National U19 Football Tournament: SLNA causes Ho Chi Minh City to be eliminated early

(Baonghean.vn) - At the end of the second round of Group B, the capital representative U19 HN T&T won the right to enter the next round 1 round early after two wins, while TP HCM was eliminated early after two consecutive losses. The remaining ticket will be decided after the match between host SLNA and VPF.

On QK4 field, the confrontation between the two "candidates" for the championship of this year is HN T&T and VPF. These are also the two teams that won the first round, so if any team wins, they will get the first ticket to the semi-finals. Because of that importance, the two teams HN T&T and VPF entered the match cautiously, the players of both teams always worked hard to stick to the opponent, not giving any space to coordinate. But only HN T&T was successful with their tactics. In the 60th minute of the match, from an exemplary counter-attack, midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai had a technical shot to score the only goal of the match, bringing 3 points and the first ticket to the semi-finals for the home team HN T&T.

The match between SLNA – TP HCM

Meanwhile, at Vinh Stadium, with the support of about 3,000 spectators, SLNA players were determined to win to keep their hopes of advancing to the next round alive. However, when the excitement and fighting spirit of SLNA players were high, they immediately received a "cold shower" in the 25th minute of the match when Dang Khoa headed the opening goal for Ho Chi Minh City. With nothing left to lose, SLNA players put all their efforts into attacking to find an equalizer. And it is commendable for the spirit of Nghe An players when they did what they wanted, which was to score a goal. After Van Duc equalized a few minutes later, in the first half's extra time, Huu Tuan seized the opportunity to score to make it 2-1. The second half was a tight affair with the home team having the upper hand and the 2-1 score remained until the end of the match.

With this result, in group B, Hanoi T&T won the right to continue after 2 wins while TP HCM was eliminated early without any points after 2 matches. The remaining ticket will be decided after the match between host SLNA and VPF in the 3rd match on March 16.

Today, the second round of matches in Group A continues. On QK 4 Stadium, there will be a match between Long An and Viettel, and on Vinh Stadium, there will be a confrontation between TT Hue and B.Binh Duong (these are two teams that have not won any points in the first round).

Dai Nghia

Competition results:

SLNA – TP HCM 2-1

HN T&T – VPF 1-0

Match schedule for March 15

Vinh Stadium: TT Hue - B.Binh Duong

Military Zone 4 Stadium: Long An - Viettel