National Cup 2023 - 2024: The class of national player Nguyen Dinh Bac

Returning from the national team after 2 matches of the 2nd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, although still very tired due to the short recovery time, Dinh Bac was still brought in by coach Van Sy Son in the second half of the National Cup match against Hoa Binh FC at Hoa Xuan Stadium on the afternoon of November 24. He should not need his trump card when playing against a first-class team, but the Nghe An coach was forced to use his trump cards, in addition to Dinh Bac, Le Xuan Tu and Hoang Vu Samson after Quang Nam lost in the first half.

Dinh Bac dribbles past a Hoa Binh FC defender

Because of the goal conceded by the player who was called up to the U.20 team, Nguyen Anh Tu, for Hoa Binh FC and the somewhat deadlocked playing style in the face of the reasonable tactics of coach Pham Thanh Luong and his team in the first half, Quang Nam needed to make adjustments. On the one hand, coach Van Sy Son wanted to preserve the reputation of the V-League team and did not dare to be careless when sending out a squad that was not as strong as at the beginning of the match. On the other hand, Quang Nam needed to see this as a boost to return to the V-League next week when they had to play away at Vinh Stadium, in order to escape the bottom of the rankings.

Anh Tu (left) scored for Hoa Binh, but Dinh Bac (right) only needed to appear in the second half to make his mark.

Thanks to this change, Quang Nam played brilliantly in the second half. Especially thanks to the stirring of the strikers, a defender like Tang Tien scored a double, helping Quang Nam turn the situation around and lead 2-1. Then, Dinh Bac had a very good escape, passing the last defender of Hoa Binh but his shot hit the post and Hoang Vu Samson's next shot also hit the post. But in the 82nd minute, Dinh Bac himself, with a classy move, tricked the defender of Hoa Binh and shot hard like a keeper, leaving goalkeeper Duy Dung helpless, raising the score to 3-1. Finally, in the 90th minute, Hoang Vu Samson sealed the 4-1 victory for Quang Nam.

Powerful dribbling by Dinh Bac (white shirt)

Dinh Bac's familiar way of celebrating

Despite the defeat, for Hoa Binh FC, competing with a strong opponent was an interesting experience, helping coach Pham Thanh Luong's young team gain the necessary experience to return to the first division to meet Phu Dong Ninh Binh.

The joy of Hoa Binh FC's opening goal

Meanwhile, Dong Nai of coach Nguyen Van Dung "avenged" Ba Ria - Vung Tau of coach Nguyen Minh Phuong and his team. In the first division tournament at Ba Ria stadium, the home team won Dong Nai 4-0. But this time, the same players who scored against Dong Nai such as Luong Thanh Ngoc Lam, Nguyen Khanh Duy, Le Bang Gia Huy, Vo Tuan Phong started in the lineup under the coordination of captain Tran Ky Anh, but the team from Ba Ria played very erratically.

Breakthrough by Cao Quoc Khanh (10, Dong Nai)

The absence of conductor Nguyen Thai Quoc Cuong made Ba Ria - Vung Tau's playing style lack any breakthrough. But the main thing is that Dong Nai played better, having learned many lessons from the defeat in the first division. They played close, aggressively and continuously made reasonable passes to Cao Hoang Tu and Cao Quoc Khanh to stir things up. From there, Nguyen Hoang Duy opened the score and center-back Bui Ngoc Thinh sealed the result 2-0 in the second half.

The joy of Dong Nai's victory over Ba Ria - Vung Tau

In the remaining match at Phu Tho Stadium, there was a rain of goals with 7 goals, in which the away team Long An scored 5 goals with a hat-trick by Le Thanh Phong and the remaining 2 goals for Cu Nguyen Khanh, Hoang Duong with a beautiful free kick. The home team had 2 goals by Viet Loc and Huy Hoang. This result shows that Phu Tho is facing many problems from the first division to the National Cup. If they continue to play at this rate, it will be difficult for the team to stay in the first division this season. The score of 5-2 once again affirmed the strength of coach Ngo Quang Sang and his team, bringing Long An to the next round.

Long An's high jump header against Phu Tho

On November 25, the National Cup will continue with the key match between Hanoi Police and LPBank HAGL (7:15 p.m.) and before that, the match between Da Nang and Hue (5 p.m.).

Long An (red shirt) won Phu Tho

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