Defeating HAGL, SLNA officially won a ticket to the 2020 National U21 Finals
(Baonghean.vn) - Facing host U21 HAGL in a situation where they had to win to get a ticket to the Final Round, Coach Dinh Van Dung's students played a brave match and got all 3 points.
Before meeting U21 HAGL, U21 SLNA only had 3 points and was in 3rd place. Meanwhile, the home team HAGL had 4 points, equal to the People's Public Security and leading group C.
The match on the afternoon of December 2 at Ham Rong Stadium was decisive for the ticket to the Final Round. After a series of opportunities were created,U21 SLNAtook the lead with a penalty goal by Tran Ngoc Anh in the 30th minute.
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U21 SLNA completed the record of participating in all Youth Finals of the Nghe An team in 2020. Photo: SLNA FC |
However, right before the end of the first half, lack of concentration caused U21 SLNA to receive an equalizer 1-1 from a corner kick.
In the second half, the score chase between U21 SLNA and HAGL continued. In the 48th minute, central defender Le Thanh Lam joined the attack to raise the score to 2-1 for the Nghe team.
In the 62nd minute, U21 HAGL scored again to equalize 2-2 and the hope of winning a ticket became fragile for coach Dinh Van Dung and his team. When the match was only 10 minutes, the pressure created by U21 SLNA caused the HAGL goalkeeper to make a mistake in the penalty area.
On the penalty spot, striker Tran Manh Quynh made no mistake to seal a dramatic 3-2 victory for the young Nghe An team. With this result, U21 SLNA and U21 People's Public Security are the two representatives of Group C to participate in the final round.

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