Outstanding faces at the 21st Nghe An Newspaper Cup

(Baonghean) - The 21st Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament has ended successfully. Nghe An Newspaper reviews the outstanding faces in this year's tournament.

Vi Van Tai - teenage "shooter" in the highlands

Overcoming many formidable opponents, Que Phong youth made history when they won the Third Prize of Nghe An Newspaper Cup for the first time after many years of participation. The person who contributed greatly to the achievements of Que Phong youth was striker number 10 Vi Van Tai. In this 2017 season, Vi Van Tai scored 9 goals for Que Phong youth team, thereby winning the title of "Player with the most goals".

Vi Van Tai (green clothes) - sniper from Que land.

In fact, Vi Van Tai is not a strange face in the TN - ND Cup Nghe An Newspaper Football Tournament. In the 2015 season, Vi Van Tai wore the number 7 jersey of Que Phong children's team and together with number 10 Dam Duc Vinh, he formed a pair of "shooters" in the highlands, helping the home team reach the quarter-finals for the first time. Although selected by Song Lam Nghe An Club, Vi Van Tai could not "stay" due to his physical disadvantage.

This season, Vi Van Tai played very well. In the group stage, Tai scored 8 goals, including 5 goals against TN Con Cuong. In the quarter-final match, Tai opened the scoring, helping his team take the lead over the junior championship candidate Thai Hoa. Although he had to stop after the semi-final match, Tai was still happy: "I'm happy because I can return to Vinh to honor the tournament, and have a medal to show off to my friends. Next year, when I'm no longer eligible to participate in the tournament, I'll be sad, but I'll try to study hard and become an excellent student so I can have something else to show off."

Vu Anh Quan - a reliable stopper

This year, the Quynh Luu youth championship team is strong in all lines, but the defense is where the team's coaching staff is most confident, especially the last stopper - goalkeeper Vu Anh Quan. For the past 3 years, this player from Quynh Hung commune has always been the main goalkeeper of the Quynh Luu district's children and youth teams. Vu Anh Quan's advantages are a steady mentality, reasonable entry and exit, and good reflexes. In the 2017 season, Vu Anh Quan "discouraged" the strikers of strong teams such as TX. Cua Lo, TP. Vinh and Tuong Duong. There were only 2 matches in which Anh Quan conceded a goal, which was the match against TN Yen Thanh in the group stage and the final match.

However, the group stage match was just a formality, and the loss in the final match came from a penalty kick. Besides blocking and catching the ball excellently, Vu Anh Quan also has the ability to launch attacks and counterattacks with high precision... That is what made goalkeeper Quynh Luu voted by experts as "the best goalkeeper of the tournament".

Phan Ba ​​The - the "soul" of the rice hometown football team

Surpassing more than 100 players of the same age in this year's season, number 7 Phan Ba ​​The of the Yen Thanh youth team was voted the best player of the tournament by experts and fans. In Phan Ba ​​The, fans see the "leader" quality emerging, leading his teammates forward, just like Steven Gerrard of Liverpool in the legendary 2005 season.

Phan Ba ​​The (blue shirt - dark blue) - the fire starter of Yen Thanh youth football team. Photo: TC

Not only playing a good role in organizing and regulating the match, Phan Ba ​​The has scored many goals to break the deadlock, opening up victories for the team from the rice fields, such as the match against TN Cua Lo in the group stage, the quarter-final match against TN Nghi Loc and the semi-final match against TN Que Phong.

Meeting TN Quynh Luu again in the final, Phan Ba ​​The alone could not make the difference. The mark of number 7 Yen Thanh in this final match was the equalizer 1-1 on the penalty spot... The tournament ended, Phan Ba ​​The scored 6 goals (ranked 2nd in the list of players with the most goals in the tournament) along with a number of other assists.

But the most unforgettable mark that Phan Ba ​​The created in the hearts of fans at this tournament was his will to overcome difficulties and constantly strive to improve. "Last year, I had to leave Song Lam club because of physical reasons, I was very sad. But I was not discouraged and wanted to prove that even a small player can become the best player like Lionel Messi" - The confided.

Phung Van Nam - the leader

Surpassing a series of big names to win the championship, the success of the ND Hoang Mai team bears the mark of Phung Van Nam, the player wearing the number (10) shirt with a small but agile physique.

Striker Phung Van Nam (left) and goalkeeper Nguyen Quang Huy received individual awards.

On the opening day of this year's tournament against ND Quy Chau, Phung Van Nam "fired" 3 times, contributing to the home team's 10-1 victory. With skillful feet, good physical strength and speed, any ball that passes through Nam's feet becomes very dangerous for the opponent's goal. 9 goals this season have proven the killer instinct of the No. 10 striker of ND Hoang Mai.

If the tournament regulations had not changed to allow players who trained from January 1, 2017 onwards to participate in the tournament, Phung Van Nam would not have been able to be in the Hoang Mai team that won the tournament. The striker wearing the number 10 shirt would also not have had the opportunity to win the two noble individual awards of “Best Player” and “Top Scorer” of the tournament.

Because this young player was discovered and selected by SLNA scouts from the amateur tournament in Dien Chau at the end of 2016. Before this year's tournament, in the qualifying round of the National Children's Tournament that just took place in Thanh Hoa, Phung Van Nam also performed very well with 4 goals in 4 matches. Before that, at the National Milo Cup, Phung Van Nam was the top scorer.

Nguyen Quang Huy - "Shield" for Tan Ky children

Having shown his talent many times in the amateur training tournaments organized by Song Lam Club, it was not until this Youth Football Tournament - Youth Cup Nghe An Newspaper that Nguyen Quang Huy of the Youth Football Team Tan Ky really shined. In this tournament, the goalkeeper of the Tan Ky Children's Team was highly praised by everyone for many very special qualities. First of all, it was his tall physique compared to his peers but he was very agile and had excellent reflexes. Second, he was steady, mature, and entered and exited very reasonably. And finally, his kicks were very accurate.

In the group stage of this season, Tan Ky children's team met Ky Son and Quy Hop children's teams. In both matches, goalkeeper Nguyen Quang Huy was excellent, conceding only 2 goals. Entering the quarter-finals, Quang Huy continued to discourage the strikers of the most promising candidate team of the Hung Nguyen children's tournament. Entering the penalty shootout, his excellent reflexes helped his team win with a score of 2-1.

In the semi-final match against Yen Thanh children, Huy's solidity was a spiritual support for his teammates to advance, winning with a score of 2-0. In the final match, against an excellent Hoang Mai children, Quang Huy could not save his team. However, at the end of the season, Nguyen Quang Huy was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

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