HAGL decline
Before the match at Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Club and HAGL were close to each other on the rankings. After 14 matches, HAGL Club has 17 points, ranked 9th. Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh City Club is one point behind HAGL and ranked 11th. With only 4 and 3 points above the "red light" group, both HAGL and Ho Chi Minh City understand that the heat is blowing right behind them. Therefore, the match between the two teams is considered no different from a "6-point" match, which can greatly affect the race of the lower group.
Notably, before this match, the future of HAGL Club star Minh Vuong is still a big question mark. The midfielder born in 1995 is rumored to leave HAGL Club in the mid-season transfer of V-League 2024 - 2025 to find a new challenge. Despite that, Minh Vuong is still trusted by HAGL Club's coaching staff and is placed in the starting lineup.
Minh Vuong still plays in the middle of the "storm of news" about leaving HAGL Club
In the opposite direction, Ho Chi Minh City Club chose to play an attacking style right after the opening whistle. Coach Phung Thanh Phuong's students deployed a variety of attacks such as long shots, long passes and crosses from both sides. In the 8th minute, Joao Pedro fired a powerful shot from a distance of nearly 25 meters, but fortunately for HAGL, goalkeeper Vu Hai played focused and successfully blocked it.
However, Joao Pedro did not have to regret for too long because in a corner kick situation 1 minute later, Ho Chi Minh City Club found the opening goal. The player who brought joy to the home team was defender Manh Cuong with an accurate close-range header.
After the opening goal, the “Red Battleship” maintained the initiative and forced HAGL Club to retreat deep into their home field. Ho Chi Minh City Club did not rush to attack but played slowly to stretch out HAGL’s formation. In the final minutes of the first half, Ho Chi Minh City Club had 2 more scoring opportunities but the home team’s strikers lacked accuracy in their shots.
Manh Cuong helped Ho Chi Minh City FC take the lead with an easy header.
Conceding a goal, HAGL changed their playing style and tried to attack in the second half. Compared to the first half, the away team held the ball up to 60% and continuously pressured Ho Chi Minh City FC in the first 20 minutes. Coach Le Quang Trai's players mainly used high crosses, taking advantage of the good aerial ability of foreign players such as Brandao and Marciel. However, Ho Chi Minh City FC's defense still played with concentration and did not have much difficulty in resolving the situation.
As for Minh Vuong, the midfielder of HAGL Club had a very hard-working second half. The player wearing the number 10 jersey actively moved and also often took long-range shots. In the 75th minute, Minh Vuong fired a very strong shot, close to the penalty area of HCMC Club but unfortunately the ball went out.
On the other side of the front line, Ho Chi Minh City Club chose a defensive counter-attacking style of play in the second half. HAGL played slowly, sending defensive-minded players like Thanh Long and Lam Thuan onto the field. The score of 1-0 was also maintained by coach Phung Thanh Phuong and his team until the end of the match.
Winning the important match with HAGL by a minimum, Ho Chi Minh City FC has 19 points, rising to 8th place. Meanwhile, HAGL FC has 17 points, falling to 10th place. More notably, this is the 3rd loss in the last 4 matches of the mountain town team.
Recently, there has been a rumor that PVF-CAND recruited Minh Vuong with a "huge" transfer fee. After the round 15 match, Minh Vuong shared: "During this time, I still try to focus, very focused on HAGL".
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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/minh-vuong-nhat-nhoa-giua-bao-tin-roi-doi-hagl-thua-dau-tphcm-nguy-co-rot-hang-185250302190726251.htm
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