Vinh City Children's Group enters Quarterfinals, Yen Thanh Children's Group still has a slim chance

The situation in Group D of the "death" group for children is very difficult when only Vinh City is the team that is sure to advance, the remaining spots are divided equally amongYen Thanhand Quy Hop. However, the task of the rice homeland is much more difficult because they have to directly confront the top team of Vinh City. As for Quy Hop, it is predicted that they will have an easy match against the border region of Que Phong.

Yen Thanh children (blue shirt) and Vinh City children (black shirt) gave a tense and exciting match. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The whistle blew, Yen Thanh, with the mindset of having to win, pressed forward from the first minutes, however, they encountered many difficulties against the tight defense of Vinh City. With the certainty of advancing to the next round, Vinh City applied a very uncomfortable style of possession football, not allowing Yen Thanh to possess the ball.

Despite being busy attacking but unable to take advantage of the opportunity, during a counter-attack, number 10 Bui Viet Hoang of Vinh City Children's Club had a delicate shot, opening the score for the red city team.

Yen Thanh must win if they want to enter the Quarterfinals. Photo: Thanh Cuong

With this result, Yen Thanh knew they would be eliminated, the young players from the rice fields were forced to attack to find an equalizer. After many dangerous situations, the efforts of the Yen Thanh children were finally rewarded. From a free kick, captain Le Van Vinh fired a powerful shot into the top corner, leaving goalkeeper Nguyen Ho Tan Vuong of Vinh City helpless to watch the ball go into the net, equalizing the score 1 - 1 for Yen Thanh. This was also the result that ended the first half.

Entering the second half, with the mindset of having to win, the players from the rice fields of Yen Thanh played with nothing to lose, they launched a series of attacks, suffocating Vinh City's defense, making the red city team confused.

Vinh City opened the first score of the match. Photo: Thanh Cuong

And what had to happen happened, in the 5th minute of the second half, number 8 Nguyen Tien Hoang of Yen Thanh children had a delicate kick, raising the score to 2 - 1 for the rice homeland.

At this time, Vinh City woke up, they gradually regained their position as the leading team in the table. Vinh City's young players did not give Yen Thanh time to control the ball, they scored 2 consecutive goals by Hoang Quy Phuoc and Hoang Nhat Tuan, leading Yen Thanh 3 - 2.

Yen Thanh equalized the score right after that and even took the lead. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Forced to chase again, Yen Thanh players rose up as they had done since the beginning of the match. In the 17th minute of the second half, Yen Thanh was awarded a free kick, knowing this was a golden opportunity to equalize the score, number 6 Vo Duc Anh of Yen Thanh did not disappoint the fans of the rice land when he kicked the ball straight into the net, equalizing the score 3 - 3 for Yen Thanh.

In the final minute of the match, Yen Thanh continued to be awarded a free kick, still number 6 on the spot, however, this time Vo Duc Anh had to be very regretful when the free kick hit the crossbar, the referee also blew the whistle to end the match right after that.

The two teams were evenly matched and only Vinh City could smile as they officially entered the Quarterfinals. Photo: Thanh Cuong

With this result, Vinh City Children's Team continues to lead Group D with 7 points after 2 wins and 1 draw. Yen Thanh Rice Country still has a slim chance to enter the Quarterfinals if Quy Hop Children's Team does not win against Que Phong in the next match. However, this is expected to be very difficult because Que Phong has lost 2 consecutive matches and conceded 16 goals, being considered the weakest in the group.