Viettel - CAHN: An early championship opportunity for rookie V-League

Hanoi police are leading the table with 34 points, two points ahead of Hanoi FC and Viettel, and Thanh Hoa is fourth with four points less. The rookie team of V-League 2023 will win the championship soon, if they beat Viettel, and Hanoi FC draws or loses at Thanh Hoa stadium in the penultimate round match series this afternoon, August 12.

If this scenario happens, the V-League will see a newly promoted team go straight to the championship for the second time. HAGL is the only team to have achieved that feat with the golden generation Kiatisuk, Chukiat, Dusit, Sakda, Nguyen Huu Dang, Vo Van Hanh, Pham Minh Duc, Phi Hung ... 2003.

However, Viettel promises to be a big challenge for the scenario that the Hanoi Police are expecting. In phase I, Viettel won this match with a score of 2-1.

The match between two teams related to the police and military sectors sparked the competition in the national championship before 2000 between the Hanoi Police and The Cong, with the uncompromising battles of the champions. Vietnamese football stars. After more than 20 years, Hang Day yard is still a "witness" to history and will be back in the hot air any day with the audience forecasted to be full of viewers.

Immediately after the promotion, the Hanoi Police spent heavily, carrying out a series of billions of recruitment cases to fill the limitations on the quality of personnel - gameplay, speeding up the ambition to conquer the throne. Viettel also had a period of heavy spending in the transfer market to win the V-League 2020, before focusing on the players who came up from the training camp. This season, after an unstable start, Viettel blundered forward thanks to its cohesive and solid defensive play. Little attention, but Viettel gradually entered the championship race that seemed to revolve around Hanoi Police, Hanoi FC and Thanh Hoa.

Given the importance and tension of the match, the tournament organizers were approved by FIFA to use video assistant referee (VAR) technology, although this went against the original recommendation of avoiding related matches. to the championship race. However, this decision is strongly supported to ensure the highest possible fairness for a nail game.