HAGL suffered a crushing defeat on the field of bottom team Can Tho

Can Tho drew and lost all six rounds, but played brilliantly in round 7 of V-League 2015 this afternoon, February 7, when they won 3-1, with a hat-trick by Van Thang in the first 60 minutes.

Can Tho created a number of scoring opportunities and took a 1-0 lead from the 27th minute thanks to a bicycle kick volley by Van Thang. But the first half was still a relatively balanced match, as HAGL were not too outmatched and only failed to equalize because the goalpost denied a shot by Tuan Anh.

Cong Phuong was lackluster in today's match. He still had some technical moves, but did not bring any breakthroughs for HAGL. Photo: Duong Thu.

But in the second half, within just the first 15 minutes, the young players from Pleiku collapsed quickly. Van Thang played as a midfielder, but continued to have a good scoring streak when he successively punished HAGL's defensive errors to score two goals in a row from the 51st to the 60th minute, completing his hat-trick, and considered to have decided the fate of the match early.

HAGL's efforts and adjustments from the coaching staff only helped HAGL play a little better in the last 30 minutes, helping them get an honorable goal thanks to Hoang Thien - a player who came on from the bench and was not part of the first batch of talents from the HAGL Arsenal JMG Academy.

HAGL's biggest problem, as their previous losses have shown, continues to lie in the monotonous playing style and immaturity of the young players who are being tested for the first time in a tough, adult playground like the V-League.

Coach Graechen still lets his players approach the game with an attacking style, based on short to medium-range coordination, focusing on the middle. This style of play once helped the young HAGL players make a strong impression when they were the core of the national U19 team and the HAGL U19 team won the international U21 tournament last year. But in the V-League, opponents study this style of play very carefully and easily counter it, so that almost every match since the beginning of the 2015 season has become a torture for Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh and their teammates.

According to VNE