Defeating CAHN 4-3 after a thrilling penalty shootout, The Cong Viettel booked their place in the quarterfinals of the National Cup. Commenting on the emotional victory, Coach Popov said: "This is an important match, and more importantly, The Cong Viettel won a ticket to continue in the National Cup. CAHN is the best team in Vietnamese football at the moment, so when The Cong Viettel won, I was extremely happy.

When we won the penalty, I thanked God. God helped us, not luck. Technically, today the team's tactics were good. In the first half, we had many opportunities, but it was very difficult to maintain that intensity when facing CAHN. And in fact, in the second half, The Cong Viettel faced more difficulties, but the players did very well, especially in terms of tactics."

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Coach Popov. Photo: SN

Van Viet had 2 successful saves in the penalty shootout, contributing greatly to The Cong Viettel's victory. However, coach Popov affirmed that this victory did not belong to any single player.

"Van Viet did his job well but the victory belongs to the whole team. We progressed step by step, respecting all opponents in the National Cup. The team was unlucky when in the first two rounds we met strong opponents, Hanoi FC and CAHN, but we overcame them," Coach Popov concluded.

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The Cong Viettel won an emotional victory. Photo: SN

Meanwhile, CAHN coach Polking was not satisfied with the refereeing, he said: "In the first half, we played quite stalemately, in addition, CAHN had some unnecessary ball loss situations.

In the second half, I made some adjustments and changed my plan. The team played much better, had chances and scored. To settle the match by penalty shootout, we practiced a lot about this situation. After losing to The Cong Viettel, CAHN must prepare better for the next matches.

Dinh Trong's red card was the turning point of the match. I'm hesitant to share about the referee, but today there were situations where the referee made decisions that were very difficult to understand, for example, checking VAR for an offside situation up to 8 minutes ago."

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/hlv-popov-noi-the-cong-viettel-thang-cahn-nho-chua-2465610.html