HAGL has to rely on a last-minute penalty to overcome An Giang in the National Cup photo: Huu Pham HAGL “howling” On the Pleiku field, forecasts were all about an easy victory for HAGL in the match against An Giang. Coach Kiatisuk Senamuang’s team is leading the LS V-League 2021 with 25 points after 10 matches. They have a series of 9 unbeaten matches, including up to 6 consecutive victories. In contrast, An Giang is at the bottom of the First Division table. In front of an underrated opponent, coach Kiatisuk Senamuang took off the main team of HAGL except for the position of midfielder Huu Tuan. In addition to the 3 foreign soldiers such as Brandao, Kim Dong Su and Memovic that are not used according to the National Cup regulations, the players with the highest performance of HAGL such as Cong Phuong, Van Toan, Luong Xuan Truong … all attended. be. With home advantage, HAGL soon overwhelmed An Giang right from the start. However, the HAGL attack line proved to be quite deadlocked before the large defensive play of An Giang. In the first half, HAGL only created a really dangerous situation in the 16th minute when Bao Toan finished the ball and hit the visitors’ post after the assist of Chau Ngoc Quang. The rest of the time, the HAGL strikers, despite the efforts, could not reach the visitors’ goal. At the beginning of the second half, coach Kiatisuk launched Tuan Anh on the pitch to replace Dong Trieu to increase creativity for the midfield. HAGL’s ball lanes were sharper, but the real opportunity still didn’t come. Suddenly happened in the 72nd minute when Van Hop finished tossing the roof of the home team’s net. Before that, An Giang had a quick counterattack on the right wing before the ball was thrown inside. The early defeat made coach Kiatisuk and BHL home team startled. Six minutes later, coach Kiatisuk sent four players Van Toan, Minh Vuong, Nguyen Trung Dai Duong and Van Thanh into the field to increase their attack power. HAGL pushes up the squad to put pressure on the opponent. In the 85th minute, Van Toan was fouled in the penalty area and brought a penalty of 11 meters to HAGL. On the penalty spot, Van Thanh defeated goalkeeper Thanh Nha, bringing a 1-1 equalizer for HAGL. HAGL’s 2-1 victory was set in the 90 + 1 minute with a goal from Nguyen Trung Dai Duong. The struggling victory against An Giang will probably help coach Kiatisuk to have more “data” to prepare for the HAGL in the front stage. Enemy forces, exhaustion Also in the afternoon, the first round of the National Cup had 4 other matches, including: Pho Hien-Song Lam Nghe An, SHB Da Nang-Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Hong Linh Ha Tinh-CAND and Can Tho-Becamex Binh Duong. Due to having to put effort into the V-League front, which is fierce, the V-League representatives all keep the pillars on the bench. In addition, since the First Division teams do not use foreign soldiers, the V-League teams must also let foreign soldiers outside. This has significantly reduced the strength of the V-League teams. At Hoa Xuan Stadium, SHB Da Nang only won 1-0 against Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Song Lam Nghe An even disappointed when he lost 0-1 to Pho Hien. Similarly, Becamex Binh Duong was held 1-1 by Can Tho, and then lost 2-4 in the penalty shootout. Hong Linh Ha Tinh is the only representative of the V-League to win convincingly, with a score of 4-2 against CAND. The central team, after breaking up with coach Pham Minh Duc, is playing excitedly under the guidance of coach Nguyen Thanh Cong. Today, the first round of the National Cup will continue with 4 other matches between Dak Lak-Dong A Thanh Hoa, Binh Dinh-Long An, Quang Nam-Saigon and Hai Phong-Binh Phuoc. The opening ceremony will take place at Quy Nhon Stadium in the match between host Binh Dinh and Long An. According to the announcement from the Organizer, this match will hold a lucky draw for fans with a reward of 1 Bamboo Airways domestic ticket worth 5 million VND. The best player in the match will receive 2 domestic flight tickets with 1 Bamboo Airways First Class card worth VND 85 million. Sponsorship news

This is the first time in many years that Hoang Anh Gia Lai has hosted Hanoi FC as the top team of the V-League.

If Hoang Anh Gia Lai does not win the V-League 2021, they do not know when they will be able to add a third star to the chest as coach Kiatisuk’s dream when receiving the vote of Germany to return to his second homeland. . The Thai strategist is in the hands of self-determination and never felt that the German football team was just as good and lucky as the present, the converging factors to bring them to the top of glory this season.

What happened in Pleiku in the last 9 round reinforces the opinion of experts about the ups and downs of football. From seeming to have to accept a draw as a loss, Hoang Anh Gia Lai was able to decide the victory at the moment of dramatic to suffocating. This makes the Hoang Anh Gia Lai brand more attractive and the fans pay more attention.

The team of “Zico Thai” was ice on top of the V-League, but they had to beat the defending National Cup champion to come closer to the 2021 V-League championship. V-League champion Viettel in round 5 and now, they need to confirm their strength by 3 points against Hanoi FC. Bau Hien has never seen his team decline as it is after decades of domination at the top. And it also took 7 years, under the strategic talent of Kiatisuk, Hoang Anh Gia Lai to see his golden childhood every day.

Hanoi FC only beat Hoang Anh Gia Lai, hoping to get closer to the top 6, thereby continuing to dream of racing in the remaining 8 matches of the season.

The capital team has just regained a little morale after winning Than Quang Ninh, but for observers, it is not enough when the opponent has seriously weakened before the ball rolled because of internal problems. Hoang Anh Gia Lai is really a heavy measure for the revival of coach Hoang Van Phuc. And vice versa, Hanoi FC may be Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s biggest challenge on the way to win the first leg and possibly the entire 2021 season.

Hanoi FC is being supported by history when it is unbeaten in Pleiku in the last 3 years. V-League 2019, the two teams drew both rounds from the V-League to the National Cup, but Hanoi FC still eliminated Hoang Anh Gia Lai when playing the cup to win the championship. In 2018 and 2020, Hanoi FC beat Hoang Anh Gia Lai all 4 times with a total score of 17-3.

But the peak cycle of Hanoi FC is actually showing signs of decline from 2020 to this year. And the departure of coach Chu Dinh Nghiem is a strong shock to Hien’s ambition to return to the top of the V-League.

The intense schedule in the context of epidemics and the urgent need for the national team to focus Hanoi FC struggled right from the starting line. The process of recruiting foreign soldiers of Hanoi FC was problematic and when the fortunes were not supported, it can be seen that the injury, the decline of the pillars made everything drift too far out of the reach of elected Hien.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai is showing effective football and defying every defense. Although actively defending, the opponent was also pierced by Hoang Anh Gia Lai by the shine of the stars or luck nearby. With the number of goals lost (6) less than 3 times the number of goals, Hoang Anh Gia Lai is leading the V-League. When Hanoi FC did not have time to “patch” foreign soldiers and recover, Hoang Anh Gia Lai had the advantage of promoting the maturity and uniform performance of the whole squad.

If he wins Hanoi FC at this time, Hoang Anh Gia Lai can “hit 2 targets with 1 arrow” when approaching the championship, again causing his heavy competition with him out of the top 6 right after the first leg.

Experts predict that Hoang Anh Gia Lai with the current relegation officially relegated, they need to win 5 more home games, the throne will come to Pleiku again after 17 years of waiting. There are many motivations for coach Kiatisuk’s teachers and teachers and if Hoang Anh Gia Lai does not beat Hanoi FC at this time, there will be a long wait.