On the sidelines: 'Playing against the sun, swimming against the wind'

Vinh City teenagers play in unfavorable conditions against the sun and wind. Photo: Duc Anh

The match took place at 4pm, in the first half of the match, the clouds covered the sky so it was quite cool and cloudy, in the second half, the clouds cleared, the sun was bright and the wind was strong. This was disadvantageous for the Vinh City Youth team when they were playing against the sun and wind. Therefore, coach Ho Sy Tien promptly urged the players: "Guys, the other team is playing against the wind, against the sun, dazzling, this is our chance, let's go forward".

However, the Vinh City Youth players went against the sun and wind, kept a clean sheet for 50 minutes of the match, leading to a nerve-wracking penalty shootout and convincing victory.

Polymer catalyst

Bonus for Vinh City Youth players. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Immediately after the victory over Ky Son Youth and qualifying for the semi-finals, the Vinh City Youth players were energized by a hot bonus performance from the coaches. Accordingly, each player was awarded 100,000 VND and the whole team was awarded 500,000 VND.

“The amount of money is not large, it is just for encouragement. I planned to take the kids out to eat and play, but because the goal is to get tickets to the finals, all the entertainment is temporarily put on hold. After the tournament, I will treat the kids to a great meal,” said the coach of the Vinh City Youth Team.

Perhaps, in part, thanks to the catalyst from the polymer sheet, from the timely encouragement and motivation, the players played explosively, with an excellent penalty shootout that brought Vinh city to the final.

Drink TH to win the Newspaper Cup quickly.

"Super kid player" Nguyen Xuan Bao: "Drink Te-Hat to get well faster". Photo: Thanh Phuc

Present on the field to cheer for their seniors playing in the semi-final at the Youth Stadium this afternoon, the young players of Thanh Chuong Children's were present early, shouting enthusiastically, encouraging the spirit of all the competing teams.

Among them, the most impressive was the "super little player" Nguyen Xuan Bao (8 years old) who read the newspaper, cheered and drank TH milk at the same time. When the brothers said: "Bao, why are you so greedy? Let your mouth rest"; Bao replied firmly: "Drink TH to get well soon, to be strong enough to play in the tournament next year. Being short and underweight will get you disqualified?". After saying that, Bao made a gesture of reaching high "For Vietnamese stature"./.