In the first leg of the final at Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi Police Club unfortunately lost the advantage when they were held to a 2-2 draw by opponent Buriram United.
Coach Polking's team took the lead twice thanks to goals from Leo Artur and Alan. However, the representative of the Golden Temple country tried to level the gap with the goals of foreign players Good and Zulj.
Unable to win caused Quang Hai and his teammates to face difficulties when they had to visit Buriram United in the second leg of the final.
Statistics show that Buriram has played very well at home this season. In 15 home matches alone, they have only lost 2 matches against Port FC and Pathum United. Meanwhile, in the Thai League Cup and FA Cup, coach Omar Loss and his team also won all.
In the Southeast Asian Cup C1, Theerathon Bunmathan and his teammates were also unbeaten at Chang Arena with 3 wins and 1 draw. They beat Kayo-Iloilo (Philippines) 7-0, Borneo (Indonesia) 4-0 and Kuala Lumpur 1-0. In the second leg of the semi-final, Buriram United drew 0-0 with Pathum United after winning 3-1 away.
Before the decisive match, coach Polking said: "It is difficult to say anything in a top -notch match like this. We will not have much change in the match approach, however, the draw in the first leg makes us face a little disadvantage. The goal of the whole team is to overcome that challenge to win and bring glory to Vietnamese fans."
The match between Hanoi Police and Buriram United takes place at 7:30 p.m. today (May 21) and will be broadcast live on FPT Play.
Live link:
https://fptplay.vn/su-kien/buriram-united-cong-an-ha-noi-682721392c2295070f3977e1?event=event&type=highlight