V.League depends on The Cong Viettel?

Viettel The Cong need a little more strength to compete for the championship with Hanoi Police and Ninh Binh?

Nam Dinh are showing two quite contrasting faces this season. The team from Nam Dinh performed well in the continental arena thanks to its abundant foreign players. However, in the V.League front, Nam Dinh is inexplicably unstable.

Still the same old lineup, only missing striker Nguyen Xuan Son and with the addition of many new players, Nam Dinh has become lacking in fire. The loose defense system leads to unexpected losses like against SLNA, while the attack line has become less sharp.

Nam Dinh suddenly and inexplicably declined in their most anticipated season.

Part of the reason could be due to injuries to key players, such as Hong Duy, Caio Cesar, Tuan Anh, Kevin Pham Ba… but this is probably not enough to explain the poor performance of the reigning V.League champions. After 8 rounds, they fell to 8th place on the rankings with only 8 points, the worst start in the past 3 seasons. The result forced coach Vu Hong Viet to give up his position to Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien. This is almost only a temporary solution before Nam Dinh finds a new person to lead the team.

With a 12-point gap compared to the top team Ninh Binh , it will be very difficult for Nam Dinh to return to the championship race.

Ninh Binh runs like "super ancient"

The team from the ancient capital Hoa Lu deserves to be the biggest surprise of the season so far. No one doubts Ninh Binh's ability when they have stars like Nguyen Hoang Duc, Dang Van Lam, Quoc Viet in their squad... However, the way coach Gerard Albadalejo's team still makes everyone take their hats off.

After 8 matches, Ninh Binh is sitting comfortably at the top with 20 points, 6 wins and 2 draws. They have defeated big opponents like Nam Dinh Blue Steel, and have also just defeated Coach Harry Kewell's Hanoi Club right at Hang Day.

Ninh Binh shows no signs of stopping as it remains unbeaten in V.League

The change of Ninh Binh is associated with a face that is not unfamiliar to Vietnamese football fans, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thuy. Mr. Thuy, who attracted attention at the VFF conference more than a decade ago with an emotional speech mentioning the relationship between Hanoi FC and SHB Da Nang, is marking his return with special success. Ninh Binh's progress shows no signs of stopping, to the point that football fans are comparing the Hoa Lu ancient capital team to a "super stock".

Right behind Ninh Binh is another name that is also prominent in V.League, namely Hanoi Police. Mr. Mano Polking's team is following the opponent above with only 3 points difference but still has 1 match left to play. Under the leadership of the Brazilian coach, Hanoi Police is playing more and more "sharply" and they are even considered by experts to be the number 1 candidate for the championship race.

In the above context, The Cong Viettel (15 points) is expected to make the race in V.League more exciting. Coach Velizar Popov is a personable and combative team, always thirsty for victory. In the past 3 seasons, Hanoi Police and Nam Dinh took turns sharing 3 V.League championship titles and this season, Ninh Binh joined the top group.

Whether The Cong Viettel can break the monopoly of the above group or not, that is really a difficult question to answer at the present time. In terms of position and strength, Coach Popov's team probably needs more reinforcement in terms of personnel to become more powerful.