Vinh City Children's School - Quy Chau Children's School (2-2): A dramatic draw

Quy Chau Children's Team entered the season with the main mindset of exchanging, learning and competing. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

Through 23 seasons,Vinh City Children's Hospitalis considered a "giant" with 5 times winning the Gold Medal in the final. This year, Vinh City Children's Team "shoulders" the expectation of regaining glory when Vinh City Youth Team is absent in this tournament. In particular, with the gifted football class established and trained for 1 year now, Vinh City Children's Team has enough outstanding faces to create strength in all aspects for the team.

With the desire to regain their glory, Vinh City Children entered this match with confidence and determination to regain the throne. Meanwhile, Quy Chau Children are likened to "young rabbits" who are gradually getting used to this fierce race. The goal they set for the tournament is to give their all, play Fair Play, compete and learn from experience. With a relaxed mentality, even though they faced a "giant", the young players of the mountain town of Quy Chau were not overwhelmed.

Young players of the mountain town of Quy Chau compete with all their might. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the first minutes of the match, both teams played very aggressively, continuously attacking. Although they had more possession of the ball, had better position and had many opportunities to score, Vinh City Children had a hard time "punching through" the opponent's net.

Halfway through the first half, Quy Chau Children's Football Club still played very tenaciously, Vinh City Children's Football Club struggled to find a goal. In the 11th minute, number 10 of Vinh City Children's Football Club skillfully dribbled the ball past Quy Chau Children's Football Club's defender, passing the ball to number 9 Nguyen Gia Huy. This player finished accurately and opened the score for Vinh City Children's Football Club.

It was not until the end of the first half that Vinh City Children's School scored the opening goal against Quy Chau Children's School. Photo: Thanh Cuong

But the joy was short-lived when the national teamduckfought with the spirit of a tenacious warrior, in the last minute of the first half, number 10 Lu Anh Khoi had a sharp shot that shook the net of Vinh City Children's Team. The two teams went into halftime with the score tied 1-1.

In the second half, both teams were full of fighting spirit, with consecutive spectacular attacks and intense ball disputes. The game became balanced, the drama of the match was pushed up. And surprisingly, in a situation of kicking the ball high, Vinh City Children's Club carelessly left the goal open, number 7 Hoang Quoc Quan of Quy Chau Children's Club took advantage of the opportunity to score, raising the score to 2-1 for the mountain town team in the 28th minute.

In the last minute of the first half, number 10 Lu Anh Khoi had a sharp shot that shook the net of Vinh City Children's Team. The two teams went into halftime with the score tied 1-1. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The fighting spirit was revived, this time, Quy Chau Children stepped up to attack, at the same time arranging a solid defense to protect the goal. Vinh City Children were also unwilling to accept the loss so they fiercely attacked. Many opportunities were opened for Vinh City Children but in an unlucky afternoon, the goalposts and crossbar denied the Red City players goals.

The unexpectedly dramatic match brought excitement to the fans in the stands. Photo: Thanh Cuong

It wasn't until the 40th minute of the match, from a cross-corner kick from a teammate, that number 6 of Vinh City Children's Team scored the equalizer.The final score of the match was 2-2.