Hanoi lost points even though Nguyen Van Quyet scored
Excited after the draw with the Hanoi Police in the first round of the second stage championship race, Ha Tinh returned home to welcome another team from the capital, defending champion Hanoi FC, with the goal of creating a surprise. However, the host was quickly poured cold water when many spectators were not warm enough. In the 3rd minute, from a very whirling corner on the left wing of captain Van Quyet, foreign soldier Marcão Silva shot high and hit goalkeeper Thanh Tung, opening the score 1-0 for the visitors.
A minute later, Ha Tinh also responded with a corner, striker Diallo rushed to head after Janclesio's cross, netting Tan Truong, but the referee raised the flag for offside. But the host did not have to wait too long to celebrate. In the 13th minute, Viet Trieu poked a slot from the middle of the field, Diallo escaped to shoot diagonally from a distance of more than 10 meters, causing Tan Truong to give up, equalizing 1-1 for Ha Tinh.
The two teams played tit-for-tat, creating an attractive chase. In the 33rd minute, from the goal kick of goalkeeper Tan Truong, the ball reached Van Quyet's foot. The Hanoi captain controlled skillfully, dribbled the ball with two feet through Ha Tinh's defenders, then kicked the left post into the net Thanh Tung, raising the score to 2-1. In this situation, some defensive players of the host hesitated, thinking that the ball had touched the hand of the captain of Hanoi, so they did not tackle it fiercely, but referee Tran Ngoc Nho waved his hand for the match to lead, and the away team had the advantage.
Ha Tinh immediately responded. Five minutes later, from the attack on the right, Xuan Toan escaped to pass Marcão Silva on the sideline, passed the technical ball with his outside cheek in, the Trung Trung midfielder flew to hit the ground from a distance of more than 7 meters and hit Tan Truong's net, equalizing 2-2. After this goal, Ha Tinh players and Ha Tinh coaching staff hugged each other to celebrate enthusiastically. The school bridge in the four stands of Ha Tinh yard seemed to explode, thousands of spectators continuously clapped and shouted.
After an attractive chase in the first half, in the second half both the home team and the away team played slowly. Hanoi's attack situations all passed through Van Quyet's feet, but spearheads like Tuan Hai or Caion were locked by the host's tall defense, unable to create mutations. Near the end of the game, coach Bandozar Bandovic was impatient, constantly on the field shouting and directing to raise the squad. Even in some situations, when the ball flew close to the technical area of the away team, the Serbian coach immediately hugged and threw it to the students to enter the game quickly.
Ha Tinh could have ended the match if he took advantage of the opportunity. In the 79th minute, from the attack on the left wing, Diallo headed the pass to Van Long. From a distance of 5 m, the midfielder took a shot but was stopped by the Hanoi defender. In the first minute of injury time, Tran Phi Son cornered the corner, captain Janclesio jumped above all, headed the ball narrowly wide of the goal. Foreign soldiers Ha Tinh repeatedly slapped their hands on the head to express regret, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong's technical zone patted his head, thousands of spectators on Ha Tinh field stood up but missed.
Draw 2-2, Ha Tinh still ranked 6th in the championship racing group, while defending champion Hanoi ranked second, losing 2 points to Hanoi Police. In the third round of the second phase, Ha Tinh will be Viettel's guest, while Hanoi will host Nam Dinh.
