18:30, Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi. T&T - Nay Pyi Taw: Win in 90 minutes!

Affirming that physical strength is not a problem for Hanoi T&T, Mr. Phan Thanh Hung, head coach of the capital team, did not hide his intention to instruct his players to try to resolve the match within 90 minutes to avoid having to play extra time or handing their fate to a series of risky penalty kicks.

Hanoi.T&T (left) determined to settle the match within 90 minutes. Photo: VSI

Since the AFC Cup group stage until now, Hanoi.T&T has never had the strongest squad for many different reasons, and today Hanoi.T&T also cannot field midfielder Van Hieu because he has not recovered from injury. Fortunately for coach Phan Thanh Hung, captain striker Gonzalo has returned in time and is sure to start in this afternoon's match.

According to coach Phan Thanh Hung, he has researched quite thoroughly about Nay Pyi Taw. Mr. Hung said: “Nay Pyi Taw is a team with a physical style of play, the 4 foreign players of this club are quite good and they are the backbone of this club. Nay Pyi Taw's forte tactic is defensive counter-attack.

For our part, Hanoi.T&T has home field advantage and we will try to make the most of this to win in the official 90 minutes of play. This is not an easy task but I believe Hanoi.T&T will be able to do it if we try hard.”

According to Mr. Hung, the goal of Hanoi.T&T is not only the round of 16, but the capital team wants to go as far as possible in the tournament. Mr. Hung affirmed: "The goal of reaching the quarter-finals or semi-finals of the AFC Cup is very feasible for us."

Meanwhile, Nay Pyi Taw coach Myo Hlaing Win was quite cautious when talking about the away team's chances of winning this afternoon's match. Mr. Myo Hlaing Win frankly said that he would play defensive counter-attacks against the home team, and he also revealed that he had fully calculated all possible situations in this match.

Although Nay Pyi Taw representatives said they had researched Hanoi.T&T quite thoroughly, it seems that the Myanmar team did not have the latest information about the capital team. The evidence is that Nay Pyi Taw captain goalkeeper Vanlal Hruai said that he only knew that Hanoi.T&T had 8 national players, which is not accurate information.

According to Thethaovanhoa.vn