Hong Linh Ha Tinh and surprises at V.League 2023

After struggling to stay in the V.League 2022, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team entered the 2023 season with doubts from experts. However,Hong Linh Ha Tinhhas had many transformations to bring many interesting surprises in this year's season.

This is thanks to the careful preparation in terms of personnel when successfully retaining central defender Janclesio Almeida Santos and adding 2 quality foreign players, Diallo Abdoulaye and Jose Paulo Pinto. This trio is the indispensable "backbone" of Hong Linh Ha Tinh. In addition, Hong Linh Ha Tinh's domestic force has also become more notable with the excellence of factors such as Bui Van Duc, Vu Quang Nam and Nguyen Ngoc Thang. Along with that, the strategic talent of captain Nguyen Thanh Cong has created an "annoying" Hong Linh Ha Tinh in V.League 2023.



That was partly proven after the end of phase 1 of V.League 2023, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team excellently won 8th place on the rankings, thereby entering the championship group in phase 2. To achieve that achievement, Hong Linh Ha Tinh had victories against Hai Phong Club, Becamex Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City Club or Topenland Binh Dinh. Along with that were draws against quite tough opponents such as Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Viettel Club orLam River Nghe AnCoach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team only lost to the three leading teams: Hanoi Police, Hanoi Club and Dong A Thanh Hoa.

And strangely, all 3 teams that won against Hong Linh Ha Tinh in the first phase of V.League 2023 unexpectedly lost points to this team in the second phase. First was Hanoi Police, the team that easily won against Hong Linh Ha Tinh with a score of 4-2 in the first phase. However, in the first match of the second phase, the Police team had to bitterly share points with coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team after being equalized in the 87th minute.

Another team that seemed to easily get 3 points against Hong Linh Ha Tinh was Hanoi Club. However, after taking the lead twice, the capital team was quickly equalized by Hong Linh Ha Tinh. If they were luckier, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team could have even won all 3 points against the reigning V.League champions.

And most recently, Dong A Thanh Hoa, the team had to work very hard to get 1 point to leave Ha Tinh Stadium. In contrast to the resounding 4-1 victory in the first phase, coach Popov and his team could not dominate the difficult playing style of coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team. And if they had made better use of the advantage of having more players, Hong Linh Ha Tinh could have completely successfully paid back the debt they owed in the first phase.

However, with this draw, Hong Linh Ha Tinh has proven itself to be a tough obstacle when making all 13 other teams stumble at least once in V.League 2023. This is a proud achievement of Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team in the context of the team's strength being only ranked at the mid-level this season.

Hopefully, Hong Linh Ha Tinh will continue to make progress in the coming time to achieve more success in the 2023-2024 season./.