Tien Linh scores impressive goal, but Binh Duong Club is further and further away from the championship race

Tien Linh leads the scoring list in V-League 2024 - 2025 with 11 goals

Photo: Ngoc Linh

Tien Linh leads the scoring list, but Binh Duong Club's dream of winning the championship is shattered.

In round 18, striker Nguyen Tien Linh continued to score for Binh Duong Club, defeating Bui Tien Dung with an accurate shot from the 11m mark. That was his 11th goal, helping him continue to lead the scoring list in V-League 2024 - 2025, leaving behind foreign strikers.

However, on a day when the midfield could not consistently and effectively receive the ball into the penalty area, Tien Linh was like "one swallow does not make a spring" to help Binh Duong Club win against the bottom team Da Nang .

Another disastrous misstep by the Southeast team, during the season they not only lost to big names like Hanoi Police (CAHN), The Cong Viettel , Hanoi... but also continuously lost points to relegation-threatened teams like Da Nang (2 times), SLNA, HAGL...

Vi Hao's absence significantly affects Binh Duong Club's attacking power.

Photo: Kha Hoa

It must also be said that Binh Duong FC is at a disadvantage when two national players, Ho Tan Tai and Bui Vi Hao, are seriously injured and will have to wait until next season to be able to compete again. But playing at home and not winning against the worst team in V-League is really disappointing.

Basically, the reason for this decline comes from many reasons, including the lack of stability in the head coach and coaching staff, the quality gap between the main and reserve squads, especially the quality of foreign players is always below expectations.

Like in the match against Da Nang Club, striker Timite entered the field in the second half and played poorly, no different from the previous foreign players of the team in the land of Thu such as Wallington Nem, or Onoja Joseph, Atshimene Charles, Olsen Nicholas, Coelho Vinicius... who came and went without fanfare.

The championship cup is still in the North?

Midfielder Minh Khoa is playing better and better.

Ngoc Linh

After round 18, Binh Duong Club is temporarily ranked 7th with 25 points, right in the middle of the rankings when V-League 2024 - 2025 has only 8 more matches to end. At this time, coach Nguyen Cong Manh and his team are 10 points behind the top team Nam Dinh, and can be considered almost eliminated from the championship race.

The current champions Nam Dinh are currently competing with Hanoi FC (31 points), Viettel The Cong (30 points) or slightly lower, Hanoi Police (28 points) - all of which are based in the North.

It is not difficult to see the prospect that the championship trophy will once again stay in the North, in Nam Dinh City or the capital Hanoi, which have always provided V-League champions since the coronation of Quang Nam Club in 2017.

Tien Linh has repeatedly shared that he wants to win a championship title with Binh Duong Club.

Photo: Dong Nghi

For Binh Duong Club, this will be the 10th season without a V-League title since their most recent championship in the 2015 season, under the late coach Le Thuy Hai and the fighting team dubbed "Vietnamese Chelsea".

But perhaps the team considered the leading flag of Southern football will have to wait a little longer if it wants to regain the past glory of one of the most successful teams in V-League history.

They have talented strikers like Tien Linh and some quality talents like Vi Hao, Ngoc Hai, Viet Cuong, Minh Khoa... but will have to improve some other important factors if they want to create a monopoly like before, with 2 championship doubles in the 2007-2008 and 2014-2015 seasons.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tien-linh-ghi-ban-an-tuong-nhung-clb-binh-duong-ngay-cang-xa-cuoc-dua-vo-dich-185250414202219054.htm