Con Cuong Stadium – Hung Nguyen Stadium: Exploding towards the end of the match
(Baonghean.vn) - After a heavy 2-5 defeat to ND Nam Dan in the first match, ND Hung Nguyen was determined to win against the opponent from the mountainous district of Con Cuong. However, the players of ND Con Cuong showed that they were not easy to bully.
Right from the first minutes, the two teams played tit for tat. After a player of NĐ Hưng Nguyên missed a shot in the 3rd minute, immediately after that, the striker of NĐ Con Cuong hit the post of NĐ Hưng Nguyên's goal. By the 10th minute, NĐ Hưng Nguyên was the team to take the lead thanks to an accurate shot by number 8 Nguyễn Văn Hồng. The first half ended with 1-0.
Video clip of NĐ Hưng Nguyên's opening goal:
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| Con Cuong player (red shirt) organizes to block the attack of ND Hung Nguyen |
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| Players of both teams stick to each other fiercely |
In the second half, the match was still quite balanced. There were not many sharp attacking combinations created towards the two teams' goals. When there were opportunities, the strikers on both sides did not finish accurately. But in the last 5 minutes of the second half, the goals came in succession. First, in the 36th minute, from a clearance by defender NĐ Hưng Nguyên, goalkeeper NĐ Con Cuong rushed out and missed the ball. Number 9 Nguyen Dinh Bac was on the way down and did not miss the opportunity, scoring to raise the score to 2-0.
Video clip of NĐ Hưng Nguyên's goal to increase the score to 2-0:
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| Con Cuong goal was shaken by the quick breakthrough of Hung Nguyen player. |
In the 38th minute, it was the turn of the goalkeeper of NĐ Hưng Nguyên to make a mistake. From a not-so-strong shot by a player of NĐ Con Cuong, the goalkeeper let the ball bounce out of his hand and striker number 11 Dương Mạnh Phú of NĐ Con Cuong quickly chipped the ball into the net, shortening the score to 1-2. But in the last minute of the match, the gap was widened to 2 goals when number 9 Nguyễn Đình Bắc took advantage of a chaotic situation in the penalty area, accurately finishing to set the score at 3-1.
Video clip of the goal that shortened the score to 1-2 of NĐ Con Cuong:
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Video clip of NĐ Hưng Nguyên's goal to increase the score to 3-1:
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| NĐ Con Cuong tried to organize attacks to find an equalizer. |
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| The goal that sealed the score 3-1 for NĐ Hung Nguyen |
Line-up:
Hung Nguyen: Nguyen Dinh Giap (1), Nguyen Anh Quan (4), Pham Hoang Minh (5), Nguyen Van Hong (8), Nguyen Van Son (10)
Con Cuong: Nguyen The Tai (1), Tran Quang Tuan Tu (2, Phan Van Bao (3), Phan The Dat (7), Duong Manh Phu (11)
Referee: Nguyen Duc Dung, Nguyen Quoc Hiep
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