Hoang Duc was absent, The Cong Viettel shared points with Ho Chi Minh City Club

Ho Chi Minh City FC is rightly known as the team with the best defense in the V-League last season. This season, coach Phung Thanh Phuong's team successfully retained goalkeeper Patrik Le Giang, and added Vietnamese-American center-back Adriano Schmidt, helping to make their defense more solid.

The solid defense of Ho Chi Minh City Club in this match caused many difficulties for the stars of The Cong Viettel.

Goalkeeper Patrik Le Giang is steady in the goal of HCMC Club (Photo: Hai Long).

The first shot on target in this match belonged to Truong Tien Anh of The Cong Viettel. However, it was a hasty shot by Truong Tien Anh, because the defender of Ho Chi Minh City Club approached very quickly, leaving the away team's player with little time to adjust the ball.

The second successful shot also happened in the first half and still belonged to a Viettel The Cong player. That was the ball when the visiting team's foreign player Pedro Henrique dribbled and shot from about 25m, forcing goalkeeper Patrik Le Giang to make a difficult save.

Despite having many stars, The Cong Viettel cannot overwhelm Ho Chi Minh City Club (Photo: Hai Long).

Center back Adriano Schmidt (19) made his debut for Ho Chi Minh City Club in V-League (Photo: Hai Long).

After a somewhat inferior first half, Ho Chi Minh City FC played better in the second half. In particular, the two small but agile players Hoang Vinh Nguyen and Bui Ngoc Long of the home team continuously used their speed and technique to disrupt the defense of The Cong Viettel.

Ho Chi Minh City FC created a few notable shots in the second half, belonging to Vo Huy Toan and foreign player Sorga Erik. But these shots were not difficult enough to defeat goalkeeper Pham Van Phong of The Cong Viettel.

Hoang Duc almost disappeared among the defenders of HCMC Club (Photo: Hai Long).

On the other side of the field, The Cong Viettel's most anticipated star, Hoang Duc, played poorly, unable to create a breakthrough for the team under coach Nguyen Duc Thang.

Anyway, the 0-0 draw is an acceptable result for both teams, and this is a result that accurately reflects the developments of the match in round 1 of LPBank V-League 2024-25.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/hoang-duc-mo-nhat-the-cong-viettel-chia-diem-voi-clb-tphcm-20240915215140285.htm