Losing heavily to CAHN Club, Hanoi sinks to the bottom of the group: Crisis is imminent, is coach Nhat safe?

The heavy 2-4 defeat at CAHN Club in round 3 of V-League (7:15 p.m. on August 28) left Hanoi Club stuck at the bottom of the table with only 1 point after 3 matches.

CAHN Club's dominance

While Hanoi Police Club (CAHN Club) is flying high in second place with 4 points after 2 matches, the away team Hanoi is at the bottom with 1 draw and 1 loss in the opening round. If they continue to fail to beat CAHN Club in the match on the evening of August 28 at Hang Day Stadium, coach Makoto Teguramori's team is at risk of falling to the second to last place.

Hanoi FC convincingly defeated CAHN FC (2-0) in the second leg last season. However, that victory came in the context of CAHN FC having a tight schedule in three arenas. However, when fully fit, coach Alexandre Polking's team is still in the upper hand.

Heavy rain made it difficult for both CAHN Club (red shirts) and Hanoi Club to control the ball.

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Therefore, CAHN Club pressed the away team Hanoi right from the first minutes. In the second minute, Van Do took the ball and charged straight from the right wing into the middle and then curled the ball wide of the post. In the 14th minute, Hanoi's defense again exposed a gap, allowing Quang Hai to comfortably pass the ball to Alan Grafite. However, the striker who won the top scorer title last season shot wide.

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The heavy rain made the field slippery and the ball wet, greatly affecting the quality of the match. Players from both teams continuously made bad passes on the wet field. The number of opportunities also decreased, although CAHN had 68% possession of the ball.

However, in the midst of the slippery field, CAHN Club still controlled the game well. In the 31st minute, center back Thanh Chung failed to head the ball well, causing it to fall straight to Leo Artur's feet. The Brazilian midfielder controlled the ball skillfully, then curled the ball beautifully with his left foot past goalkeeper Van Chuan.

Leo Artur shines

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8 minutes later, Leo Artur had the ball again on the edge of the penalty area, when Hanoi players misread the landing spot. The CAHN midfielder curled the ball dangerously, but this time, the ball went just wide of the post.

Home team wins big

Despite taking the lead, CAHN FC did not stop. Coach Polking's team continued to press. In the 50th minute, Hanoi's defense let Artur through, allowing the home team's foreign player to comfortably turn around and shoot, hitting the post.

The gap in Hanoi's second line was constantly exposed, as the midfielders and defenders did not cover well. The away team could not control Artur and Quang Hai, leading to the loss of control of the game.

What needed to happen continued to happen in the 66th minute. From a long pass from Van Do at home, Thanh Chung unexpectedly... missed the ball. Alan Grafite rushed forward as fast as lightning to steal the ball, then soloed past goalkeeper Van Chuan with a perfect left-footed shot to raise the score to 2-0.

Alan Grafite (red shirt) shines with a hat-trick

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In the 72nd minute, Alan Grafite put an end to Hanoi FC. Center back Hugo Gomes easily ran into Hanoi's half of the field to pass the ball to Grafite, before the CAHN striker turned and shot, hitting the opponent's defender's foot and changing direction, sending the ball into goalkeeper Van Chuan's net for the third time.

At this point, the Hanoi FC defense had given up. Thanh Chung and his teammates continuously let the opponent pass, and the fourth goal continued to come. In the 76th minute, Cao Pendant Quang Vinh accelerated impressively on the left wing and then crossed for Alan Grafite to tap in, raising the score to 4-0. This was Grafite's first hat-trick in the 2025 - 2026 V-League.

All Hanoi Club could do in the last 10 minutes were 2 honorary goals scored by Daniel Passira and Vu Dinh Hai.

Losing 2-4 overall, Hanoi FC still ranked 11th with 1 point after 3 matches, goal difference -3. Coach Makoto Teguramori and his team are only ahead of bottom-placed Thanh Hoa on goal difference. Will Coach Nhat be safe?

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thua-dam-clb-cahn-ha-noi-chim-trong-nhom-cuoi-khung-hoang-can-ke-thay-nhat-co-an-toan-185250828193210617.htm