HAGL caused many difficulties for the away team Nam Dinh
After saying goodbye to Seoul E-land FC and returning to Vietnam, Van Toan helped Nam Dinh Club win the V-League 2023 – 2024 championship. But during his two returns to his old place Pleiku, the striker was nicknamed “son”. “wind god” still does not know the smell of victory.
In the second leg of last season, Van Toan did not play the full 90 minutes when Nam Dinh Club was held to a 1-1 draw by HAGL. Until today, he played the entire match but the result was not better, when the defending V-League and HAGL champions left the field with a score of 0-0.
The striker born in 1996 shared: “Today, returning to Pleiku to play against my old team HAGL made me feel a lot of emotions. In fact, I have had 2 matches against HAGL. I have to admit today. The audience at Pleiku stadium was very crowded.
Van Toan, Tuan Anh, Hong Duy on their return to Pleiku stadium
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Pleiku Stadium with this many fans. Me and Nam Dinh Club tried our best to win, but today the HAGL team played very well.”
This is the second time in a row that Van Toan has not scored against HAGL. Even today, the powerful attack of Nam Dinh Club with Van Toan, top scorer Nguyen Xuan Son or Hendrio had very few chances to finish and no goals.
Striker Van Toan especially praised the HAGL defense: “Everyone sees that the HAGL defense is very well organized. Not only the defense but the whole team keeps the formation distance and covers effectively, creating many difficulties.” difficult for Nam Dinh Club. It can be seen that HAGL has improved a lot today.
HAGL starting lineup in round 3 of V-League 2024 – 2025
Of course, football always has transitions, HAGL cannot be called a young team anymore because the players have had many years of playing at V-Leafgue. I am very happy that HAGL players have matured and played more maturely. I hope they will grow more and more.”
For his part, coach Vu Hong Viet of Nam Dinh Club said striker Nguyen Xuan Son has a bit of pressure after being named top scorer last season and has just become a Vietnamese citizen.
Meanwhile, coach Le Quang Trai expressed his praise for young goalkeeper Trung Kien (born in 2001, helping U.21 LPBank HAGL win the national U.21 championship) for playing excellently, while rookie Ly Duc was One of the players who deserves praise for playing aggressively and accurately.