Ho Chi Minh City Police Club narrowly defeated HAGL

(NLDO) - Creating many scoring opportunities, Ho Chi Minh City Police Club only won 1-0 when hosting HAGL at home in round 3 of V-League 2025-2026 on the evening of August 28.

With home field advantage and a core force that was rated higher than the opponent, Ho Chi Minh City Police Club (HCMC Police) quickly caught up, controlled the game and overwhelmed HAGL for most of the match.

In the first half, coach Le Huynh Duc's team pushed up their attacks on the flanks, creating no less than 3 "delicious" situations but could only penetrate goalkeeper Trung Kien's net thanks to Endrick's goal.

In the second half, the home team played defensive counter-attacks, giving control of the ball to HAGL in order to maintain the lead. The mountain town team had opportunities to find an equalizer but could not penetrate the net of goalkeeper Patrik Le Giang.

With 3 more points at home, CA TP HCM Club temporarily rose to 6th place in the rankings, 3 points behind the leading team. Meanwhile, HAGL continued to stagnate at the second to last position in the rankings with only 1 point.

Taking place at the same time, Hanoi Police Club won Hanoi FC with a score of 4-2 thanks to a hat-trick by foreign player Alan and a goal by Artur. This result brought CAHN to second place in the table with 7 points after 3 rounds, while Hanoi FC was in the bottom group with only 1 point.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/clb-cong-an-tp-hcm-thang-sit-sao-hagl-196250828213747481.htm