8 minutes later, Leo Artur got the ball again on the edge of the penalty area, when the Hanoi players misread the landing spot. The CAHN midfielder curled the ball in a tricky shot, but this time, the ball went just wide of the post.

Home team wins big

Despite taking the lead, CAHN Club did not stop. Coach Polking's team continued to press forward. In the 50th minute, Hanoi's defense let Artur through, allowing the home team's foreign player to comfortably turn around and shoot, hitting the post.

The gap in Hanoi's second line was constantly exposed, when the midfielders and defenders did not cover well. The away team could not control Artur and Quang Hai, leading to the loss of control of the game.

What needed to happen continued to happen in the 66th minute. From a long pass from Van Do in the home field, Thanh Chung unexpectedly... missed the ball. Alan Grafite rushed up as fast as lightning to steal the ball, then soloed past goalkeeper Van Chuan with a perfect left-footed shot to raise the score to 2-0.

Alan Grafite (red shirt) shines with a hat trick

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In the 72nd minute, Alan Grafite put an end to Hanoi FC. Center back Hugo Gomes easily ran into Hanoi's half of the field to pass the ball to Grafite, before the CAHN striker turned and shot, which hit the opponent's defender's foot and changed direction, sending the ball into goalkeeper Van Chuan's net for the third time.

At this point, the Hanoi FC defense had given up. Thanh Chung and his teammates were constantly being passed by their opponents, and the fourth goal continued to come. In the 76th minute, Cao Pendant Quang Vinh made an impressive sprint on the left wing and crossed for Alan Grafite to tap in, raising the score to 4-0. This was Grafite's first hat-trick in V-League 2025 - 2026.

All Hanoi FC could do in the last 10 minutes were two honorary goals scored by Daniel Passira and Vu Dinh Hai.

Losing 2-4 in the end, Hanoi FC still ranked 11th with 1 point after 3 matches, goal difference -3. Coach Makoto Teguramori and his team are only better than the bottom position of Thanh Hoa on goal difference. Will coach Nhat be safe?

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thua-dam-clb-cahn-ha-noi-chim-trong-nhom-cuoi-khung-hoang-can-ke-thay-nhat-co-an-toan-185250828193210617.htm