Vietnam football hot news today April 20: Dinh Bac reveals reason for CAHN's success; Coach Mai Xuan Hop regrets only drawing with SLNA

Vietnam football hot news today April 20: Dinh Bac reveals reason for CAHN's success; Coach Mai Xuan Hop regrets only drawing with SLNA.

Dinh Bac reveals reason for CAHN's outstanding performance

Forward Nguyen Dinh Bac shares the reason helping CAHN Club perform impressively and close to winning the V-League 2025/26 championship.

"Actually, CAHN Club had injuries and suspensions of important players. But the whole team had a week of training and preparation very well.

Coach Polking urged the players to play with high intensity in this match. The coach and coaching staff always build a high-pressing attacking style for the whole CAHN team. I think the pressing situations created the goals. This is the result of the whole team's preparation after the match with PVF-CAND.

I personally don't think much about scoring many goals. I just want to fulfill the coach's requirements on the field. I think the goal is the result of the support from all the players as well as the coaching staff who always assist and urge me to strive every day," Dinh Bac answered in the interview after the 3-0 win over Ho Chi Minh City Police.

Coach Mai Xuan Hop regrets only drawing with SLNA

Coach Mai Xuan Hop regrets that Thanh Hoa Club could not utilize the home advantage, allowing SLNA to hold them to a 1-1 draw.

At the post-match press conference, Coach Mai Xuan Hop said: "This is truly a regrettable draw for Dong A Thanh Hoa. Today the whole team followed the tactics set by the coaching staff. The players played very tightly and solidly.

Fortunately, Thanh Hoa scored first so the team played much easier. But a draw really feels regrettable because we were very close to the top 10. If we had 3 points today, I would certainly be in the top 10, this result is very regrettable.

I think in a team, the role of the whole collective is the highest, while individuals support to make the collective better. Of course, in football, if a position is missing, we will definitely have to find a suitable replacement for the team to fill that gap. I think Rimario's absence is not too worrying."

HAGL lacked luck against The Cong Viettel

Coach Le Quang Trai believes HAGL lacked luck when losing to The Cong Viettel in round 19 of LP Bank V-League 2025/26.

"Before the match, we determined this was an extremely difficult game. The HAGL players followed the tactics well, maintained team formation distance, and created clear opportunities. However, football is like that, we lacked luck in decisive moments to convert into goals.

The opponent is a team with squad depth and evenly skilled players. They know how to control the match tempo even when we applied pressure. The conceded goal came from a momentary lapse of concentration, that is a costly lesson we need to deeply learn from.

I have nothing to blame the players for. They played with the highest spirit, fought until the last seconds. We will soon stabilize psychologically and focus on preparing for the next match. The road ahead is still long and we need to improve finishing ability to get better results," Coach Le Quang Trai affirmed.

HAGL currently ranks 11th on the table with 18 points after 19 rounds.