The journey to the championship for U13 Song Lam Nghe An

Go in the right direction

For a long time, Song Lam Nghe An has been considered a leading football training center in the country. In tournaments such as the U11, U13, and U17 National Championships, Song Lam Nghe An holds the record for the most championships won. To achieve this, the club from Nghe An has built a systematic and scientific training process. In particular, the Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center always considers the selection process as a key factor in its success.

With the support of the Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports, the Nghe An youth football academy has established 25 grassroots football classes spread across almost all districts, cities, and towns in the province. This has helped Song Lam Nghe An avoid overlooking football talents. In particular, through the annual Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament, the Nghe An youth football academy has discovered many quality young players to supplement the U11 and U13 teams. The clearest evidence of this is that more than half of the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team participating in the 2024 U13 National Championship had previously competed in the Nghe An Newspaper Cup. Notably, the four players selected for the tournament's ideal team are promising talents from the 2022 Nghe An Newspaper Cup.

Clearly, building a comprehensive and diverse pool of talent has helped the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team in particular, and the youth teams of Nghe An's football academy in general, to consistently possess a stable squad in terms of both quality and quantity.

Therefore, despite the fact that U13 Song Lam Nghe An is aggressively combating age fraud in the 2024 season, they still have a team with high professional quality.

The "ingredients" are there, but if they don't focus on "shaping it into a finished product," the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team will find it difficult to achieve the same success as this season.

Before the new season, the coaching staff of U13 Song Lam Nghe An planned training sessions and developed suitable tactics for the team. U13 Song Lam Nghe An adopted a ball-control style of play, based on the players' flexible movement. In addition, coach Le Van Hung also demanded that his players prioritize effectiveness in attacking plays. This coherent style of play helped U13 Song Lam Nghe An avoid significant obstacles when facing formidable opponents.

U13 Song Lam Nghe An achieved a perfect record in both the qualifying and final rounds. In the final round, coach Le Van Hung's team scored 17 goals and conceded only 2.

Particularly in the final match against U13 Hanoi, U13 Song Lam Nghe An demonstrated superior skill by crushing their opponent with a 4-0 victory. This win helped U13 Song Lam Nghe An successfully defend their title at the 2024 National U13 Championship.

Clearly, with the right approach, U13 Song Lam Nghe An has once again affirmed its position and class at the National Youth Tournament.

Prize for the champion

The U13 Song Lam Nghe An team experienced the tournament with special attention from the audience, Nghe An province, sponsors, and the players' families. In particular, the players' parents provided both moral and material support to ensure the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team had the best possible conditions for the tournament. The U13 Song Lam Nghe An team's coaches and players received financial support from the parents for their plane tickets to travel to Dak Lak province for the 2024 U13 National Championship. This helped prevent the players from suffering health problems from traveling by road.

Besides the support from Nghe An province, the main sponsor, the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team also received encouragement from a large number of fans during the final matches. This motivated coach Le Van Hung's players to strive and overcome tough opponents in the tournament.

With all-round support, the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team played brilliantly and won the championship convincingly.

Notably, in addition to the gold medal, the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team also swept almost all the other awards, including: Fair Play Award, Best Player of the Tournament, Best Goalkeeper, and Top Scorer. Furthermore, four players – Thai Ba Bao Hoang, Le Bao Hieu, Truong Van Tai, and Phan Van Ngoc – were included in the tournament's All-Star team.

With this success, the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team received many valuable rewards. Among them, they were awarded a large sum of 468 million VND by Nghe An province.

Furthermore, the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team is also being sponsored by their main sponsor, Tan Long, for a tour and friendly competition in Japan. This 12-day trip promises to provide the players with many positive experiences in a country with one of the most developed football cultures in Asia. This will be a valuable lesson, helping the players from Nghe An gain more knowledge and experience for their future endeavors. It will also serve as motivation for them to strive even harder in their upcoming careers.

It can be affirmed that, thanks to the right approach, the U13 Song Lam Nghe An team has achieved remarkable success. Hopefully, this will be the foundation for this promising generation of players to write new milestones in the future.