Defeating Dong A Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh Steel Club moves closer to the V. League championship

Thanh Hoa faced many difficulties at Thien Truong Stadium of Nam Dinh . Photo by Lam Thoa

Home field advantage and the support from the audience helped Nam Dinh Blue Steel enter the game with great enthusiasm and quickly put pressure on Dong A Thanh Hoa's defense.

It took the home team only 14 minutes to score the opening goal. In the 14th minute, receiving a favorable pass from his teammate, Ly Cong Hoang Anh, unmarked, scored accurately, opening the score for Nam Dinh Blue Steel.

Ly Cong Hoang Anh contributed to doubling the gap. Photo by Lam Thoa

Just 6 minutes later, in high spirits, Ly Cong Hoang Anh continued to double the gap. In the 20th minute, from a direct attack by the home team at Thien Truong Stadium, Brenner passed the ball for Hoang Anh to enter the penalty area and then accurately finished, raising the score to 2-0.

The joy of victory of Nam Dinh Green Steel players. Photo by Lam Thoa

Conceding two quick goals, Dong A Thanh Hoa players tried to put pressure to find a goal to shorten the gap. However, Nam Dinh Blue Steel continued to control the game well, not giving Thanh Hoa many opportunities to approach Nguyen Manh's goal.

Nam Dinh Blue Steel had a difficult match. Photo by Lam Thoa

In the second half, with a change in tactics, the Thanh team got the first equalizer. In the 48th minute, Luiz Antonio released the ball behind Nam Dinh's defense, Van Thuan escaped and cushioned the ball against the Nam Dinh crossbar and bounced out. Ribamar took advantage of the opportunity and immediately finished the ball into the defending champion's net.

In the following minutes, the match was tense, Dong A Thanh Hoa was determined to find an equalizer at 2-2, while Nam Dinh Blue Steel tried to protect the result.

Nam Dinh is getting closer to successfully defending the championship. Photo by Lam Thoa

After 45 minutes without any results, Dong A Thanh Hoa accepted a narrow 2-1 defeat. With this result, Nam Dinh Green Steel consolidated its top position with 5 points more than Hanoi FC.

In the matches on the same day, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club won 2-1 against The Cong - Viettel; Becamex Binh Duong Club drew 0-0 with Quang Nam.

After round 22, Nam Dinh Blue Steel continues to lead, followed by Hanoi FC and The Cong - Viettel. The bottom three teams are Song Lam Nghe An, Binh Dinh and Da Nang.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/thang-dong-a-thanh-hoa-clb-thep-xanh-nam-dinh-tien-gan-hon-chuc-vo-dich-v-league-701928.html