Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament 2022: Cua Lo aims to change medal color

For over a month now, every two days a week, rain or shine, the young players of the youth and children's football team of Cua Lo town wake up at 4:30 a.m. and go to the football field to practice. At this time, the players in the children's football team are quite busy due to the cultural studies of the final grade... but the young players and their parents actively spend time to bring their children to the practice field on time.

Young players of Cua Lo Town Youth Team enthusiastically practice to prepare for the 24th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament. Photo: Huu Luong

In previous years, Cua Lo youth and children's football teams have many times advanced deep in the Youth - Children's Football Tournament.Nghe An Newspaper CupHowever, these teams have never won the championship... Therefore, in this 24th season, the teams of the coastal town are determined to change the history of the tournament.

Aiming to win the gold cup at the largest youth football tournament in Nghe An, in recent times, the Center for Culture, Sports and Communications of Cua Lo town has organized community football classes and through sports festivals to select athletes to form a team; focusing on training, improving physical strength, skills and tactics.

Cua Lo town has selected the best players of their age in the area to focus on training and participating in the tournament. Photo: Huu Luong

Young football players in Cua Lo are very aware: Youth - Children's Football TournamentNghe An Newspaper Cupis a big playground; gathering strong teams, so the selection, training and development of players must be careful and thorough to have the best force to participate in the tournament and achieve high results.

Participating in this year's tournament, like other football teams in the province, the two youth and children teams of Cua Lo town also encountered certain difficulties, which was the lack of time for the children to concentrate and practice.

Coach Hoang Quoc Khanh shared: Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the school year has been extended, shortening the training time for the players. Therefore, in the short time to prepare for the tournament, the coaching staff had to carefully calculate the improvement of physical strength, technical tactics... as well as contact the teams to compete and review the force.

The coaching staff of Cua Lo town football team focuses on improving the physical strength and technical skills of the young players. Photo: Huu Luong

Information from the two youth and children football teams of Cua Lo town, 1 week before the tournament, the selection and arrangement of the two teams' playing lineups were completed. The children's team has 10 players, the youth team has 14 players. All are talented young players.

Youth team player Ho Quang Minh (Nghi Hai ward) said: "We are very honored to participate in the 24th Youth - Children's Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup. We will try our best to practice and compete to achieve high results."

The Youth - Children Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup is a useful and interesting playground for children during the summer. With a heart for children, Cua Lo town has paid attention and arranged adequate funding for the two teams to practice and compete. Parents of the young players also created conditions for their children to participate in this football festival. "This is a great source of encouragement for Cua Lo young players to practice and compete with peace of mind towards the set goals" - Mr. Vo Hong Hai - Director of the Center for Culture, Sports and Communications of Cua Lo town shared.

The two youth football teams and the children's football team of Cua Lo town aim to go deep and change the color of the medals at the 24th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament. Photo: Huu Luong

Mr. Vo Hong Hai added: The Center has assigned the responsibility to the coaches to coordinate with the school and family to build the most suitable and scientific training and competition schedule; so that when entering the tournament, the players can fully develop their abilities and the team achieves high results. The Center has also coordinated with the Department of Education and Training of the town and the schools to complete the competition documents and procedures as soon as possible in accordance with the regulations of the Organizing Committee.

With the attention, direction and active support of the town, the enthusiasm of the coaching team, the consensus of parents, especially the intense passion for the king sport along with the high determination of the children, it is hoped that this year the youth football team and the children's football team of Cua Lo town will go deep into the tournament and change the color of the medal./.