On the morning of June 10, the opening match between Quynh Luu Children's School and Nghia Dan Children's School in group A within the framework ofYouth and Children Football Tournament - Nghe An Newspaper CupThe 24th edition of the 2022 tournament was extremely dramatic. True to the spirit of the opening match, both Quynh Luu Children's and Nghia Dan Children's teams fielded their strongest lineups in search of their first win, in order to gain an advantage before the second round.

Despite their relentless attacks, Nhi dong Quynh Luu unexpectedly conceded a goal in the 14th minute, when player Le Hai Dang wearing the number 4 jersey scored a close-range goal to open the score for Nhi dong Nghia Dan. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Entering the match, with the tradition of having won the Youth - Children's Football Championship Cup of Nghe An Newspaper, both Quynh Luu Children's and Nghia Dan Children's teams gave the audience at Nghe An Provincial Gymnasium beautiful plays.

With a slightly better squad and well-trained, Nhi Dong Quynh Luu attacked as soon as the referee's whistle sounded to start the match.

Nghia Dan Children's players celebrate the opening goal. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Faced with the suffocating pressure of Nhi Dong Quynh Luu, Nhi Dong Nghia Dan accepted to give up the game to the other team and applied a defensive style of play and looked for counter-attack opportunities.

However, the surprise happened in the 14th minute, Nhi Dong Nghia Dan counterattacked beautifully and player wearing number 4 Le Hai Dang had a close-range shot to open the score for Nhi Dong Nghia Dan.

The two teams continuously exchanged blows and gave the audience some spectacular football. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the remaining minutes of the first half, although Nhi dong Quynh Luu continuously attacked to find an equalizer, thanks to the excellence of goalkeeper Tang Vinh Gia and the luck of the goal, Nhi dong Nghia Dan still stood firm and maintained the score of 1-0 when the first half ended.

Despite being under constant pressure, Nhi Dong Nghia Dan (yellow shirt) still continuously had sharp counter-attacks. If it weren't for the luck of the goal, Nhi Dong Quynh Luu would have conceded another goal. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Right at the beginning of the second half, the disadvantage came to Nhi dong Nghia Dan when player number 11 Pham Viet Bao received a second yellow card, which meant a red card and forced him to leave the field for 5 minutes. Despite continuously increasing the pressure, Nhi dong Quynh Luu still could not take advantage of the advantage of having more players to score an equalizer. On the contrary, they almost conceded a goal in the 7th minute of the second half after a sharp counterattack by Nhi dong Nghia Dan.

Finally, the efforts of Nhi Dong Quynh Luu were rewarded with a goal by player Dinh Bat Quang Anh wearing the number 11 shirt. Photo: Thanh Cuong

After a period of continuous attacks, the result finally came to Nhi Dong Quynh Luu in the 17th minute of the second half, player Dinh Bat Quang Anh wearing shirt number 11 had a delicate tap-in after a teammate's sideline kick, bringing the match back to the starting line.

In the final minutes of the match, both teams continued to play "tit for tat" and continuously created thrilling situations. However, the score of 1-1 remained until the end of the match.