Hanoi Police Football Club lost for the first time at Shopee Cup 2024/2025

Visiting Gelora BJ Habibie Stadium (Indonesia) against PSM Makassar in the first leg of the Shopee Cup 2024/2025 semi-finals, CAHN could not have the service of foreign striker Leo Artur, and the V.league representative also had to say goodbye to Dinh Bac due to injury.

CAHN Club will visit Indonesia in the first leg of the Shopee Cup 2024/2025 semi-finals.

While coach Polking is having a "headache" with the personnel problem, on the other side of the front line, PSM Makassar has the strongest squad. However, CAHN is still rated higher than the home team. The developments on the field also reflect this when CAHN entered the game proactively.

Statistics show that, in just the first 15 minutes of the match, CAHN maintained overwhelming ball control (at times up to 70%), creating a total of 4 shots while the home team could not create any opportunities in front of Nguyen Filip's goal.

The goal seemed to have come for coach Polking's team when Quang Hai brought home a penalty. Unfortunately, foreign player Alan's shot from the penalty spot then failed to get past the hands of the PSM Makassar goalkeeper.

Despite great efforts, Quang Hai and his teammates still had their winning streak at Shopee Cup 2024/2025 broken after losing 0-1 to the Indonesian representative.

In the following minutes, CAHN still had complete control, the V.league representative created a series of dangerous situations in front of PSM Makassar's goal, especially in set pieces. However, the goal continued to elude CAHN players, from foreign player Gomez's header to captain Quang Hai's beautiful shot from outside the penalty area, but could not shake the net of the Indonesian representative.

The first half ended with a score of 0-0 and regret for the home team. After the break, PSM Makassar started to speed up, the home team tried to press on the CAHN field to find a way to approach Nguyen Filip's goal. But the V.league representative's tight defense made it difficult to achieve that intention.

However, true to coach Polking's pre-match concerns, set pieces always pose a danger to any defense and today's match was no exception. During a corner kick in the 80th minute, the away team's defense was caught off guard when they "let go" of captain Yuran Fernades. PSM Makassar's No. 4, unmarked, jumped high and headed the ball past Nguyen Filip.

Conceding the goal, CAHN continued to push up their attacking formation. But that was also the reason why they almost conceded a second goal when the home team's striker came down to face goalkeeper Nguyen Filip. Luckily for CAHN, the PSM Makassar striker's subsequent shot sent the ball into the goal.

The match ended a few minutes later. Despite losing 0-1 in the first leg, CAHN's door to the next round is still wide open as the V.League representative will continue to play the second leg at Hang Day Stadium on April 30.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/the-thao/clb-bong-da-cong-an-ha-noi-lan-dau-thua-tai-shopee-cup-2024-2025-i763889/