With a big win over Nam Dinh Green Steel, Hanoi Police maintains its position in the top 3

On the evening of September 28, the remaining matches of round 5 of V.League 2025-2026 took place with attention focused on the match between Nam Dinh Blue Steel and Hanoi Police at Thien Truong Stadium.

Nam Dinh Green Steel Club faces difficulties against the Police team. Photo: Quang Duong

With home field advantage, right from the first minutes of the match, Nam Dinh Blue Steel took the initiative to play fast, press high and use long passes to approach goalkeeper Nguyen Fillip's goal.

After a few surprising first minutes, Hanoi Police (CAHN) quickly equalized, slowing down the game, making it impossible for Nam Dinh Steel to dominate the game. For more than half of the first half, the two teams played tit for tat, but CAHN was slightly better. In the 37th minute, from Quang Hai's pass, Alan passed the ball to Leo Artur to finish in front of the penalty area, breaking the deadlock, putting CAHN up 1-0. Conceding the goal, Nam Dinh Steel was forced to push up the attack to find an equalizer. However, in the remaining minutes, the home team failed to achieve their goal.

Nam Dinh Green Steel accepted defeat at home. Photo: Quang Duong

Entering the second half, with changes in personnel and tactics by Coach Vu Hong Viet, Nam Dinh Steel proactively accelerated the pace of the match. The scenario of the second half was not much different from the first half when the home team Thien Truong dominated the first minutes and faced a deadlock in the second half.

In the 68th minute, from an attack by CAHN, Quang Hai escaped down and caused danger, forcing the home team's goalkeeper to step up and block the ball, causing the away team's captain to fall, but in time, he assisted Alan to finish into an empty net, raising the score to 2-0.

Conceding 2 goals, Nam Dinh Steel tried to increase the speed of the match. But like the first half, the home team was completely deadlocked in the remaining minutes of the second half and accepted a 0-2 defeat after 90 minutes of play.

In the matches of the same day, Hai Phong FC drew 2-2 with Ninh Binh FC, The Cong - Viettel won 2-0 against Hong Linh Ha Tinh.

After round 5, Ninh Binh FC holds the top position with 13 points, followed by Hanoi Police and Ho Chi Minh City Police. In the bottom three positions are Becamex Ho Chi Minh City, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Thanh Hoa FC.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/thang-cach-biet-thep-xanh-nam-dinh-cong-an-ha-noi-giu-vung-vi-tri-trong-top-3-717633.html