Today (February 21), the second leg of the 2024-2025 season begins with a notable match between Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Hanoi FC. While the representative of the Capital tried to break away with new coach Makoto Teguramori after a somewhat unlucky first leg, the team from the Mountain City left its mark with the steps back. They started strongly with 3 consecutive rounds of holding the No. 1 position on the rankings, but at the end of the trip they dropped to 7th place, 8 points behind the leader. Fans are Speaking, in the end, Mr. Duc's young people are still not big. Or the half- beauty of philosophy, the half- practice - only takes them down.
Speaking of the top spot after 13 rounds, the name that dominated there was also a surprise - The Cong Viettel. In addition to Hoang Anh Gia Lai, there are 3 other teams that have held the No. 1 position on the journey: Hanoi Police (1 round), Nam Dinh Steel Blue (1 round) and Dong A Thanh Hoa (7 rounds), but the re-entry champion belongs to The Cong - the team that started in 10th place, did not score the most goals, did not concede the least goals and did not have any players in the Top 5 best strikers (Amarildo ranked 7th with 5 goals).
Thanh Hoa has the same number of goals as The Cong (19), but having to share efforts in 3 arenas seems to be exhausting for them. Having left the regional arena, the Thanh team must hope that their personality-filled coach will reduce the trouble with discipline to focus on the race when 2 points behind The Cong.
Nam Dinh lost Nguyen Xuan Son quite regrettably, but when looking at the number of goals (22), experts felt that they did not depend too much on the Brazilian striker (7 goals). They are affected by injuries to a number of other important players, not just Xuan Son and will still be formidable.
On the other hand, there was Nguyen Tien Linh who scored 9 goals - leading the list - and accounted for 50% of the team's goals, but Becamex Binh Duong also ranked only 6. Because the defense conceded 16 goals (less than the other 4 teams). However, it is good news for Tien Linh personally, and also for coach Kim Sang-sik of the Vietnam National Team.
With the above marks, with Hong Linh Ha Tinh being the only team that did not lose (10 matches) or SHB Da Nang only winning the only match but not being left too far from the safety zone, a series of changes in the coaching position of the teams, controversies, reactions... the return turn is certainly with many "unpredictable" "enthusiasts".
