How many chances does FLC Thanh Hoa have to win the championship?

(Baonghean.vn) - V.League 2017 has only 2 more rounds to go, the relegation ticket has called Long An's name, and the championship cup is a competition between 3 teams: Quang Nam FC, Hanoi FC and FLC Thanh Hoa.

According to the current situation, Quang Nam FC is the team with the biggest advantage in the race for the championship. With 45 points in hand, coach Hoang Van Phuc and his team are ahead of the two teams behind, Hanoi FC and FLC Thanh Hoa, by exactly 1 win.

If they only win 4/6 maximum points in the remaining 2 matches, the V.League 2017 trophy will belong to the home team Tam Ky. Even Thanh Trung and his teammates will be crowned champions 1 round early, if the Quang Nam team overcomes Hanoi FC in their away match at Hang Day Stadium in round 25.

FLC Thanh Hoa is very eager to win the 2017 V.League championship. Photo: The Son

This shows that the decisive power in the championship competition belongs to Quang Nam FC. That does not mean that Hanoi FC and FLC Thanh Hoa no longer have the opportunity to usurp the throne of the Quang Nam team. Theoretically, the capital team also has a not small chance of winning the throne.

Just need to win against Quang Nam FC in round 25 (with a difference of 2 goals or more) and overcome Than Quang Ninh in the final round, coach Chu Dinh Nghiem and his team will successfully defend the championship title. The goal is within reach of the Hang Day home team.

Compared to the two opponents Quang Nam FC and Hanoi FC, the Thanh team is in a much more difficult position, if not almost impossible. The necessary condition is that FLC Thanh Hoa must win all 6 points against Sanna Khanh Hoa and SLNA. The sufficient condition is that Quang Nam FC cannot win 3 points and Hanoi FC cannot get the maximum 6 points.

Considering the current situation, FLC Thanh Hoa is capable of fulfilling the necessary conditions, but the sufficient conditions seem impossible. In short, the 2017 V.League championship is unlikely to escape the hands of Quang Nam FC or Hanoi FC.

Objectively speaking, no matter what the score is in the match between Hanoi FC and Quang Nam FC, the team at the biggest disadvantage is still FLC Thanh Hoa. Don't forget, Quang Nam's opponent in round 26 is only Ho Chi Minh City FC, a team that no longer has a goal and is in extremely bad form.

Quang Nam, Hanoi and FLC Thanh Hoa are leading the V.League 2017 rankings.

Meanwhile, the last obstacle for Thanh Luong and his teammates is Than Quang Ninh, a team that has almost lost its strength after losing to Quang Nam FC. That's why coach Petrovic has been quite pessimistic about FLC Thanh Hoa's championship chances, after being held to a 1-1 draw by B.Binh Duong a few days ago.

The Serbian strategist admitted in disappointment: “That’s football. Today was a very unlucky match for us. The whole team played with great determination. I am very sad about this result, but I don’t blame the players because they played very well.

The team's chances of winning the championship have been greatly reduced, but we still fought until the last round. Coach Petrovic's statement is similar to the thoughts of most experts and football fans in the country.

Thus, it took a miracle for FLC Thanh Hoa to win the V.League championship this season. In football, there are always surprises, but in Vietnamese football, surprises often go hand in hand with the unusual.

It seems that even the most optimistic and surprise-loving people do not dare to believe that the Thanh team can create a spectacular overthrow against Quang Nam FC and Hanoi FC - 2 teams related to Mr. Hien. There are still 2 more rounds to go, but the public has already imagined the 2017 V.League champion, because the 'cards are turned over' is quite clear. The only problem is how dramatic and difficult those matches will be, and whether they will be convincing enough for the audience or not./.

Thanh Hung