Nghe An Trade Union Football Team won the Nghe An Regional Qualifying Championship
On the afternoon of October 13, Nghe An Trade Union team defeated Quang Nam Trade Union team to win the championship of the 2024 Vietnam Workers and Civil Servants Football Tournament, Nghe An region qualifying round.
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This is considered the "dream final" of the tournament because both teams have shown their strength right from the first round. In the opening match of Group B, Quang Nam Trade Union and Nghe An Trade Union brought a beautiful match with a draw of 2-2.
In the following matches, both teams demonstrated their strength and convincingly advanced to the final.Nghe An Trade Unionholding home field advantage, while Quang Nam Union possesses a very scientific defensive counter-attacking style of play.
Having understood each other's strengths, the two teams played quite cautiously in the first few minutes, with finishing situations mainly coming from a distance.
The breakthrough appeared in the 22nd minute when a low shot from a player of Nghe An Trade Union hit the hand of a defender of Quang Nam Trade Union. "Golden whistle" of V-League 2022 Nguyen Dinh Thai resolutely pointed to the penalty spot. Nguyen Sy Khanh did not miss the opportunity to open the score for the home team with a tricky kick.
Having conceded an unlucky goal, Quang Nam Union rushed forward to attack and scored an equalizer in the last minute of the first half thanks to a long-range shot. From the left wing, Nguyen Van Minh Tien launched a low, tricky shot. The ball flew lightly but had an unpleasant trajectory, causing the Nghe An goalkeeper to miss and it flew into the net, much to the surprise of the home team.
The two teams played completely evenly in both the first and second half. Each team created some notable situations but none of them really threatened the goalkeeper.
As a result, after 60 minutes of undecided play, Nghe An Trade Union and Quang Nam Trade Union entered the penalty shootout.
Nghe An Union made a tactical change when reserve goalkeeper Nguyen Dinh Van came on as a substitute at the last minute to take the penalty. And this goalkeeper successfully saved the first penalty of Quang Nam Union. On the fourth penalty, he once again shone.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Dinh Van's teammates successfully kicked 4/5 penalties. And that was enough for the Nghe An Trade Union team to win 4-2 to be crowned champion.
