SLNA lends U17 team to Bac Ninh to participate in National Third Division 2020
(Baonghean.vn) - To prepare for the 2020 National Third Division Tournament, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Ninh sent a dispatch requesting SLNA's Board of Directors to support personnel. And immediately, the Nghe An team agreed to lend its U17 team to the neighboring province to compete.
This time marching to Bac Ninh, in addition to the core players who just won the Championship at2020 National U17 Finals, also has some members from U18 and U19SLNAIn particular, leading the Bac Ninh team is head coach Le Manh Huy and two assistants, Le Manh Hung and Le Ky Dai.
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The backbone of Bac Ninh football team is U17 SLNA. Photo courtesy of TK |
Sharing with Nghe An Newspaper, assistant Le Manh Hung said: "We will try our best to help the Bac Ninh team achieve positive results in the tournament. Besides, we also see this as an opportunity for the players to compete, in order to best prepare for the 2021 National U19 qualifying round, held at the end of this year."
The Bac Ninh team has many familiar faces to experts and football fans in the country. Typically, Nguyen Van Bach (Best Player of the 2020 National U17 Finals), Nguyen Canh Tiep (Best Goalkeeper of the 2020 National U17 Finals) or Dinh Xuan Tien and Ho Van Cuong (U17 Vietnam players)...
According to the arrangement of VFF, Bac Ninh football team is in group A with Son La, Tre Viettel, Luxury Ha Long and Hai Nam Vinh Phuc. This group is hosted by Hai Nam Vinh Phuc. The teams will compete in a round robin, the team that wins the first place in the group will have the right to play in the 2021 National Second Division.
The 2020 National Third Division is expected to take place from November 3 to 15.