Viettel The Cong rose to second place

Under coach Popov, The Cong Viettel Club is in impressive form, remaining unbeaten with 3 wins, 3 draws, 12 points and ranked 4th on the rankings when entering the match with SHB Da Nang in round seven of the LPBank V.League 1-2025/2026 National Football Championship on the evening of October 20 at Hang Day Stadium.

The home team showed their superiority over the team ranked in the bottom three of the table when they controlled the game and played aggressively from the start with the Brazilian striker duo Lucao and Pedro.

The SHB Da Nang defense suffered an early setback when goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung was injured in a tackle and had to leave the field for Van Bieu to replace him. Playing defensively, the away team took advantage of the rare opportunity to convert it into a goal.

In the 37th minute, from a mistake by a The Cong defender in clearing the ball, Makaric got the ball and shot close to the goal to open the score. With the lead, SHB Da Nang played with excitement and created some more dangerous situations towards the end of the match.

Latest V.League 2025-2026 rankings. (Photo: VPF)

The Cong continued to dominate the game in the second half, continuously attacking and scoring a goal in the 69th minute. Starting from Pedro's pass back, the new player Xuan Tien fired a powerful shot to equalize 1-1. About 10 minutes later, from a cross from the right wing, Manh Dung had a dangerous header to increase the score to 2-1.

Time was running out for the away team to equalize even though the home team played defensively to preserve the score.

With this victory, The Cong Viettel has a total of 15 points, moving up to 2nd place, pushing Hanoi Police down 1 point to 3rd place, while SHB Da Nang remains in 12th place with 5 points.

Source: https://nhandan.vn/the-cong-viettel-vuon-len-vi-tri-thu-hai-post916802.html