On the afternoon of June 25, Nam Dinh Club was officially crowned champion of V.League 2023-2024 1 round early, after defeating Khanh Hoa at home with a score of 5-1.
Nam Dinh Club won the V.League 2023-2024 championship. Photo: NDFC
Nam Dinh Club faces a chance to win the 2023-2024 V.League championship one round early, if they defeat Khanh Hoa at Thien Truong’s home field in the 25th match.
In addition, the home team’s advantage is to have the strongest starting lineup with Rafaelson, Hendrio, Van Toan, Tuan Anh, Van Dat, Van Vu… Meanwhile, Khanh Hoa plays with 11 players. domestically, when their only foreign player, Leaze, was suspended.
It was no surprise when Nam Dinh opened the score early in the 14th minute. Receiving a pass from Van Toan, Rafaelson made a delicate pass for Hendrio to run down and finish past goalkeeper Ngoc Cuong.
Nam Dinh took the lead thanks to Hendrio’s goal. Photo: NDFC
In the 42nd minute, the team from Thanh Nam doubled the gap with a goal by Rafaelson. However, just 3 minutes later, Minh Loi scored after a sharp counterattack to help Khanh Hoa shorten the score to 1-2.
In the second half, Nam Dinh made personnel adjustments to quickly resolve the match. Once again, Rafaelson showed his impressive form when he scored a close-range header into the away team’s net to increase the score to 3-1.
Rafaelson scored a hat-trick of goals for Nam Dinh club. Photo: Xuan Trang
All efforts of Khanh Hoa ended when Lucas and Rafaelson scored in the 81st and 84th minutes respectively to help Nam Dinh secure a 5-1 victory at Thien Truong Stadium.
With this result, Nam Dinh officially won the V.League 2023-2024 championship.