On the sidelines of the youth field: 'Fastest, most dangerous'

Que Phong youth warms up before the match. Photo: Thanh Phuc

In the Que Phong Youth team, there are players who have played in many seasons of Nghe An Newspaper Cup, some have played in at least 2, some have even played in their 4th season. Participating in the tournament at the Children's age group since he was a 3rd grader, this year in 7th grade, Que Phong Youth team captain Lo Hung Thinh has continuously left his village to compete in Vinh for 4 seasons.

Having been trained a lot and gained a lot of experience, Lo Hung Thinh has become the right-hand man of the coach of Que Phong football team. He supports the teachers in technical guidance and is the psychological pillar of the whole team on the field.

Notably, in the opening match this morning, when the referee had just blown the starting whistle, Lo Hung Thinh had a goal kick that “hit the goal” to open the score for the mountain town team. This was also the goal that was considered “the fastest, most dangerous” in the first seconds of the match.

"Foster brother" unwillingly!

Bui Viet Anh in Que Phong accompanies his younger brother and young players in this year's season. Photo: Thanh Phuc

On the sidelines of the artificial turf field this morning, while the "senior" football team was stretching for every ball on the field, the "junior" Nhi Dong Que Phong was diligently practicing. Putting aside the summer vacation, traveling more than 200km from Tien Phong commune (Que Phong) to Vinh to cheer for his younger brother Bui Viet Hoang, Bui Viet Anh (18 years old) became the "foster brother" of the Nhi Dong football team.

“I followed the team since the training days in the district, then went down to Vinh. My younger brother played for the Youth but I was the “foster brother” of the Children”. While the teachers were busy with the older brothers on the field, outside, Viet Anh was enthusiastically training the younger brothers to pass and catch the ball. And when he returned to the “headquarters” to rest, Viet Anh personally took care of his younger brother and the young players in the team with all his heart and soul.

Multi-talented reporter

Reporter and scaffolder. Photo: Thanh Phuc

At Thieu Nien Stadium this morning, reporter Ho Lam Tung carried a computer on his shoulder, a camera around his neck, his arms around his legs, and struggled to pull a cart full of iron bars to set up scaffolding. Finding a suitable location, he put down his “right hand” tool and started to set up the scaffolding on the field. Struggling to find steel wire, trying to lift each iron bar, carefully tying it together for installation, finally a scaffolding was completed for his colleague Cong Kien to climb up and work with his camera.

On the field, working in the tournament, accompanying these young players, reporters, writing articles, filming, taking photos, being fans, sometimes being caregivers and being the "inquiry receiving" center for the teams.