Hanoi Police Club wants to beat former Indonesian champion

CLB Công An Hà Nội - Ảnh 1. — Coach Alexandre Polking and Quang Hai attended the press conference before the match between Hanoi Police Club and PSM Makassar, the semi-finals of the 2024 - 2025 Southeast Asian Club Championship - Photo: CAHNFC

In the semi-finals of the 2024 - 2025 ASEAN Club Championship, Hanoi Police Club will face PSM Makassar, a team that has won the Indonesian national championship 7 times, with the most recent being the 2022 - 2023 season.

The first leg will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 2 at Gelora BJ Habibie Stadium, Parepare. The second leg will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 30 at Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi.

The remaining semi-final is between Thai teams Buriram United and BG Pathum United.

On the evening of April 1, at a press conference before the match in Indonesia, head coach of the Hanoi Police Club Alexandre Polking shared: "I am very happy to be with the whole team in the semi-finals. The first leg in Indonesia will be difficult, but we have prepared carefully.

The team also traveled to Makassar early to acclimatize to the weather conditions. Hopefully we will have a good result in tomorrow's match.

PSM Makassar is a very strong opponent. They have won the national championship many times. Now the team has changed, with set pieces being the strong point. But we are confident and ready with the strategies that the coaching staff have prepared.

Hopefully both teams will give the audience an exciting match, not only for Makassar fans in particular, but also for Southeast Asian football fans in general."

Also at the press conference, captain Nguyen Quang Hai said that the whole team had prepared well and had studied the opponent thoroughly to aim for the best performance in tomorrow's match.