Off the pitch: The most impressive fans

Quy Hop fans dyed the stands red. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Most impressive fan

This morning, the stands were dyed bright red by banners, flags, trumpets and the shirts of Quy Hop fans. The banners that were hastily printed overnight, the T-shirts with the five-pointed yellow star and the Vuvuzela trumpets that were hastily bought outside the stadium gate created an impressive color for the Quy Hop fan club, and were also an invisible force, fueling the spirit of the young players from Vinh to compete more explosively.

And most impressively, despite the heat of the stands, the intense and exciting football matches, the Quy Hop fans still cheered in a very civilized and polite manner, without uttering any “bitter words”. If there was a title of “Most Enthusiastic and Civilized Fans” of the tournament, the Quy Hop fans would be worthy of being named.

So even!

The determination of teachers and students of Nhi Dong Tan Ky to defend the throne. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The final match between Nhi dong Tan Ky and Nhi dong Quy Hop this morning was really intense and nerve-wracking. When both sides were tense as strings when competing for every ball, every pass, and were eager for a goal, in the 15th minute of the match, goalkeeper Pham Doan Vu Phong (Nhi dong Tan Ky) scored an own goal to open the score for Nhi dong Quy Hop. The regretful and somewhat disappointed "oh" sounds were clearly visible on the faces of the fans of the reigning champion. But fortunately, 5 minutes later, number 10 Tran Minh Quan scored the equalizer for Nhi dong Tan Ky.

And surprisingly, in the 30th minute of the match, goalkeeper Thai Van Tuan Duy (Quy Hop Children's School) scored an "own goal" to raise the score to 2-1 for Tan Ky Children's School. So in this "life and death" match, both goalkeepers scored an own goal and according to the fans, "the bad luck was shared equally between both", "this is fair and no one is a "sinner".

"I'm the champion, teacher!"

Tan Ky young players share their joy with former coach Mai Thai Uy. Photo: Thanh Phuc

With explosive and classy playing style, Nhi Dong Tan Ky successfully defended the throne, stepping onto the podium of glory. The joy of victory not only "spread" to the stands, to each player, each fan; that joy turned into tears of joy rolling down the cheeks of the players, through the smiles of teachers and coaches who are passionate about children's football, but also had the power to "spread" to all parts of the country, to "the four seas and five continents" through social networking platforms.

With tears in their eyes, they called their former coach Mai Thai Huy, who was in faraway Japan. The former students were excited and tried to shout loudly through the speakerphone so that the teacher could hear them better: “Teacher, Tan Ky is the champion! Tan Ky is the champion, teacher!” Then the teacher and students congratulated each other over the phone, sharing their joy with tears of happiness…