Round 2 V.League 2021: Order turned upside down

Championship contenders continue to lose points

Returning to play at home at Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi FC continued to disappoint when they lost 1-2 to Binh Duong, thereby remaining stuck at the bottom of the rankings with no wins after the first two rounds. This is the worst start in the club's history since being promoted to the professional level.

Hanoi FC's stars continue to lose. Photo: VPF

Even Viettel FC had a very difficult start. The defending champion of V.League 2021 only got 1 point at Thanh Hoa stadium with a dull goalless draw. The poor performance of Hanoi and Viettel is forecasting a very unpredictable season.

Hai Phong Club becomes a phenomenon

The second round continued to witness the dream start of Hai Phong FC. Despite not having any stars in the squad, with quality foreign players and a reasonable playing style, Hai Phong continued to defeat Nam Dinh FC with a score of 3-2 at home.

Hai Phong Club rose to No. 1 position. Photo: VPF

With 6 points after 2 matches, Hai Phong has taken the throne from Nam Dinh, leading the V.League 2021 rankings. In addition to Hai Phong, B. Binh Duong and SHB Da Nang are the teams that have won all after the first 2 matches. Of which, only the Han River team has not conceded a single goal.

SLNA and HL Ha Tinh received bitter fruit

The second round witnessed the bad luck of the two teams SLNA and HL Ha Tinh.SLNAleading against HAGL, had to play with one less man because of Thai Ba Sang's second yellow card and then lost 1-2. Meanwhile, HL Ha Tinh also lost to Ho Chi Minh City Club because center back Kelly Oahimijie was sent off early.

HL Ha Tinh Club suffered a painful defeat at Thong Nhat Stadium due to a loss of players. Photo: VPF

Teams like HAGL and Ho Chi Minh City Club thereby had their first victories in V.League 2021. The decisions of referees Ngo Duy Lan and Nguyen Ngoc Chau in the above two matches were both accurate but still left much controversy.

Domestic strikers shine

In the colors of HAGL, SHB Da Nang and B. Binh Duong, players Van Toan, Duc Chinh and Tien Linh are in quite good form. If Van Toan was the player who decided the 2-1 victory for HAGL, Duc Chinh had a good match, directly assisting his teammates to score and Tien Linh contributed to helping B. Binh Duong win 3 valuable points on the away field.

Strikers Tien Linh and Van Toan scored their first goals in V.League 2021. Photo: VPF

The most surprising thing is the extremely impressive performance ofNguyen Phu NguyenIn the Hai Phong Club shirt, the former SLNA player scored consecutively in the past 2 rounds. Thereby, together with foreign players like Rodrigo or Eydison, he leads the scoring list.

Thanh Hoa stadium surface criticized as ugly

In the first round, Vinh Stadium was criticized by coach Duc Thang of Binh Dinh Club for being ugly. This time, Thanh Hoa Stadium is being criticized for its poor quality. The match between Thanh Hoa and Viettel also took place with very low professional quality. The poor quality of the field was one of the factors that caused Viettel's Duc Chien to get injured and leave the field early. On the contrary, Thong Nhat Stadium and Hang Day Stadium appeared smoothly on television.

V.League 2021 rankings after 2 rounds. Photo: VPF

Playing with one less man, SLNA lost to HAGL in Pleiku

(Baonghean.vn) - Playing with one more player for most of the match against SLNA, HAGL had their first victory in V.League 2021 when they came from behind to defeat the Nghe An team at home in Pleiku in round 2.