Nghia Dan Children's School won against Cua Lo Children's School in the opening match of the tournament.

On the afternoon of June 6, the 26th Youth - Children's Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup 2024 officially opened. The opening match of the new season was the competition between the two teams of Cua Lo Town Children's and Nghia Dan Children's. The two teams of Cua Lo Town Children's and Nghia Dan Children's are in Group A - the "death" group of this year's tournament.

Group A has 5 teams, in addition to Cua Lo Town Children's and Nghia Dan Children's, there are 3 strong teams of the tournament: Vinh City Children's, Yen Thanh Children's and the defending champion Tan Ky Children's. The 5 teams will compete in a round robin to select the top 2 teams to advance to the next round.

Entering the match, both teams started very actively; continuously organizing dangerous attacks towards the opponent’s goal. However, the final shots were still inaccurate… The pace of the match was quite fast.

From the 5th minute onwards, Nghia Dan Children's Team gradually took control of the game. Cua Lo Town Children's Team retreated deep, focused on defending with large numbers and waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

Despite many attacks but not scoring any goals, Nghia Dan Children's Team conceded a goal in the 11th minute. From a corner kick, the ball was put into Nghia Dan Children's Team's penalty area, player wearing number 8 Le Duy Ngo skillfully flicked the ball over the opposing team's goalkeeper's head, scoring the opening goal.

Receiving an unexpected goal, Nghia Dan Children's Team rose up strongly, continuously organizing dangerous attacks that threatened the opponent's goal. In the 15th minute, receiving a favorable pass from his teammate, player wearing the number 3 shirt Han Nguyen Tan Dung rushed down and accurately finished to equalize for the home team.

In the remaining minutes of the first half, Nghia Dan Children's Team continuously put pressure on the opponent, however, no more goals were scored. In this half, goalkeeper Nguyen Van Hai of Cua Lo Town Children's Team played very well, blocking many shots from the opponent team.

In the second half, the two teams were in a stalemate, with neither team gaining an absolute advantage. Both teams also created many dangerous situations that threatened each other's goals. The goalkeepers of both teams played very focused, denying all of their opponents' efforts.

In the 30th and 31st minutes of the match, player number 11 Hoang Nam Phong of Nghia Dan Children's Team took advantage of the opponent's laxity and lack of concentration, ran intelligently and scored 2 goals for the home team.

On the rise, the Nghia Dan Children's Team played better and better and continued to score 2 more goals in the 36th and 37th minutes of the match. The scorers were player number 7 Nguyen Duy Khanh and player number 3 Han Nguyen Tan Dung.

In the final minutes of the match, the players of Cua Lo Town Children's Team played with great determination to find an equalizer, however, no more goals were scored. In the end, Nghia Dan Children's Team won against Cua Lo Town Children's Team with a score of 5-1.