"A fierce final is about to take place with the participation of many stars from both teams such as Theerathon Bunmathan, Nguyen Quang Hai, Pansa and Vu Van Thanh.
They are the ones who have also worn the national team jersey in the AFF Cup finals and now they are aiming for the club championship this time," Aseanutdfc commented on the first leg of the Southeast Asian Cup C1 final between Hanoi Police Club and Buriram United at Hang Day Stadium taking place tonight (7:30 p.m. on May 14).
Hanoi Police Club aims for a victory in the first leg of the C1 Cup final (Photo: Do Minh Quan).
According to this newspaper, despite winning against Buriram United in the group stage, Hanoi Police Club is expected to face many difficulties when playing again with the Thai club in the first leg of the final.
"This time, the stakes are much higher and coach Mano Polking, who is familiar with some Buriram players having led Thailand to the 2020 and 2022 AFF Cup titles, now hopes that Hanoi Police Club can take advantage of their home advantage before heading to Thailand next week," Aseanutdfc newspaper affirmed.
This is a match that has received much attention from the press in Southeast Asian countries as both clubs are leading teams in the two countries. Buriram United is the current champion of the Thai League, while the Hanoi Police Club has a squad of high-quality players with notable names such as goalkeeper Nguyen Philip, midfielder Quang Hai, Jason Quang Vinh...
"Both teams met in the group stage and Buriram lost. When they meet again in the final, Buriram is determined to take revenge. But it probably won't be easy because the home team has many quality players from the Vietnam national team," Thailand's Siam Sport newspaper also commented before the first leg of the Southeast Asian Cup C1 final.
"Although the away team is very strong, they certainly cannot play with all their might and attack. I believe it would be better if Buriram played tough and waited for counterattacks. And most likely we will get a draw. Then win the second leg of the final, it would be better if Buriram celebrated the championship at home," Siam Sport advised the home team and predicted that the first leg of the final would end in a 1-1 draw.
Meanwhile, Thairath newspaper of Thailand quoted defender Theerathon Bumathan as confident of a victory before the first leg of the C1 Cup final: "Hanoi Police Club is the team we lost to in the group stage match.
But this time I am confident that we will be able to beat them. We came into this tournament with one goal, to win the championship. And we are here to make that happen."
Coach Polking had many special emotions when meeting the Thai team (Photo: Manh Quan).
Another Thai newspaper, Truied, also predicted that Buriram would win despite playing away at Hang Day Stadium. "Hanoi Police Club, led by coach Mano Polking, although they won against Buriram United in the group stage, at that time Buriram still used a combined squad and did not focus on the C1 Cup.
The current situation is different, from the semi-finals to the finals, Buriram has completed the goal of winning the Thai League, so they are focusing all their efforts on the Southeast Asian C1 Cup with the ambition of winning 4 titles," Truied newspaper affirmed.
"It's a completely different game, but it's important for us to know that we can beat them because we beat them. We have a chance. We don't go into the final to lose and in these two games anything can happen.
This is quite a different arrangement. They will use many different players. In the group stage match, Buriram rotated a lot and gave some opportunities to players who are no longer at the club," Aseanfootball quoted the cautious statement of coach Mano Polking of Hanoi Police Club before the match.
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Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/bao-gioi-dong-nam-a-du-doan-ket-qua-tran-dau-clb-cong-an-ha-noi-buriram-20250514091353241.htm
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