Hanoi FC lost the first match in V-League 2023

Striker Rafaelson scored his second hat-trick in the V-League 2023, helping Binh Dinh block Hanoi's 14-match unbeaten streak in all competitions. Nguyen Duc Thang's army climbed to third, while Hanoi lost the top of the table to Thanh Hoa after round seven.

Hanoi entered the game better but had difficulty with the host's tight defense. The visitors' chances mainly came from individual efforts, dangerous with striker Pham Tuan Hai's breakthrough from the left border to the middle and then cutting his heart to the far corner, but goalkeeper Dang Van Lam threw himself out.

Busy attacking but scarce opportunities, Hanoi had to pay the price with the first goal in the 44th minute. From the ball in the away team's penalty area, Son took the opportunity to jump up to support his chest, turn the ball to eliminate center-back Nguyen Thanh Chung then sank diagonally to defeat goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan. This is the first match the 22-year-old goalkeeper started in the V-League, but conceded a goal.

Hanoi were determined to equalize in the second half and they did it just four minutes after the break. Van Quyet took a corner from the left to the second column for striker Lucao to head without being closely followed, bringing the ball to the near corner so that Van Lam could not turn back.

Bandovic Bozidar's army continued to encroach on the field and created a dangerous opportunity in the 57th minute, when defender Tran Van Kien crossed from the right for Lucao to head to the top corner, but Van Lam pushed the ball to save a beautiful save. .

Hanoi squandered the opportunity and once again had to pay the price in the 61st minute, after the poor entry of goalkeeper Van Chuan. From a cross on the right of Binh Dinh, Rafaelson came faster than the goalkeeper U23 Vietnam. The home striker touched the ball first, then fell when he was hit by Van Chuan.

Initially, referee Nguyen Manh Hai gave Binh Dinh a free kick, but line referee Nguyen Le Nguyen Thanh advised that the foul occurred in the penalty area. Mr. Manh Hai obeyed, so he changed his decision to blow the Hanoi penalty. The host audience responded to the referee's decision, before Rafaelson brought more joy with a penalty kick that sank to the left corner to defeat Van Chuan.

The Vietnam U23 goalkeeper made his forgettable debut, while the Vietnamese goalkeeper played prominently. In the 81st minute, Van Quyet crossed the ball from the right after the corner, letting center-back Bui Hoang Viet Anh hit the ground near the wall to the far corner. When the ball was about to fly over the goal line, Van Lam flew to push the ball to save.

Victory was guaranteed for the host in the second half, when midfielder Cao Van Trien crossed the ball for Rafaelson in the penalty area, facing the goalkeeper. He shot down the corner to complete a hat-trick, engulfed the defending champion, and rose to the top of this season's top scorer race with seven goals. This is the second time a player has scored a hat-trick this season, after Juvhel Tsoumou scored for the Hanoi Police before Binh Dinh himself in the first round.

In the eighth round, Binh Dinh went to Hanoi to meet Viettel on May 20, and Hanoi received Da Nang in Hang Day two days later.

Binh Dinh: Van Lam - Van Thanh, Schmidt, Ngoc Bao, Thanh Thinh - Hoang Anh (Duc Chinh 86), Van Trien, Van Thuan - Hong Quan (Tien Duy), Viktor Le (Tien Dat), Rafaelson.

Hanoi: Van Chuan - Tien Long (Xuan Tu 46), Viet Anh, Thanh Chung, Van Kien - Van Toan (Hai Long 46), Marco, Hung Dung - Van Quyet, Lucao, Tuan Hai.