A stepping stone to help Hanoi Police Club return to the V-League race

Since the AFF Cup 2024, Hanoi Police Club (CAHN) has not shown truly impressive performance and is slowing down in the V-League championship race. Coach Alexandre Polking and his team need a victory to come back stronger.

CAHN Club really needs a win at this time.

The police team did not have a convincing performance in the last 2 matches in domestic tournaments. In the National Cup, they only won against Ha Tinh Club after a late goal by Bui Hoang Viet Anh. In the match against SLNA, Quang Hai and his teammates were held to a draw despite playing with an extra player for more than 40 minutes. In the context of opponents such as The Cong Viettel Club, Hanoi are rising strongly to chase Thanh Hoa Club, Nam Dinh, CAHN Club is slowing down.

What advantages does Hanoi police have?

More than ever, CAHN Club needs a victory to pave the way for a comeback and the confrontation with Kuala Lumpur City (KLC, Malaysia) at 8pm today, January 23, in Group B of the ASEAN Club Championship is a great opportunity for them to do so. In the regional arena, CAHN Club is showing impressive form as the only team to have won all 3 matches in the group stage. This is the basis to believe that KLC will find it difficult to stop the Vietnamese representative. The Malaysian team has 6 points after 3 matches, ranking 3rd in Group B and has not had to face the two strongest teams in the group, CAHN Club and Buriram United.

In terms of force, CAHN Club is also better than KLC. According to Transfermarkt, the value of the squad that Coach Polking has in hand is 5.56 million euros while this figure for KLC is only 3.28 million euros. CAHN Club also has better team-carrying factors. Striker Leo Artur is one of the best players in the tournament when he has scored 3 goals and 2 assists after only 3 matches. In V-League, he also leads the scoring list (equal to Tien Linh, Xuan Son - 7 goals). Another advantage of CAHN Club is mentality. They have 9 points, open to passing the group stage while KLC must win to keep their hopes of going on.

But it is not that CAHN Club does not have challenges. When having to stretch themselves on many fronts, Coach Polking needs to know how to rotate the squad, give opportunities to young players, reserve players effectively. For example, he needs to know how to use young players like Nguyen Dinh Bac, Le Van Do, Bui Xuan Thinh... so that they can develop; at the same time, help stars like Phan Van Duc, Tran Dinh Trong regain their best form. Only then, CAHN Club will be able to compete for championships in many tournaments.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-hom-nay-buoc-dem-giup-clb-cong-an-ha-noi-tro-lai-cuoc-dua-v-league-185250122214201847.htm