On the evening of December 12, Nam Dinh Club welcomed the Sanfrecce Hiroshima Club at Thien Truong Stadium, in the match in the first leg of the round of 16 teams – AFC Champions League 2 (Asian Cup). Coach Vu Hong Viet Dien to 8 foreign soldiers in the formation of the Southern team. On the contrary, the starting line of the Japanese representative has only one German midfielder and a naturalized striker.
The starting lineup has 8 foreign soldiers of Nam Dinh Club in the Asian Cup Cup
Scales of strength in the first half
Nam Dinh Club has many “Western” but only better than the opponent in terms of the ball control rate, and in terms of the game, the two teams are quite balanced. The first notable opportunity belongs to the Sanfrecce Hiroshima Club. In the 4th minute, from the team hanging of his teammate, Higashi Sanki launched a beautiful foot, but unfortunately the ball went over the crossbar.
By the 6th minute, the army of coach Vu Hong Viet had the answer. The Nam Dinh team players had a quick counterattack and gathered smoothly in front of the opponent’s penalty area, Hendrio released the heel to Rogerio Santos to finish and bring the ball to the column narrowly.

Brazilian striker – Brenner (72) launched Nam Dinh Club, not meeting expectations
In the remaining time of the first half, the two teams still played in double and caused storms in the penalty area of the opponent, but no situation was really dangerous created. The match entered the break with a score of 0-0.
Nam Dinh Club broke the last 20 minutes
Entering the second half, both teams want to speed up the match to search for goals. In the 61st minute, Brenner had a good chance after Van Vi’s efforts, but the Brazilian striker could not launch a shot enough to defeat the opponent’s goalkeeper. 65 minutes, from the team hanging of the teammate, Sho Sasaki chose a good position and headed close to the city, but goalkeeper Tran Nguyen Manh reflexively rescuing a goal for Nam Dinh Club.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Club (left) took a big advantage before the second leg of the round of 16 teams, AFC Champions League 2
By the 73rd minute, the Sanfrecce Hiroshima Club had a deadlock after many attacking efforts. The player in the pitch instead of the Sota Nakamura rushed on the right wing and threw a very stretched cross-shaped shot to defeat goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, bringing the representative of Japan to the lead 1-0.
In the 88th minute, Satoshi Tanaka performed in front of Nam Dinh club defense and decided to double the gap for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima Club. 90 minutes+1, the defense of the male team made a mistake, Sota Koshimichi took the opportunity to raise the score, set a victory with a score of 3-0 for the representative of Japan.
Nam Dinh Club will play the second leg at the home of Sanfrecce Hiroshima Club on February 19.