Hanoi FC unexpectedly won big against... Liverpool

Of course, that is not the result of an official match of Hanoi FC, but the result of a voting contest organized on Facebook by the prestigious football site Transfermarkt.

Hanoi FC received more interactions than Liverpool - Photo archive

Transfermarkt is a football website with the largest database in the world, and recently, they surprisingly entered Hanoi FC's name into a voting contest called "Club Followers Cup" (Cup for the most followed football team).

This is not the first time Transfermarkt has organized a voting contest of this type. In April, they entered Vietnam into the "World Cup of Hearts", to compete with 63 other national teams.

Accordingly, the organizers of the competition will hold a draw and then compete in a knockout match. In each match, the team with the most interactions on their Facebook posts will win and move on.

Vietnamese football has never reached world class, but is always in the top in terms of enthusiastic followers.

As a result, in this special World Cup, Vietnam reached the quarter-finals after defeating Thailand, Germany and Georgia, before losing to Bangladesh - a country of 170 million people.

Hanoi will face Liverpool in round 2, the round of 64 - Photo: TRANSFERMARKT

In this Club Followers Cup, Hanoi Club was selected to compete with a series of top football teams in the world such as Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea... There are a total of 128 teams participating in this special tournament.

In round 1, the Vietnamese representative overwhelmingly won against the Turkish team Galatasaray, receiving 13,900 interactions, while the opponent had less than 3,000.

In round 2, Hanoi FC faced Liverpool - one of the most successful teams, as well as having the most fans in the world.

Liverpool, although overwhelming Hanoi in terms of squad value, is far behind in terms of interactions - Photo: TRANSFERMARKT

But after nearly 1 day of competition, the English representative was... no match for Vietnamese fans, as Hanoi received 26,300 interactions, far surpassing Liverpool's 11,900.

Of course, Liverpool is far ahead of Hanoi in terms of squad value (1.15 billion euros compared to only 5.5 million euros), and there is absolutely no comparison in terms of the number of global fans of the two teams. But in these polls, the Vietnamese are always highly appreciated.

After beating Liverpool, Hanoi will face the winner of the Fulham - Sevilla match in round 3 (round of 32).

HUY DANG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/clb-ha-noi-bat-ngo-thang-dam-liverpool-20251125073256067.htm