Ho Chi Minh City Police Club changes foreign players before match against Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Ho Chi Minh City Police Club announced a new foreign player right before the match against Hoang Anh Gia Lai in round 3 of V-League 2025-2026.

Ho Chi Minh City Police Club announces new recruit Peter Makrillos - Photo: CAHCM FC

On the afternoon of August 26, Ho Chi Minh City Police Club announced new player Peter Makrillos (Australia) to prepare for the match against Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club at Thong Nhat Stadium in round 3 of V-League 2025-2026 on August 28.

Peter Makrillos played for the Stoke U18 team (England) before moving to play for various professional clubs in Korea, Greece, Denmark and Australia. Before coming to Vietnam, this 30-year-old midfielder played for Macarthur Club in the Australian National Championship.

The presence of Peter Makrillos is expected to help coach Le Huynh Duc have more options for the midfield of the HCM City Police Club. Because this 1m86 tall player can play as a central midfielder, attacking midfielder or defensive midfielder.

In the last two matches, the two central midfielders Duc Phu - Quoc Cuong were unable to control the midfield of the HCM City Police Club. Especially in the 0-3 loss to the host The Cong - Viettel in round 2 on August 22.

Therefore, Coach Le Huynh Duc was forced to replace one of the four current foreign players before the deadline for replacing and adding players in phase 1, which closed at 3:00 p.m. on August 26. Accordingly, Mr. Duc eliminated striker Mbo Noel to choose Peter Makrillos.

Mbo Noel was registered from the start and was the one who passed the ball to Vo Huy Toan to score the second goal in the opening match, winning 2-1 against Hanoi at Thong Nhat Stadium.

But the striker with dual English and Congolese nationality is not expected to be as good as expensive striker Raphael Utzig, who was signed before the second round.

Thus, the 4 foreign players registered by Ho Chi Minh City Police Club for the first leg of V-League 2025-2026 are center back Matheus Felipe, midfielder Peter Makrillos, winger Endrick Santos and striker Raphael Utzig.

Ho Chi Minh City Police Club is currently ranked 10th out of 14 teams with 3 points after 2 matches, 3 points behind the top team Ninh Binh. The opponent they will meet is Hoang Anh Gia Lai, currently ranked second to last with 1 point. Tien Linh and Ho Chi Minh City Police Club's goal is to win to improve their ranking.

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