The match between Hanoi FC and Viettel at Hang Day Stadium on the evening of February 5 was chosen as the opening match of the 2023 V-League. The 2022 season is considered to be a very successful year for Hanoi FC when they have a shot. 3 includes the V-League, the National Championship and the latest is the National Super Cup. Meanwhile, with Viettel, they did not have too many impressions in the last season despite playing very hard and having many names in the hands such as Hoang Duc, Manh Dung or Geovane.
The match is considered to be the “Capital derby” entering with little calculation when both teams are no longer strangers to each other. Both Viettel and Hanoi presented many dangerous situations, but the strikers might not soon convert into goals. After more than 20 minutes of rolling the ball, the game was quite balanced and the tempo was maintained at an average level. Hanoi FC with players with good personal skills, they take the initiative with a small ball to approach the goal, but Viettel’s defense is with familiar names like Bui Tien Dung or Thanh Binh. still standing. Meanwhile, Viettel they did not hide their ambition to overwhelm the opponent with an early goal, but in the day without the key striker Geovane, the attack of the army team might not create weight towards the goal of Tan Truong. .
2/3 of the first half passed, Hanoi FC began to “show off” when they put their strength into the side attacks. 36 minutes, following Van Quyet’s mischievous pass, the ball found Van Vi but the winger might not reach, then Almeida from the second line shot a long shot but the destination was too high above the goal of Van Quyet. Viettel. This is also the most remarkable situation from the beginning of the game.
At the end of the first half, the “capital derby” match between Viettel and Hanoi FC ended with a 0-0 draw and no clear scoring situations were raised by both teams towards each other’s goal. . It is noteworthy that the foreign soldiers of the two clubs have not shown much, even being underestimated when there are quite bad steps to support the first step.
The second half started with the game leaning heavily on Hanoi FC when the purple players actively deployed the ball to create deep thrusts to the bottom of the boundary before giving dangerous situations to release the second line. point. In a few minutes, Hanoi FC made no less than 3 shots from that post, but it was not difficult enough to defeat Viettel’s goalkeeper Van Phong. The turning point of the match took place following Tuan Hai was fouled by Jaha in the penalty area, the referee pointed at the 11m mark. In the 68th minute, on the penalty kick, Van Quyet correctly opened the score for Hanoi FC.
Received a goal from a fixed situation, Viettel tried to stretch the squad to find an equalizer, coach Thach Bao Khanh constantly changed and it made good progress. 75 minutes, from the corner arrangement phase, the ball was pushed back to the 2nd line, Tien Anh hit a shot from a distance that made Tan Truong catch the ball without sticking, but Duy Thuong’s close-range ball was inaccurate, making the opportunity to remove. Viettel’s peace passed unfortunately.
Viettel’s efforts have finally paid off. From the phase to the ball, the ball was hung in the penalty area, Danh Trung appeared in the right position to fly the header to hit Tan Truong’s net to equalize the score in the 86th minute. After scoring, although his left arm hurt, Danh Trung still tries to perform an impressive military salute.
The match ended, defending V-League Hanoi FC and Viettel held each other with a score of 1-1 at Hang Day Stadium. The two goals of the match came from the second half, but the professionalism was not too high compared to the expectations of the NHM.