Quy Hop Children's School won the last ticket to the semi-finals after a thrilling victory over Hung Nguyen.

ChildQuy Hopand Hung Nguyen Children's are the two best second-placed teams to win tickets to the final quarter-final match. In the qualifying round, despite being in difficult groups, both teams showed their mettle and excelled in moving on.

Quy Hop children (blue and white shirt) and Hung Nguyen children (blue and red shirt) are both determined to win the last ticket to the semi-finals. Photo: Thanh Cuong

With only 40 minutes to continue their dream of winning the championship, it is not difficult to understand that when the starting whistle blew, both Hung Nguyen and Quy Hop children were very determined. The fierce competition took place breathlessly, no one wanted to concede the game.

Both teams had clear opportunities in the first half, however, luck continuously turned away from Ha Anh Van and Le Vu Phong of Quy Hop children's team, especially the situation where Bui Nhat Khang had a strong kick but could not beat goalkeeper Nguyen Hoang Long of Hung Nguyen children's team.

The first half was a balanced game with fierce competition. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Not to be outdone, the Hung Nguyen kids also had some counterattacks, however, their mentality made the accuracy of the Hung Nguyen kids' shots mostly too weak, or missed the post by a hair. The first half ended with a 0-0 draw, divided equally between each team.

Entering the second half, Hung Nguyen children had the first dangerous situation when number 10 Phan Huu Son quickly escaped, facing goalkeeper Thai Van Tuan Duy, however, Tuan Duy's bravery denied that golden opportunity.

Neither team could take advantage in the first half. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Immediately, Quy Hop children launched a counterattack. This time, the number 10 from the mountain town did better than his opponent. Receiving the ball from his teammate, Ha Anh Van used the technique of dribbling the ball past the defender, and poked the tip of his shoe into the corner of the goal, opening the score for Quy Hop children.

The precious goal in the tight match helped Quy Hop to release the burden, they confidently deployed the ball. In the 13th minute of the second half, number 7 Bui Nhat Khang had a kick to the ball into the net, completely eliminating all efforts of goalkeeper Nguyen Hoang Long, raising the score to 2 - 0 for Quy Hop.

Hung Nguyen Children's team fought back to equalize but could only score 1 goal. Photo: Thanh Cuong

From a level match, conceding two quick goals, Hung Nguyen children were forced to attack with all their might to find an equalizer. Number 2 Nguyen Dinh Tuan had a powerful diagonal shot, goalkeeper Quy Hop punched the ball out, number 7 Duong Thanh Bao An rushed in to cushion the ball but received regret when the ball missed the post.

However, Hung Nguyen's efforts were finally rewarded when number 6 Dau Van Duong reached down, skillfully handled the ball into the net, shortening the score to 1 - 2 for Hung Nguyen.

Hung Nguyen Children's Team said goodbye to the tournament after losing by a huge margin. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The final minutes of the match were breathless because the gap was only 1 fragile goal. The Quy Hop children retreated completely to defend to preserve the score, the Hung Nguyen children used all their strength to attack the goal. However, there was no miracle for Hung Nguyen, the final whistle blew and also took away the dream of touching the gold cup of the young players. In contrast, the joy of the players and fans of the mountain town of Quy Hop when they won was breathtaking until the last second.

With this result, Quy Hop children officially won the last ticket to the semi-finals and they will face Vinh City children. The two matches will be between the defending champion Tan Ky and Thanh Chuong and Vinh City and Quy Hop./.