Dien Chau Children's and Thai Hoa Children's continue to demonstrate absolute strength

Dien Chau 8 - 0 Cua Lo ND

While the Dien Chau FC players were excited after their opening victory, the Cua Lo FC players had to win to keep their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive after their defeat to Thai Hoa FC. Therefore, the confrontation between the two coastal teams was dramatic right from the opening whistle.

In the first minutes of the match, the game was balanced, the players of NĐ Cửa Lò created many opportunities, but could not convert them into goals. In contrast to the unfortunate misses of the opposing team, in just a moment, the NĐ Diễn Châu team had the opening goal in the 5th minute thanks to Trần Nguyễn Anh Quân.

NĐ Dien Chau (dark blue shirt) won an absolute victory over NĐ Cua Lo. Photo: Ho Phuong

The goal that broke the deadlock seemed to lift the burden off the feet of the Dien Chau ND players. They continued to deploy beautiful and smooth attacking play. Just 2 minutes after the opening goal, they doubled the gap thanks to number 7 Cao Hoang Dat. The score of 2 - 0 in favor of Dien Chau ND also ended the tense first half.

Entering the second half, it was thought that ND Cua Lo would rise up to find an equalizer, however, they played a lackluster style of play, with misdirected combinations constantly appearing. ND Dien Chau did not miss the opportunity and immediately poured goals on their opponents. 6 goals in the second half caused ND Cua Lo's efforts to fail.

At this point, the players of NĐ Cửa Lò could not keep their cool, in a fierce foul against NĐ Diễn Châu, player number 6 Nguyễn Xuân Thành was given a direct red card by the referee. The score of 8 - 0 in favor of NĐ Diễn Châu was maintained until the end of the match.

Thai Hoa 3 - 1 Thanh Chuong ND

Although they did not have a "resounding" victory like ND Dien Chau, the players of ND Thai Hoa still knew how to shine at the right time to bring home 3 valuable points. Right from the 5th minute of the match, player number 6 Nguyen Xuan Truong made a delicate shot to bring home the opening goal for ND Thai Hoa.

Thanh Chuong FC (in white shirt) braces himself to fend off attacks from Thai Hoa FC. Photo: Ho Phuong

The game was balanced throughout the rest of the match, however the team that took advantage of the opportunities was still ND Thai Hoa, they scored 2 consecutive goals in the 17th and 25th minutes thanks to players Lo Van Vuong and Hoang Tan Cuong.

The tireless efforts of NĐ Thanh Chuong helped them score a goal to shorten the score in the 29th minute thanks to number 7 Dinh Hoang Duc. However, that was still not enough for the "Nhút" team to turn the game around. The score of 3 - 1 in favor of NĐ Thai Hoa was maintained until the end of the match.