On the sidelines of the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth and Children's Football Tournament: Cong Phuong's 'younger brother association'

More important than the score

Throughout the match with ChildrenHoang Mai town, despite creating many dangerous situations, the young players ofNghia Dan Teamno goals were scored. However, the team members’ fighting spirit did not decrease, they were all-out and enthusiastic until the last minute - exactly the spirit that the team coach wanted. On the sidelines, the young coach directed the match while continuously praising and acknowledging the players: “Good job!”, “Keep it up!”, “Good job!”… If his team accidentally lost the ball or committed a foul, the coach only gently reminded them.

Despite being behind, the players of Nghia Dan Children's Team (in yellow shirts) kept their fighting spirit strong until the end of the match. Photo: Thanh Cuong

After the match, the entire team and parents had a short meeting outside the stadium. Without a word of blame, the coach quickly summarized the match to gain experience, not forgetting to praise the players who played well and made beautiful moves.
Facing the sad and regretful faces of the young players, the coach said loudly: “Now let’s go home and drink some sugarcane juice and prepare for the first match tomorrow. No matter what, we must go into the match with the most excited spirit!”

Parents of the Nghia Dan Children's Team highly appreciate the positive and dedicated attitude of their children's coach. Photo: Diep Thanh

Sharing about his child's coach, a parent said: "The children really like Mr. Minh, he is enthusiastic and treats his students like his own children, always encouraging and instructing them wholeheartedly. Winning or losing is important, but the joy of the children when they have a good teacher, a suitable environment, and the opportunity to compete and learn is much more important."

Cong Phuong's "younger brother association"

In this morning's match, the Do Luong Youth Team had a special cheering team: the members of the Do Luong Children's Team. On the sidelines of the field, while the older players were taking a break, this young cheering team also had some very chill moments of relaxation.

A convincing performance to prove that they are "Cong Phuong's younger brothers" by the Do Luong Children's Football players. Photo: Diep Thanh

Seeing reporters taking pictures, the players of the teamDo Luong Children'scompeting to show off their talents to get into the camera lens. Notably, when asked for their names, these players did not hesitate to reveal that they were Cong Phuong's "younger brothers".
According to the record at the match, the famous player from Nghe An of the National Team has at least 5 younger brothers who are playing in this year's Nghe An Newspaper Cup season. To prove what they said was right, these "younger brothers" did not hesitate to pull the reporter over to show off their talent of spinning the ball with one finger. After the performance, the players affirmed: "See, if you are this good, you are definitely Cong Phuong's younger brother."

The "younger brother of Cong Phuong" association had a convincing victory in the match this morning. Photo: Thanh Cuong

After performing to their heart’s content, a young player pulled the reporter’s shirt and whispered: “This time I’m telling the truth, player number 11 - Nguyen Xuan Ha on my team is really Cong Phuong’s cousin!” Although the complicated relationship that the young players revealed to the reporter has not been verified, it seems that all of Cong Phuong’s “self-proclaimed younger brothers” are very passionate about football and proud of their homeland’s colors.

"Going down the mountain" to nurture passion

Traveling 180km from Que Phong to Vinh city to attend the 24th Nghe An Newspaper Cup - 2022, the three father and sons Lu Viet Tiep, Lu Ha Ngoc Anh, and Lu Hoang Viet both learned and nurtured their burning passion for the round ball.

Wearing a numbered shirt and shorts, the older sister of player Lu Hoang Viet (Que Phong Youth Team) demonstrated her ability to spin and juggle the ball like a professional player. Photo: Minh Sang

Lu Hoang Viet's first journey "down the mountain" began 4 years ago. When Viet participated in the children's football team in his hometown and was recruited to the Que Phong District Football Team. During those 4 years, Viet practiced hard to compete with other youth football teams in the province. Not only is his younger brother passionate about football, his older sister Ngoc Anh is equally passionate. Ngoc Anh also often participates in football matches in the commune, and is also capable of juggling and spinning the ball as skillfully as her male friends.

Mr. Tiep creates maximum conditions for his children to pursue their passion. Photo: Minh Sang

Supporting his two children's passion, Anh Tiep is both a father and a coach for his children when they compete. In this tournament, Hoang Viet scored 2 goals for himself and contributed to the overall playing style of the Que Phong Youth Team. Although that contribution is not enough to help the Que Phong Team go further, I hope that Hoang Viet and the Que Phong Team will always keep theirfire of passionwith the round ball and will be successful in the future.