Song Lam Nghe An U13 team won the Youth Friendly Tournament in Japan
Entering the final after winning all the group stage and semi-finals, the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team continued to compete with great effort and won the 2024 Mito Open International Friendly Championship after the match on the afternoon of July 26.
The Mito Youth International Friendly Open 2024 in Japan brings together 20 teams from J.League 3, J.League 2 and J.League 1 from Tokyo, Ibaraki Prefecture and neighboring areas. The U13 Song Lam Nghe An team is the representative of Vietnam to participate in the tournament, this program is part of the cooperation plan between Song Lam Nghe An Club and Mito Hollyhock.
In the first practice match against the host team U13 Mito Hollyhock, U13 Song Lam Nghe An won a big victory with a score of 10-1. When officially entering the 2024 Mito Open International Friendly Tournament, U13 Song Lam Nghe An also played very impressively and won with a score of 4-0 against Mito High School.
After the remaining 2 matches of the Group Stage - Mito Open International Friendly Football Tournament 2024, U13 Song Lam Nghe An played with great effort, successively defeating U13 Blaublitz Akita with a score of 3-0 and FC Coruja with a score of 2-0 to reach the Semi-finals and continued to defeat U13 Matsumoto Yamaga FC 4-1.
In the semi-final match of the tournament, coach Le Van Hung and his team played with great effort when they defeated U13 Matsumoto Yamaga FC with a score of 4-1.
The final match of the 2024 Mito Youth International Friendly Open is the competition between U13 Song Lam Nghe An - the reigning champion of the 2024 National Youth Football Tournament and U13 Kashima Antlers - Representative from the club currently playing in J.League 1.
The match was exciting and ended 0-0 after 2 official periods. In the penalty shootout, U13 Song Lam Nghe An was more courageous and lucky to win with a score of 8-7. Thereby, for the first time, they won a tournament in Japan.
After 10 days of training under the guidance of experts and coach Mito Hollyhock as well as practicing, friendly matches and tournaments, U13 Song Lam Nghe An will return home on July 28 after a day of rest and sightseeing in Tokyo./.
