On the evening of May 21, Hanoi Police Club played the second leg of the final against opponent Buriram United away. In the first leg, the two teams drew 2-2.
The representative of Vietnamese football had an extremely favorable game when they had 2 goals to lead the opponent thanks to pendent Quang Vinh and Leo Artur.
However, Buriram United's bravery was shown when they scored 2 consecutive goals to equalize the score in the final minutes of the match. Including Crispim's equalizer 2-2 with a very classy free kick but also controversial because of the time of this goal.
The referee informed us of the 4-minute extra time, however, the time Crispim scored was in the 90+8 minute, which was 4 minutes longer than the previous extra time. This led to controversy surrounding the referee's way of handling the game.
Talking to reporters, a FIFA-class referee who was a horn-playing player in the V.League said that this is completely understandable.
The match was announced to have only 4 minutes of extra time, however, during the 4 minutes of extra time, players who deliberately lay on the field to time-wasting, the main referee will depend on that time to continue adding more playing time.
After announcing the match with 4 minutes of extra time, Hanoi Police had 2 situations on the field of Xuan Thinh and Vitao after being fouled by the opponent, followed by an hour-long ball that led to a yellow card by goalkeeper Filip Nguyen.
The main referee may have relied on that to make the match longer than the first 4 minutes of extra time, and lead to Buriram United's equalizer of 2-2 being scored in the 90+8 minute," the referee said.
A 2-2 draw after 90 minutes, the two teams entered extra time. Buriram United scored a goal to make it 3-2 on the 11m mark but Alan then equalized the score to 3-3 in the final seconds of the match. Forced both teams to settle the losses on penalties.
In the end, Buriram United beat Hanoi Police 3-2 on the 11m mark to win the 2024-2025 Southeast Asian Cup C1 right at home.
