Anh Son children try their best at the Youth Football Tournament - Nghe An Newspaper Cup 2019

In just 10 days, the Anh Son Children's Football Team will leave for the 23rd Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament in 2019. Although the highest achievement is only reaching the quarter-finals, with many years of experience in this playground, the coach and the players of Anh Son Children's Football Team are currently practicing their best to get the best results.

The scorching heat of the summer days could not stop the training spirit of the teachers and students of the Anh Son Children's Team. Nguyen Van Huy, from Binh Son commune, shared: My house is far from the district center, every day when it comes to training schedule, I have to travel more than 60 km to and from school. With the hot weather like these days, although traveling is difficult and quite tiring, I am not discouraged and determined to contribute my best to the team.

Nguyen Van An from Long Son commune said that since he was a child, he has been passionate about football and dreamed of becoming a good player. Being accepted into the district's youth football team to participate in the tournament, he is determined to overcome all difficulties to achieve the highest results. He and the team's players will prepare the best in terms of technique, mentality and physical strength to participate in the tournament, and try their best to bring high results for the team.

Anh Son Youth Football Team participates in the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament this year.

This year, Anh Son district does not have a Youth team participating in the tournament, so all the attention of fans is placed on the Children's team. As a mountainous district, Anh Son's highest achievement was reaching the quarter-finals in the 2017 season and losing regrettably with a score of 2-3 to Nghi Loc, but in each season, Anh Son players compete with a spirit of dedication and solidarity. That shows that youth football in the mountainous district of Anh Son has a lot of potential for the coming seasons.

The advantage of the Anh Son Children's team in this year's tournament is that there are 5 young faces born in 2008 who are familiar with last year's tournament. Among them, the 3 most prominent bright faces are Tran Van Khiem in Long Son, Nguyen Van Huy in Binh Son and Nguyen Van An in Long Son. With good physical strength, agility, and skillful techniques, hopefully they will contribute to creating new breakthroughs for the Anh Son Children's teams this year.

Anh Son Children's Football Team practices in preparation for the 23rd Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth-Children Football Tournament.

Mr. Le Van Hieu - Coach of Anh Son Children's Football Team said: Anh Son Children's Team has started training for 2 weeks now, with a schedule of 3 training sessions per week on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. According to the plan, starting from next week when the children are on summer vacation, the coaching staff will adjust the schedule, increasing the weekly training time. These days, teachers and students are trying to find the best solution for the players to practice systematically and improve their playing techniques. This year, the quality of Anh Son Children's players is quite even.

All 20 players were recruited from the amateur talent class organized by SLNA Club in the district, which is also a great advantage for the Anh Son team. With the combination of professional and talent factors, Anh Son team will confidently enter the tournament with the highest determination. However, currently there is no artificial turf field in the area, so training is quite passive and depends on the weather. On rainy days, the slippery field affects the quality of training sessions, but the coaching staff and the players will try their best to not disappoint the fans.

Focus on advanced physical and tactical training in competition.

Mr. Dang Ba Viet - Deputy Director of Anh Son District Culture and Sports Center said: Despite the difficulties of the hot weather, with a high determination, this year the Anh Son Children's team prepared for the tournament very early. Since the beginning of March, the center has prepared the field as well as other conditions to create favorable conditions for the players to participate in training; assigned staff - coaches in charge of the Children's team.

Currently, the coaching staff is trying to find the best solution for the players to be trained systematically, focusing on the exercises to improve the weaknesses of the Anh Son Youth Football Team in previous years, which are improving physical strength and tactics in competition. With the enthusiasm of the coach and the passion and efforts of the players, especially the enthusiastic support of the district leaders and parents, we believe that Anh Son Youth Football Team will be the team that leaves many impressions at the 23rd Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament.