The V-League championship race is not hot, the candidates seem to be about to reach the finish line!

It is worth noting that all four candidates for the 2024-2025 V-League championship, including Hanoi Police (CAHN), Hanoi FC, Nam Dinh and Binh Duong, played well in the matches that took place on October 19 and 20, in the qualifying round of the National Cup and the make-up match of round 4 of the V-League.

The most exciting match was the match between CAHN and Hanoi FC at Hang Day Stadium. This was a match with goals, chases and controversies, the elements that make up a true top match. The important thing is that both teams participating in the match showed great determination, neither team was inferior to the other. The performance of the stars on the side of CAHN and Hanoi FC proved that their desire to win the V-League championship this season is still intact.

Xuan Son is making a strong comeback

Meanwhile, Nam Dinh Football Club marked its strong comeback with a resounding 4-1 victory over SLNA. Most notably, naturalized striker Nguyen Xuan Son (formerly known as Rafaelson) scored his first goals in the 2024-2025 V-League.

In theory, when Nguyen Xuan Son scores, the team from Thanh Nam will become more unpredictable. Also in theory, the further they go into the tournaments they participate in, the stronger Nam Dinh will be. The team from Thanh Nam has many additions in terms of force in the current season, to ensure that they are able to stretch their strength in the 3 arenas of V-League, AFC Champions League 2 (AFC Cup or Asian Cup C2) and National Cup.

A big change in the squad will inevitably lead to a change in the playing style. Nam Dinh needs time for the new and old players to understand each other, they need time for coach Vu Hong Viet to guide the new squad to play according to the style of play he has set for the whole team. Initially, Nam Dinh is on the right track: after a few shaky matches at the beginning of the season, they are now playing better, attacking more dangerously.

Similar is the case with Binh Duong. This team has also undergone many changes. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan even let Binh Duong completely switch from relying on foreign strikers in previous seasons to playing with all domestic strikers this season. This is a breakthrough not only for Binh Duong, but also for the entire V-League. Besides Binh Duong, there is no other team in this tournament that uses all domestic strikers.

Tien Linh and Binh Duong Club are also thriving.

The encouraging sign for coach Hoang Anh Tuan's team is that Binh Duong's domestic strikers are still playing well, still scoring regularly in the V-League and the National Cup, helping Binh Duong confidently aim to compete for the highest title of domestic football, which has been away from them for quite a while (the last time Binh Duong won the V-League was in 2015, the last time they won the National Cup was in 2018).

The big guys are all trying to speed up, promising that the remaining stage of the V-League will be very exciting. Among the "big guys", only The Cong Viettel has not played in the series of matches of the National Cup and the V-League make-up matches that took place on October 19 and 20. If coach Nguyen Duc Thang's team still maintains its strength in the "post-Hoang Duc" period, the race between the group of strongest and most traditional teams in the V-League in the coming days will be even hotter.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/cuoc-dua-vo-dich-v-league-khong-nong-moi-la-cac-ung-vien-nhu-the-sap-ve-dich-185241022161458585.htm