Due to objective conditions, The Cong Viettel club had to borrow Hang Day Stadium to compete in round 20 of V.League 2024-2025. temporarily "squeezing" My Dinh Stadium - where poor quality grass is constantly criticized, the army team encountered another problem.
In fact, The Cong Viettel's plan to change the field directly affects another team, specifically the Hanoi Police club.
The "fire-fighting" plan of the V.League 2019 champion faced opposition. Hanoi Police proposed that The Cong Viettel change to another stadium due to concerns about the quality of Hang Day Stadium.
If The Cong Viettel plays here - with the consent of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, Hang Day Stadium will go through a "struggling" week to serve 3 matches, including 2 matches in the V.League and the 2024-2025 Southeast Asian Cup C1.
It is possible to sympathize with the concerns of the Hanoi Police, especially in the context of the weather in the North began to have early summer rains. Organizing 3 matches within a week, not to mention the getting used to the pitch is too thick. The recovery and guarantee of the pitch to compete in such time is very difficult.
If the quality of Hang Day grass surface does not meet the standard, AFF can ask the Hanoi Police to move to the spare field to play the Southeast Asia tournament. Surprisingly, the "option B" was registered by the Vietnamese team with AFF before the tournament is ... My Dinh Stadium - where the grass is worse and difficult to organize the match in this period.
Meanwhile, The Cong Viettel also has a reason not to change the loan plan of Hang Day Stadium. After receiving the approval document from the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, preparations for the match were carried out. With only 2 days left, changing the location is almost impossible.
The Cong Viettel is a rare case of Vietnamese professional football. They have to rent a stadium managed by another unit to build their home stadium, then have to borrow another stadium to compete for reasons other than football, not just once but twice.
That is a paradox for a strong and potential team like the 2019 V.League champion. Not only that, The Cong Viettel's struggle in the " feeding thanks to the beans" scene also causes other related parties to suffer - in this case, Hang Day Stadium and Hanoi Police Club.
