Round 5 V.League: Violence reigns
(Baonghean.vn) - With 4 red cards, the 5th round of V.League had many matches on the field, most notably at Lach Tray Stadium in the reception of SHB.Da Nang. SLNA played fiercely again during the 10 vs 11 match at Vinh Stadium and forced Thanh Hoa to stay at the bottom of the rankings.
In this round, the only home team B.Binh Duong lost to Ho Chi Minh City FC 2-3, a victory that was enough for Chung Hae-Seong and his team to climb to the top of the table. Veteran Anh Duc had a fierce match after the departure of coach Minh Chien, it seemed that the 2-2 draw would help the home team at Go Dau Stadium get 1 point, but Silva scored in the extra time to take all 3 points. Ho Chi Minh City FC spent 20 thousand USD/month to hire the Korean coach, which has paid off early in the season.
Give gifts to the audience
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| Van Toan gave 2 goals to HAGL fans on his birthday. Photo: VPF |
The two national players Quang Hai and Van Toan both had birthdays in this round, but only Van Toan, with a double against Than Quang Ninh, had complete joy. At 19/8 Nha Trang Stadium, the Hanoi players still played well, but their foreign players Omar and Oseni were caught by S.Khanh Hoa and were also quite unlucky in some situations, so they had to accept a draw. The 0-0 score only helped coach Chu Dinh Nghiem and his team to second place in the rankings.
Being pushed into a corner, coach Duong Minh Ninh decided to play a style of football that served Van Toan. In the afternoon of full energy, the national team player played brilliantly, scoring 2 goals, and player Trieu Viet Hung scored the remaining goal. Being down 3-0, the players of Than Quang Ninh rose up and played extremely tough, 4 yellow cards and Lastro Neven's red card only brought 2 goals, leaving the mountain town empty-handed. HAGL's joy would have been more complete if midfielder Trieu Viet Hung had not suffered an eye injury and had to be taken to Ho Chi Minh City for treatment overnight.
The home team Viettel is not stronger than Nam Dinh but they have national team player Bui Tien Dung, in addition to his defensive duties, this central defender also knows how to score goals. The young players of Nam Dinh made some basic mistakes in marking, when they turned their faces towards their own goal, unintentionally creating an opportunity for Tien Dung to score and bring home 3 points.
Thanh Hoa and Quang Nam are in danger.
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| Referee Tran Trung Hieu became famous when instead of giving a red card to Nguyen Huu Phuc (SHB.Da Nang) after a tackle on Au Van Hoan, he sent off Trinh Van Loi. Photo: VPF |
Surprisingly, SLNA played better despite losing a player early on when Marcio received a red card in the 8th minute. The Vinh Stadium audience "saw the fire again" in the plays of Khac Ngoc, Van Binh and Dinh Dong. Although Khac Ngoc was the player who scored from the penalty spot and was voted the best player of the match, Dinh Dong was the player who made Thanh Hoa struggle. Thanh Hoa was stuck at the bottom of the rankings, leaving many worries for the fans when they played 80 minutes with more players but could not score a goal.
It seemed like Quang Nam would have their first win of the season when Dinh Viet Tu scored an early goal. While the “reinforcement” from Nam Dinh scored for Quang Nam, Ngo Xuan Toan, the player who left Vinh Stadium to join Saigon, equalized for the new team.
This was a round where the foreign players of all teams did not play well. Da Sylva Dominique, Pedro Paulo of the host Saigon and Junior Claudecir, Gabriel Dos Santos of Quang Nam all played below their ability and appeared harmless.
Card record
The match between Hai Phong and SHB.Da Nang just broke the record of the match between Viettel and Hanoi when there were 2 red cards for Huu Phuc and Tien Dung and 4 yellow cards, although the score was only 1-1. The home players such as Thanh Long, Quoc Trung, Huu Phuc did not spare Duc Chinh, Tuan Anh and Au Van Hoan. Of course, the students of coach Le Huynh Duc are also not easy, they gave each other a piece of cake as if playing at home.
Referee Tran Trung Hieu became famous when instead of giving a red card to Nguyen Huu Phuc (SHB.Da Nang) after a tackle on Au Van Hoan, he sent off Trinh Van Loi. Fortunately, the linesmen discovered this and in the end, Huu Phuc was still the one who had to leave the field. However, this indecisive decision of the referee team along with the tense atmosphere at Lach Tray Stadium made the rest of the match become more of a martial arts competition than a football match.
