Making a historic hat-trick, Đình Bắc closes in on Hoàng Hên for the domestic scoring title.

The hat-trick against SLNA allowed Đình Bắc to explode powerfully, simultaneously placing the young forward of CAHN into an exciting race with Đỗ Hoàng Hên for the domestic scoring champion title of V.League 2025/26.

Nguyễn Đình Bắc is becoming the most notable name in the final stage of V.League 2025/26 as he continuously explodes while playing for CLB Công an Hà Nội. After the hat-trick against Sông Lam Nghệ An, the forward born in 2004 not only helped his team gain an important advantage but also officially entered the exciting race for this season's "domestic scoring champion" title.

The match against SLNA truly became a memorable milestone in Đình Bắc's career. He opened the scoring with a sensitive close-range cushion shot, then continued to capitalize on Quang Hải's favorable pass to double the lead. In the second half, the striker from Nghệ An completed his first career hat-trick with a precise penalty kick, concluding an explosive performance against his former local team.

Notably, this is already Đình Bắc's 7th goal in just the last 4 matches. This soaring form becomes even more special considering he previously endured over 500 days without scoring in V.League. The turning point came from the match against SHB Đà Nẵng in the second leg, when Đình Bắc scored a double and then successively found the net against PVF-CAND, Công an TP.HCM, and most recently SLNA.

With 7 goals scored, Đình Bắc has risen to the top group of the league's scorers, equaling many quality foreign players like Geovane or Imoh Fred Friday. However, in the race specifically for domestic scorers, his most formidable opponent at this moment is Đỗ Hoàng Hên. This naturalized forward has already scored 9 goals despite having a fairly long absence in the first leg, showing very impressive efficiency.

As V.League only has 6 rounds remaining, the competition between Đình Bắc and Hoàng Hên promises to be very fierce. In the context where foreign players like Alan, Lucao, or Tagueu still dominate the overall scoring race, the "domestic scoring champion" title becomes an important measure for the capability of Vietnamese forwards. This is an unofficial title but always highly valued by experts due to the intense competition with foreign scorers.

Since the era of Nguyễn Anh Đức or Nguyễn Tiến Linh, Vietnamese football still awaits more domestic forwards capable of asserting their position in V.League. Therefore, Đình Bắc's explosion brings many hopes. If he continues to maintain his current form and surpasses Hoàng Hên in the final stretch, the young striker of Công an Hà Nội will not only win a memorable title but also create a significant stepping stone for dreams of reaching further in the future.

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