Comments on Hanoi Police vs Viettel The Cong, 7:15 p.m. August 15: The 'Great War' begins

TPO - Football commentary Hanoi Police vs The Cong Viettel, round 1 LPBank V.League 1-2025/26 National Championship at 7:15 p.m. on August 15 - information on forces, expected lineup, form, head-to-head history.

Pre-match comments Hanoi Police vs Viettel The Cong

After winning the National Super Cup, Hanoi Police will embark on the journey to conquer LPBank V.League 1 2025/26 with an extremely difficult derby against The Cong Viettel. This is considered the most anticipated match in the opening round. Both teams possess talented, individual coaches and high-quality players from both domestic and foreign players.

After two consecutive seasons of defeat against Nam Dinh Blue Steel, Hanoi Police is determined to regain the V.League 1 championship by recruiting a series of "huge" new recruits. Possessing two excellent foreign players, Leo Artur and Alan, also helps the police team more easily implement the transfer plan when focusing on domestic players and overseas Vietnamese stars.

This was clearly demonstrated when Hanoi Police signed contracts with Pham Ly Duc - captain of Vietnam U23 team; Adou Minh - a Vietnamese-American in the typical squad of V.League last season and Brandon Ly - a promising young Vietnamese-American from Burnley. In addition, they also added foreign players with the star of the Australian National Championship Stephan Mauk. All promise to create a perfect framework for coach Mano Polking in V.League 1.

On the other hand, The Cong Viettel also prepared carefully for the new season, determined to help coach Velizar Popov have a satisfactory squad. Besides keeping stars like Pedro and Nata, they also brought in "super striker" Lucao. Duc Chien's departure really did not affect The Cong Viettel's strength too much when they had Xuan Tien and new overseas Vietnamese players.

According to the general assessment of experts, Hanoi Police is still slightly better than Viettel The Cong. However, the leadership of coach Velizar Popov can create surprises. When he was leading Dong A Thanh Hoa, the Bulgarian coach had many times created earthquakes at Hang Day with a squad with fewer stars than the home team.

Form, history of confrontation between Hanoi Police and Viettel The Cong

Expected lineup Hanoi Police vs Viettel The Cong

Hanoi Police: Nguyen Filip, Adou Minh, Viet Anh, Dinh Trong, Minh Phuc, Quang Vinh, Quang Hai, Vitao, Alan, Leo Artur, Thanh Long.

Viettel The Cong: Van Viet, Viet Tu, Tien Dung, Manh Dung, Van Duc, Xuan Tien, Van Tram, Nata, Pedro, Lucao, Tien Anh.

Score prediction: Hanoi Police 2-1 The Cong Viettel

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