Binh Phuoc Club still won all 3 points, climbed to top 2

Cong Phuong continues to face difficulties

Ho Chi Minh City Youth Club clearly understands the strength of Cong Phuong and his teammates. They once suffered a 0-1 defeat against Binh Phuoc Club in the 2024-2025 National Cup qualifying round. Therefore, at Thong Nhat Stadium, the home team entered the match extremely cautiously, defending tightly with many layers to somewhat block the strength of stars like Cong Phuong, Thanh Binh, Sy Giap, and Sam Ngoc Duc.

Cong Phuong plays freely in the attack of Binh Phuoc Club, is the destination of many attacking passes but he does not have much time to handle the ball.

Many times, Cong Phuong retreated to the middle of the field to support the ball deployment up front.

In particular, every time Cong Phuong had the ball, the players of Ho Chi Minh City Youth Club immediately closed in, making it difficult for the striker from Nghe An to handle the ball comfortably. The former HAGL star also actively moved around, operating very widely but did not create a difference. That was also the main reason why Binh Phuoc Club did not create any notable opportunities in the first 45 minutes.

In the opposite direction, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth team made some relatively dangerous attacks but they were not sharp in the decisive moves. Therefore, the first half ended without any goals being scored.

Binh Phuoc Club scored the first away goal

Right at the beginning of the second half, the difference came. In the 47th minute, from a difficult throw-in situation of Binh Phuoc Club, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth team's defense was confused, creating conditions for Thanh Binh to head the ball close to the goal, putting the away team in the lead. This was the first goal of coach Nguyen Anh Duc and his team on the away field this season. Before that, on the field of Hoa Binh Club, they only had a 0-0 draw.

Cong Phuong shares his joy with Thanh Binh, who was his teammate in the Vietnam U.23 team.

The determination and passion of the players of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Team cannot make up for their lack of experience.

After this goal, Binh Phuoc Club had to let some important players like Sy Giap, Minh Tam, Sam Ngoc Duc rest, so they could no longer maintain the excitement and pressure on the goal of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Team. Cong Phuong was also replaced in the 77th minute. On the other hand, the home team had times when they strongly fought back to find the equalizer. Goalkeeper Bui Tan Truong had to remind his juniors a lot to keep a clean sheet for Binh Phuoc Club.

The pressure from the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Team grew as the final minutes approached. However, the haste and immaturity of Coach Tran Duy Quang’s players prevented them from scoring a goal to keep a point at home and they had to accept a 0-1 defeat.

With this result, Binh Phuoc Club has 7 points to temporarily climb to 2nd place on the rankings. Coach Nguyen Anh Duc and his students have the same points as the leading team PVF-CAND but are ranked behind due to a lower goal difference (+4 compared to +3). Previously, coach Mauro Jeronimo and his students (PVF-CAND team) defeated Hue Club 3-0.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/cong-phuong-im-lang-clb-binh-phuoc-van-gianh-tron-3-diem-leo-len-top-2-185241109211103305.htm