Do Luong Children's School rose to the top of the table after winning against Thanh Chuong Children's School.

In the first match, Thanh Chuong Children's School won 3-1 against Cua Lo Children's School, while Do Luong Children's School was unexpectedly held to a 1-1 draw by Quy Chau Children's School.

For the Nhut team, a win means a ticket to the quarter-finals, while the Luong team also needs to win 3 points if they don't want to be at a disadvantage in the final round.

Thanh Chuong Children's Team had the first dangerous attacks... Photo: Thanh Cuong

The players of both teams were equal in terms of physique, physical strength and technique and in the first 10 minutes, the match was quite balanced.

Thanh Chuong Children's Team had the first dangerous opportunity but a diagonal shot from the right wing by a player in black could not beat goalkeeper Nguyen Ba Sang of Do Luong Children's Team.

..but Nhi Dong Do Luong also showed that they were not inferior in their attacks. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Although there were fewer attacks close to the opponent's goal, Nhi Dong Do Luong was the team to take the lead. In the last minute of the first half, from a free kick on the left wing, number 4 Nguyen Van Nguyen poured the ball into the penalty area. Taking advantage of the lack of coordination between the defender and goalkeeper Nhi Dong Thanh Chuong, number 11 Nguyen Van Phong quickly kicked the ball into the net.

Do Luong's young players rejoice after the opening goal. Photo: Thanh Cuong

1-0 in favor of Nhi Dong Do Luong was the score of the first half.

Entering the second half, right in the first minute, Nhi Dong Thanh Chuong had a chance to equalize the score but facing goalkeeper Nguyen Ba Sang in a comfortable position, a player in black shot wide of the post.

Surely Thanh Chuong players and fans must have felt very sorry for this situation, because 2 minutes later, after a good coordination, number 11 Nguyen Van Phong raised the score to 2-0 with a neat shot from the left wing, forcing goalkeeper Vo Tran Gia Bao to go into the net to pick up the ball.

Coach Tran Van Son of Do Luong Children's School directs his students. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the following minutes, coach Van Thanh Chuong of Thanh Chuong Children's Club instructed his students to speed up the attack to find an equalizer. However, Do Luong Children's Club's defense played very solidly, making the team's shots from the Nhut region not difficult enough to get past goalkeeper Nguyen Ba Sang. In addition, Do Luong Children's attacks were also quite sharp, causing goalkeeper Vo Tran Gia Bao to have to block them several times with great difficulty.

Coach Van Thanh Chuong of Thanh Chuong Children's Club was impatient when his students had not scored a goal to shorten the score. Photo: Thanh Cuong

However, after many efforts, Thanh Chuong Children's Club also found a goal to reduce the score in the last minute of the match. After a chaotic situation in the penalty area, a player of Do Luong Children's Club let the ball touch his hand and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot. Number 10 Dinh La Thang shot very hard into the middle of the goal, not giving goalkeeper Nguyen Ba Sang a chance to block. But that was also the only goal that Thanh Chuong Children's Club got.

In the end, Do Luong Children's School won 2-1 against Thanh Chuong Children's School. With this result, Do Luong Children's School took the lead in Group B, but the chance to enter the quarterfinals is still divided equally among all 4 teams in the group.