Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 has officially returned after a long break, making way for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 and Lunar New Year. In the schedule of 7 matches of round 9, the focus is on 2 matches: Cong An Ha Noi Club (CAHN) - Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hong Linh Ha Tinh - Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL).
Coach Kiatisak pulls CAHN back into the race
Hang Day Stadium is where CAHN will welcome Ho Chi Minh City Club. Since moving to HAGL, this is the debut match for the fans of the new team of new coach Kiatisuk Senamuang.
Exciting matches in round 9 of V.League.
Before "Thai Zico", the reigning V.League champion had changed coaches twice since the beginning of the season, namely Tran Tien Dai and Gong Oh Kyun. Unstable performance and poor results, losing 7 points to the leading team on the rankings, made many fans worried.
Therefore, the appearance of new coach Kiatisak brings hope for a rebuild for CAHN. In the early stages of the season, the Thai strategist was not successful with HAGL, but this can be sympathized with because this season the team from the mountain town has too thin a force.
Meanwhile, CAHN owns an extremely high-quality source of players. With names like Quang Hai, Ho Tan Tai, Van Thanh and Nguyen Filip... Coach Kiatisak has many ideas to assemble the squad and apply ingenious tactics like the way he led HAGL to the top of the table in the 2021 season. Coach Kiatisak's goal is clearly to bring CAHN back to the championship race.
Coach Kiatisak is expected at Hanoi Police Club.
However, the opponent of the debut match - Ho Chi Minh City Club - is not easy to "bully". Compared to the 2023 season when they struggled to stay in the league, the Saigon team has transformed positively this year. Even if they had not unexpectedly stumbled against Ha Tinh in round 8, Ho Chi Minh City would have had the opportunity to rise to 3rd place.
The Thong Nhat Stadium team is also highly regarded for its defense as they are the team that has conceded the fewest goals this season (6 goals). Scoring against Ho Chi Minh City is a difficult challenge for CAHN.
It is not difficult to predict that CAHN will dominate the match. The Capital team will likely push up their formation to look for a goal to take the lead. However, they must also be on high alert if they do not want to receive a "counterattack" from their opponent.
Coach Vu Tien Thanh 'rescues' HAGL
The departure of Coach Kiatisak led to the promotion of Technical Director Vu Tien Thanh to become the head coach of HAGL. The first match in the new position of the strategist born in 1964 was the "6-point match" with Hong Linh Ha Tinh at Ha Tinh Stadium.
He left a strong impression when he led Saigon FC to the top 3 of V.League 2020 and successfully brought Ho Chi Minh City to stay in V.League last season. The common point in both these periods is that Mr. Thanh did not have a very strong squad but mainly demonstrated the ability to "cut his coat according to his cloth". Now, HAGL fans hope that the former language assistant of the Vietnamese national team can help save the home team, which also has a relatively thin squad.
Mr. Vu Tien Thanh will save HAGL.
Currently, the Pleiku home team is stuck at the bottom of the table with 5 points, 1 point behind Ha Tinh and Khanh Hoa. They really need a victory against Ha Tinh to surpass their opponents on the rankings and to boost their morale.
In terms of force, HAGL has an advantage over Hong Linh Ha Tinh. In round 9, the home team will be without the services of two key players in defense, Van Hanh and Ngoc Thang. With these absences from the opponent, coach Vu Tien Thanh can direct attacking players such as Jhon Cley, Quoc Viet or Minh Vuong to move up to find goals.
However, things are not expected to be easy for HAGL. In the last 5 encounters, the mountain town team had to share points with their opponents. On the other hand, Hong Linh Ha Tinh is holding a certain confidence when it unexpectedly defeated Ho Chi Minh City in the last round, bringing home the first victory of this season.
A match that promises to be dramatic, tight and can be resolved from a decisive shining situation. The team that wins the upcoming "reverse final" will have many advantages in the relegation race.
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Mai Phuong
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