Nghe An men's football team won Silver Medal at National Sports Festival
(Baonghean.vn) - This evening (December 9) at Hang Day Stadium, Nghe An men's football team had the final match of the National Sports Festival against Hanoi team. Despite their best efforts, coach Dinh Van Dung and his team could not win the final match and had to accept finishing the tournament in 2nd place overall, winning the Silver Medal.
Nghe An entered the match as the defending champions, but with the home field advantage, Hanoi players quickly pushed up their formation to put pressure on the opponent, constantly pressing the opponent and more or less creating scoring opportunities. Despite many efforts to protect the goal, in the 21st minute, after a beautiful attack by the opponent, the Nghe An team's defenders let Pham Van Long wearing the number 16 shirt score the opening goal for Hanoi.
In the remaining minutes of the first half, the ball mainly rolled on Nghe An's field but no more goals were scored for either team and the players entered the break with a score of 1-0 in favor of the home team.
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| Nghe An team became the former champion of the National Sports Festival after losing to Hanoi. |
In the second half, Hanoi players continued to increase their pressure on the opponent and in the 60th minute, from a pass from the home field, player number 10 Pham Tuan Hai escaped, controlled the ball past a defender and the goalkeeper of Nghe An before finishing to raise the score to 2-0.
In the remaining minutes, Hanoi players played a bit slower to preserve the score. However, Nghe An team could not create opportunities to approach the opponent's goal and had to accept the score of 0-2 and watch the home team Hanoi players win the Gold Medal in the men's football event of the 8th National Sports Festival.
In the match for Third Place, Da Nang players defeated Thua Thien - Hue in penalty shootouts (4-2) after the two teams tied 3-3 in regulation time to win the Bronze Medal.
