On the sidelines of the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth and Children's Football Tournament: 'I don't know where to go'

"I don't know where to go"

Coaches take care of young players of Thanh Chuong Children's Club. Photo: Tien Dong

In the middle of the second half of the match betweenThanh Chuong Childrenand Thai Hoa Children's Team, eager for an equalizer to find a chance to move on to the next round, the young players of the "nut land" team continuously attacked.

On the sidelines, the coaches also rushed up to direct the players. But "the drums beat one way, the trumpets blow the other way", the coach said "Move forward, move right, move right", the coach said "Retreat, retreat, move left", not to mention the fans also became very active and enthusiastic technical directors.

From right to left, from retreating to pushing forward, from telling people to mark to running; from telling them to pass the ball to shooting… made the young players somewhat confused. During a time-out, one player suggested: “Let my team play! It’s so chaotic, going right and left, up and down. They don’t know where to go.”

“Just once!”

A "tight as a thread" shot from goalkeeper Nhi Dong Do Luong made goalkeeper Nhi Dong Quy Hop struggle to defend. Photo: Thanh Cuong

What is quite surprising is that in the match betweenDo Luong Children'sand Nhi dong Quy Hop on the afternoon of June 12, entered the match with an equal position, but in a situation where the ball was kicked up to his teammate, goalkeeper wearing the number 18 shirt Tran Van Hoang of Nhi dong Do Luong kicked "as hard as a thread", the ball hit the ground, bounced up, went over the opponent's goalkeeper's head and went into the net. The score was opened for the Luong team. Thanks to the early goal, the Luong team played very explosively and won against an equal opponent.

After that, after many times of kicking the ball up for the home team, goalkeeper Tran Van Hoang continued to have long shots that went all the way across the field, sometimes hitting the post, sometimes hitting the crossbar and sometimes flying into the stands, hitting the fans. While throwing the ball down to the players, a fan warned: “Hey, you’re lucky this time, don’t wait any longer. Pass the ball to your teammates. Don’t panic when kicking the ball!”

"Chickens from the same mother should not fight each other."

Brotherhood only exists outside the field, once in the field, we must fight to the death. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the second match of Group A this afternoon, Quynh Luu Children's Club had a match with Hoang Mai Town Children's Club. Hoang Mai was separated from Quynh Luu's motherland in 2013. These two places have a close connection with each other, sharing the Mai Giang River, the same salty sea-flavored accent, and most of the people in these two places have a sibling relationship. Even in the two teams, there are players who are "blood brothers" of each other.

But being relatives is a "private matter" off the field, once in the game, both sides are eager to win, determined to defeat their opponents to get a ticket to the next round. Therefore, throughout the 45 minutes of the match, players from both sides played very fiercely, many fierce ball disputes, many collisions occurred, neither side would give in to the other.

The thrilling score chase ended with a 4-3 result, bringing Quynh Luu to the next round. Therefore, the folk song "Chickens from the same mother should not fight each other" is "contraindicated" for these football matches.