Nguyen Cong Phuong becomes the best domestic striker of V.League 2018

Striker Cong Phuong has caught up with Tien Linh of B.Binh Duong to become the two best domestic strikers of V.League 2018 with 11 goals scored up to now, ranking 4th in the list of top scorers of the season after Oseni of Hanoi (14 goals), Hoang Vu Samson of Hanoi (13 goals), Toure Youssouf of S.Khanh Hoa and Wander Luiz of XSKT Can Tho (both 12 goals).

Returning from the 2018 Asian Games, in the last 2 matches, Cong Phuong scored for HAGL but sadly, those were both matches where the team from the Mountain City lost 3-5 to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi FC. More broadly, up to round 23, HAGL had 4 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws in the times Cong Phuong scored.

Cong Phuong has become more and more mature since V.League 2015. Graphics: Trung Kien

Of the 11 goals Cong Phuong has scored so far, 5 have come from penalty kicks. In the last two matches, Cong Phuong has scored from the 11m mark. The goal that reduced the score to 2-4 for HAGL last night even required 2 shots for Cong Phuong to score against the Capital team. Cong Phuong is not at his most confident when standing in front of the 11m penalty kick.

Since joining the HAGL first team in the V.League, this is the season Cong Phuong has scored the most goals. In his first season, the Nghe An striker only scored 6 goals. Last season, after returning from Japan, Cong Phuong scored 7 goals. Not only scoring goals, Cong Phuong also showed maturity in his playing style. He played lower, sacrificed and played more of a creative role than becoming a star on the striker line.

Players Nguyen Quang Hai, Ha Duc Chinh, Phan Van Duc, teammates of Cong Phuong at Olympic Vietnam, have 9 goals in V.League 2018, ranking right behind Cong Phuong.

If we only count HAGL, behind Cong Phuong this season are Van Toan (7 goals), Minh Vuong (6 goals), and Luong Xuan Truong (4 goals). Up to now, HAGL has scored 38 goals and is the club with the third most goals in the tournament after Hanoi (67 goals) and FLC Thanh Hoa (39 goals).

LIST OF GOAL SCORERS

1. Player scored 16 goals:

- Hanoi: Oseni Ganiyu Bolaji (90).

2. Player scored 13 goals:

- Hanoi: Hoang Vu O.Samson (39).

- Quang Ninh Coal: Teofilo Soares Eydison (99).

3. Player scored 12 goals:

- Becamex Binh Duong: Nguyen Tien Linh (22).

- Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN: Toure Youssouf (21).

- XSKT Can Tho: Wander Luiz Queiroz Dias (68).

4. Player scored 11 goals:

- Hoang Anh Gia Lai: Nguyen Cong Phuong (10).

5. Player scored 10 goals:

- FLC Thanh Hoa: Pape Omar Faye (20).

- Saigon: Da Sylva Dominique (15).

6. Player scored 9 goals:

- Hanoi: Nguyen Quang Hai (19).

- SHB Da Nang: Ha Duc Chinh (26).

- Song Lam Nghe An: Phan Van Duc (20).

- Ho Chi Minh City: Matias Nicolas J.Gonzalez (68).

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