FC Truong Thanh won the First Division Amateur Football Championship of Nghe An province
(Baonghean.vn) - After nearly a month of exciting competition, the Nghe An Province First Division Amateur Football Tournament for the Van Minh Cup organized by the Nghe An Province Amateur Football Association has closed.
The exciting and dramatic developments of the final match showed that FC Truong Thanh and FC Vinaconex 16 deserved to be the two best teams of the tournament.
With their signature defensive counter-attacking style of play, FC Vinaconex overcame many other strong opponents to reach the final match. The Construction and Real Estate Trading Company team was considered weaker, but took the lead twice.
However, the courage and ambition to win promotion to Vinh League that had been nurtured for many years, along with the relentless attacking efforts, helped the FC Truong Thanh players equalize 2-2 after two exciting and dramatic matches.
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| The ball in the final match between FC Truong Thanh and FC Vinaconex 16. Photo: Hoang Hao |
Entering the penalty shootout to determine the winner, a player of FC Vinaconex 16 missed the post, while FC Truong Thanh players made no mistake in successfully executing all 5 penalties, helping this team to be crowned champion, and also win a ticket to directly participate in the Vinh Premier League (Vinh League) in 2018.
Losing in the final match, FC Vinaconex 16 accepted to win the Silver Medal and was allowed to play a play-off match with their opponent FC Yen Dai (the team ranked second to last in Vinh League 2017) to compete for the last ticket to compete in the most prestigious amateur football tournament in Nghe An taking place in May this year.
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| The joy of receiving the Championship Cup of FC Truong Thanh players. Photo: Hoang Hao |
In addition to the titles and prizes for the two teams mentioned above, the Organizing Committee also awarded the third prize to two teams: FC Do Luong and FC Le Mao Pho; FC Anh em Yen Dai (100% of the players are Catholics in Yen Dai Parish - Nghi Phu Commune - Vinh City), with the spirit of fair play, the quarter-final match took place on Christmas Day (December 25), but the whole team still played fully, and was highly praised by the Organizing Committee and awarded the Style Award.
