Ha Tinh Club is no longer the 'king of draws': Racing for top 3, is it possible!

Ha Tinh Club flies high

The 1-0 victory over the home team Ho Chi Minh City Club has brought Ha Tinh Club into the top 4. From standing in the middle of the table, now, the opportunity to compete for medals is wide open for coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team. This is a commendable journey of the team that last season had to enter the relegation play-off series, but now has become the hardest team to beat in the V-League.

Notably, Ha Tinh FC is no longer the "king of draws", but has begun to establish a winning streak. In the middle of the season, when the Central representative drew 12 out of 16 matches, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong was asked what he thought about the nickname... "Hoa Tinh". In response, Mr. Cong emphasized that this was an unnecessary joke: "We entered the match with the goal of winning, but for many reasons we could not win. Ha Tinh FC does not draw".

Ha Tinh Club (white shirt) defeated Ho Chi Minh City Club with a score of 1-0 in round 20.

PHOTO: KHA HOA

Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong's assessment is well-founded. Because in many draws, Ha Tinh Club took the lead but could not protect the result. Trong Hoang and his teammates did not play a "deadly" defense. On the contrary, since Mr. Nguyen Thanh Cong took over, Ha Tinh Club has been one of the teams with the clearest lines and intentions of playing football, from the way of deploying the ball from the defense, coordinating wing attacks, counter-attacking or taking advantage of the second line.

The Central team was built to win. Even when pushed into a difficult situation, for example in the match against Binh Duong Club, the away team Ha Tinh was 2 goals behind, but they still calmly deployed a coherent style of play, coordinated well and equalized 2-2 all thanks to impressive combinations. A stable rhythm of play, good handling of the match and knowing how to choose the right time to strike... are factors that make Ha Tinh Club very difficult to defeat.

Even the fact that they have drawn many matches shows the character of the team that still has to practice on rough pitches. That is, Ha Tinh Club may not have enough strength to win like cutting bamboo, but any team that wants to defeat Mr. Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team must exert all their strength. Ha Tinh Club is a bundle of chopsticks that is difficult to break, when the chopsticks are all sturdy and are molded in a scientific and meticulous football playing system.

With opinions that Ha Tinh Club only wants to draw, instead of looking for victory, the last 4 matches are a strong answer from coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team. The Central team has won all three teams: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Dinh, HAGL with the same score of 1-0, in between is a 2-2 draw against The Cong Viettel.

The way Ha Tinh FC won the match reminded us of the most worth-watching "phenomenon" in the Premier League this season: Nottingham Forest. Coach Nuno Santo's team also does not have many good players and is underestimated, but thanks to a reasonable playing style and knowing how to take advantage of each individual's strengths, by the end of the season, Nottingham is still competing for a ticket to the Champions League.

Ha Tinh Club moves forward silently

PHOTO: KHA HOA

The same goes for Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong's "bundle of chopsticks". The closer it gets to the end, the more Ha Tinh Club gets into form. Calculation and pragmatism are the springboard for the Central representative to nurture the hope of being in the top 3 for the first time in history.

Dream of medals, why not?

In the last 6 rounds, Ha Tinh Club will have to face strong teams such as Hanoi Police Club, Nam Dinh Club, Binh Duong Club, and opponents struggling to avoid relegation such as Quang Nam, Da Nang and SLNA.

However, remember that all 6 of these teams met Ha Tinh FC in the first leg, and none of them won. With coach Nguyen Thanh Cong's team, the argument of the strong winning and the weak losing does not exist. The team that organizes the game more reasonably, is more persistent and tenacious will win.

In this aspect, Ha Tinh Club can be proud. The Central team is fully exploiting the capacity of each player.

For example, "veteran" Trong Hoang, who once retired from playing due to a herniated disc, and it seemed unlikely that he would return to top-level football, is now still the team's leader. Viktor Le, a young talent who played no more than 9 matches/season when he was playing for Binh Dinh Club, has now exploded. Or Xuan Truong, who also returned to Ha Tinh to find support during a difficult period, is now still contributing significantly to the playing style thanks to his vision and tactical thinking.

With a united team, Ha Tinh Club is very difficult to stop. In both seasons playing with the championship - relegation group format in the second phase (2020 and 2023), Ha Tinh Club was in the championship group. The fighting spirit of the Central representative is always very fierce. Let's wait and see if coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team can break the top 3 or not!?

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/clb-ha-tinh-khong-con-la-vua-hoa-dua-top-3-co-the-chu-18525042808212971.htm