SHB Da Nang is gradually escaping the danger zone.

The closer to the end of V.League 2024/25, the more intense and dramatic the race to enter the top 3 and avoid relegation becomes. The matches on the afternoon of May 23 witnessed The Cong Club slowing down in recent rounds, opening up opportunities for the opponents behind to catch up. Da Nang Club continued to accumulate valuable points to stay close to the safe group. B. Binh Duong has found the joy of victory again.

After the spectacular opening match (a 6-0 win over Da Nang in round 21), Coach Popov and The Cong Club began a series of winless matches, moving further away from the race for second place in the rankings, and even possibly losing the third place in the overall rankings.

The 2-2 draw against Hai Phong Club was the third consecutive match that The Cong Club did not win, before that was a 2-2 draw against Quy Nhon Binh Dinh (round 23), and a 1-2 loss to Hoang Anh Gia Lai (round 22).

The scenario of recent draws of coach Popov and his team are quite similar: Leading the score but unable to maintain the score when the match ends. Like in the draw with Hai Phong on May 23, the army team led by 2 goals but then conceded consecutive goals in the 60th and 63rd minutes.

The Cong Club may temporarily lose the 3rd position because Hong Linh Ha Tinh is right behind, 3 points behind but has played 1 match less. The Hanoi Police Club is 5 points behind (33 points compared to 38) but has played 3 matches less. Looking ahead, The Cong Club's ability to compete for the 2nd position with Hanoi FC is increasingly difficult.

The Cong (red shirt) is having difficulty in the race for top 3.

Da Nang had a draw with the home team Hoang Anh Gia Lai after a 2-2 draw. The Han River team continued to have an impressive journey of accumulating points to gradually catch up with the safe group. Since round 18, Da Nang "pocketed" 12 more points, bringing the total number of points to 21 to have many times to temporarily escape the bottom position, shortening to only 1-2 points with the safe positions (positions 11, 12 on the rankings).

The bottom group is currently a very tense race between many teams. The strong rise of Da Nang, the determination of Quy Nhon Binh Dinh, Song Lam Nghe An… puts increasing pressure on Quang Nam and Ho Chi Minh City Club – teams with undesirable results at this extremely important stage.

Ho Chi Minh City Club was making impressive progress (winning against Dong A Thanh Hoa Club in round 21) but suddenly lost completely at home against two fairly equal opponents, Hai Phong (round 22) and Binh Duong (round 24).

Ahead is a risky relegation race for coach Phung Thanh Phuong and his team when the remaining two matches of the season have to be away matches against Quy Nhon Binh Dinh and The Cong.

The next matches of round 24 of V.League will take place on May 26 and 27.

Tuan Ngoc

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