Playing with one less player, Hanoi Police Club still beat Ho Chi Minh City Police Club

(Dan Tri) - Having to play with one less player from very early on, Hanoi Police Club (CAHN) still won 1-0 against Ho Chi Minh City Police Club (CA), in the latest match of round 8 of V-League 2025-2026.

CAHN Club suffered an early disadvantage in terms of numbers in the match taking place at Hang Day Stadium ( Hanoi ) tonight (October 27). In the 21st minute, midfielder Le Van Do elbowed a player of CA TPHCM Club in the face.

CAHN Club (red shirt) defeated CA TPHCM Club (Photo: Do ​​Minh Quan).

Referee Le Vu Linh gave Le Van Do a red card, forcing CAHN Club to play 10 vs 11 very early.

Despite playing with one less player, the home team surprisingly opened the scoring. In the 35th minute, striker Alan Grafite used his speed and strength to get past the defenders of the HCMC CA team, before he lifted the ball over the head of Vietnamese-American goalkeeper Patrik Le Giang.

The match was full of tension (Photo: Do ​​Minh Quan).

Then, Alan leisurely kicked the ball into the empty net, scoring to help CAHN Club lead 1-0.

Falling behind, CA TPHCM Club pushed up their attack formation in the second half. On the other end of the field, CAHN Club played a sharp defensive counter-attack.

CAHN Club ranked 2nd on the rankings (Photo: Do ​​Minh Quan).

In the 50th minute, Quang Hai passed the ball to Alan Grafite, but the home team's foreign striker handled it a bit slowly, allowing the away team's defender to retreat and clear the ball.

As for CA TPHCM Club, they had some good chances in the final minutes of the match. In the 75th minute, Van Toan rushed down to face goalkeeper Vu Thanh Vinh of CAHN team, but the home team's central defender Adou Minh was able to roll and clear the ball right at Van Toan's feet.

CAHN Club maintained the victory despite playing with one less player (Photo: Do ​​Minh Quan).

In the 3rd minute of extra time, captain Tien Linh of CA HCMC Club ran past the home team's defense, he headed the ball past goalkeeper Vu Thanh Vinh, but the ball missed the goal by a hair.

Maintaining a 1-0 victory over CA TPHCM Club, CAHN Club is closely following the leading team Ninh Binh. CAHN Club has 17 points, ranked second on the LPBank V-League 2025-2026 rankings, 3 points behind the leading team Ninh Binh.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/choi-thieu-nguoi-clb-cong-an-ha-noi-van-thang-clb-cong-an-tphcm-20251027214124774.htm