U19 Song Lam Nghe An - U19 Thanh Hoa: 'one is eight taels, the other is half a pound'

Thanh Hung• April 1, 2022 15:57

(Baonghean.vn) - At 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (April 2), coach Dinh Van Dung and his team will compete with their fateful opponent, U19 Thanh Hoa, in the third quarterfinal match of the 2022 National U19 Championship, hosted by PVF Center.

The two teams have many faces who competed in the 2019 National U15 Championship, held in Ho Chi Minh City. On the U19 Song Lam Nghe An side are Dang Xuan Son, Dang Ba Ha, Ngo Van Bac, Dam Duc Vinh, Le Van Quy and Phan Duy Hao, while on the U19 Thanh Hoa side, the most typical face is Nguyen Cong Son, the top scorer at the 2019 National U15 Championship.

The final match between U15 Song Lam Nghe An (yellow shirt) and U15 Thanh Hoa at the 2019 National U15 Championship. Photo: Tuan Huu

At the tournament held at Thong Nhat Stadium nearly 3 years ago, U15 Song Lam Nghe An and U15 Thanh Hoa met twice. In the first match of the group stage, U15 Song Lam Nghe An defeated U15 Thanh Hoa with a score of 2 - 1. In the final match, U15 Song Lam Nghe An continued to make U15 Thanh Hoa regret, after a series of unlucky penalty kicks (1 - 1 draw in 90 minutes).

Now, Ngo Van Bac and his teammates have the opportunity to face off against young colleagues from Thanh Hoa in the third quarter-final of the 2022 National U19 Championship. Objectively, U19 Thanh Hoa is a strong candidate for the championship title, with 10 faces that were called up to U19 Vietnam in 2021, including Cam Ba Thanh, Nguyen Cong Son, Ha Chau Phi...

Not inferior to U19 Thanh Hoa, U19 Song Lam Nghe An also has the service of many players who are regularly "eating the national team's rice". Especially, in the quarter-final match with the young team from Thanh Hoa, coach Dinh Van Dung will have all the best "cards" such as Nguyen Van Bach, Ho Van Cuong, Phan Xuan Dai and Dinh Xuan Tien - the player who just returned from Dubai Cup 2022 with U23 Vietnam).

Seeing what U19 Song Lam Nghe An and U19 Thanh Hoa did in the group stage, it is enough to see that this is a match of equal strength. After 3 matches in Group B, coach Dinh Van Dung and his team achieved an undefeated record (2 wins, 1 draw), while in Group C, coach Le Hong Minh's team did not even drop a single point against U19 Nutifood, U19 Binh Duong and U19 Saigon.

It seems that the scenario of the final match at the 2019 National U15 Championship will be repeated in the third quarter-final match at the 2022 National U19 Championship. That means, the possibility that U19 Song Lam Nghe An will lead U19 Thanh Hoa into the penalty shootout is extremely high. Because they are two equally matched opponents, with "one eight taels, the other half a pound". Any team that is eliminated will be very regrettable./.

Thanh Hung