Newcomer Hong Linh Ha Tinh continues to borrow Vinh Stadium as home field in V.League 2020

Ha Tinh Stadium has been renovated and upgraded since last season with a capacity of about 20,000 seats. However, the home field of Hong Linh Ha Tinh Club has not yet been equipped with lighting, a requirement for football fields serving Vietnam's top tournaments.

V.League 2020 will open on March 7, which means less than 20 days to go, Ha Tinh is racing against time to put the lighting system into operation. However, according to information from Song Lam Nghe An Club, Ha Tinh team leaders have discussed with the team to rent Vinh Stadium as their home stadium for the first matches.

Vinh Stadium will continue to be the place Hong Linh Ha Tinh chooses as its home stadium. Photo: Xuan Thuy

Mr. Ho Van Chiem - Executive Director of SLNA Club said: "Although the official document has not been sent yet, the leaders of Hong Linh Ha Tinh Club have made preliminary inquiries with the team about borrowing Vinh Stadium as their home field for the first 2-3 matches."

After winning the 2019 First Division Championship, Hong Linh Ha Tinh Club was officially promoted to V.League 2020 and brought in notable new players such as Le Tan Tai from B. Binh Duong, Le Manh Dung from SLNA. In the opening match, Hong Linh Ha Tinh will host SHB Da Nang Club.

Vinh Stadium is currently also classified as a substandard football field as required by VFF. The lighting system of Vinh Stadium only averages 382 lux, not meeting the minimum requirement of 900 lux. Recently, some technical staff have measured Vinh Stadium but the time to upgrade the field surface as well as the lighting system is still unclear.

Before the V.League 2020, there were many football fields that were invested in upgrading such as Cam Pha Stadium of Than Quang Ninh with a total investment of 163 billion VND. Currently, V.League still has many football fields with poor quality grass such as Thanh Hoa Stadium, Vinh Stadium or Hoa Xuan Stadium of SHB Da Nang Club.

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(Baonghean.vn) - The quality of Vinh's pitch is at an alarming level ahead of V.League 2020 and this is one of the problems facing SLNA Club. Not only do the home team's players get injured during training and matches because the pitch is too hard, but it also makes the away team's players frustrated.