Hong Linh Ha Tinh Club was not allowed to play at home in round 15 of V.League 2024-2025 last weekend, the reason being that their home stadium did not ensure competition conditions. Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team had to rent Vinh Stadium in Nghe An to compete. This is a type of accident but is "in the plan", because in reality, despite being renovated in 2020, the Hong Mountain football team does not have its own training ground.
That is, practicing and competing together on the main field, combined with weather conditions, difficult financial conditions, and degraded pitch is just a matter of time. Even playing at Vinh Stadium was not quenched because 1 day later, the home team of the stadium, Song Lam Nghe An, competed. Fortunately, Thanh Cong's students still kept the nickname "Dream King" when they got 1 point against Dong A Thanh Hoa, but at this time, it is not known whether Hong Linh Ha Tinh's next match - scheduled to be at home (against Hanoi FC on March 7.) - will be played at home or not...
If Ha Tinh Stadium had an accident with the grass, at Tam Ky Stadium, the accident was related to VAR. Round 13, the match between SHB Da Nang and The Cong Viettel was announced to have a technical problem so there was no VAR. In round 15, the match between Quang Nam and Hai Phong also fell into a similar situation.
Here, the match between Da Nang and The Cong was controversial and although there was no regrets in the match between Quang Nam and Hai Phong, it is clear that people see that referees have to upgrade themselves, avoid falling into the mentality of relying too much on VAR - a technology that literally is just support. Recently, even with VAR, controversy has appeared on the scale.
Finally, some people joked that The Cong winning the first leg was just an accident. In the final round of the first leg, they took the top spot for the first time this season but then suffered two consecutive defeats. Their coaches, as usual, mention the pitch or referee as part of the reason. The army team's fans are still optimistic, but remember, the last 2 losses were equal to the number of defeats in the first leg...
