Last weekend, the 2 top tournaments of Vietnamese football went through the 6th and 2nd rounds with results that created a situation that experts considered "hot". In V.League, the top position changed hands, when the Hanoi Police Club replaced Dong A Thanh Hoa. However, the representative of the Capital only had the same points as the opponent and another club in the Capital, The Cong Viettel. The 3 teams have 11 points.
With Hoang Anh Gia Lai losing heavily to Becamex Binh Duong, Hong Linh Ha Tinh is the only team that has maintained an unbeaten streak since the beginning of the season. It is quite surprising because everyone remembers that they could only keep their ticket to the V.League this season after the play-off match with the representative of the First Division.
The Red Mountain Football Team is one of three teams with 10 points - along with Binh Duong and Thep Xanh Nam Dinh. The next two teams - Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Hanoi FC, both have 9 points. That means, from the number 1 position of Hanoi Police to the 9th position of Hanoi FC, there is only a 2 point gap.
Meanwhile, after 2 rounds, Phu Dong Ninh Binh is the only team with all wins in the First Division, but they are only 2 points ahead of the next 3 teams - Hue, Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc, PVF-CAND. Although it is still too early to conclude, in theory, this gap creates tension, heat and of course promises to be attractive for the time to come.
But experts also hope - and want - that the attractive and close factor is real, based on the strength and form of the opponents. Because, looking at the form of the past time, almost no team is stable at a high level. A high level means winning 3 consecutive matches or more. No team has in the last 3 rounds, in which, Hong Linh Ha Tinh drew 4 consecutive matches, 6 out of 9 points of Hoang Anh Gia Lai came from 2 wins at the beginning of the season.
That is the public race, and the underground race is between V.League and the First Division in terms of audience, because the matches are giving the feeling that the tournament has the presence of Binh Phuoc, Ninh Binh - with top stars, creating a significant challenge for V.League.
That is also thanks to the hidden race between Hoang Duc and Cong Phuong. After the former midfielder of The Cong scored in the first round of the First Division, the former striker of Hoang Anh Gia Lai scored a double in the second round. That is an additional detail for the growing interest in the First Division, creating a challenge in the race with V.League...
