Quy Hop determined to 'blow away' the 'seeds' in the fiery pan of Vinh city

The coaching staff and players of Quy Hop football team are practicing hard to achieve high results in the upcoming tournament. Photo: Ho Phuong

In recent years, both the Youth and Children's Football Teams of Quy Hop District have not achieved high results at the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament. In particular, there have been many years when both teams had to "pack their bags" and return to the district early due to poor results. This has not discouraged the children from the land known as the land of white stone mines, but on the contrary, is the motivation for them to strive harder in the upcoming season.

In the last days of May, the weather in the mountainous districts of Quy Hop is very hot. It is late afternoon but the temperature is still high. Despite this, the children and the coaching staff of the two youth and children's football teams of Quy Hop district are still passionate about playing football on the field.

In the stands, parents still brace themselves against the scorching sun to watch every move of their children on the practice field.

The exercises are systematically applied to all ages. Photo: Ho Phuong

Mr. Truong Van Ngoc, a parent whose child participated in the 2019 Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament, residing in Block 17, Quy Hop town, excitedly said: “Seeing them practice so passionately, parents like us are also very excited. Hopefully, this year's Quy Hop team will break the curse of previous years and go deep into the tournament.”

In the past time, the coaching board of Quy Hop has recruited nearly 20 children's team members and 20 youth team members to the training squad. This method aims to help the children compete to be included in the competition list, and at the same time, there are enough people for children of the same age to be divided into 2 teams to compete during the training process.

A fairly even lineup is the hope of the Quy Hop team. Photo: Ho Phuong

Commenting on the professional level of the two youth and children's football teams of Quy Hop district participating in the Youth and Children's Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup in 2019, Mr. Nguyen Tat Thanh - Deputy Director of Quy Hop District Culture and Sports Center shared: In terms of professional level as well as investment level for players, Quy Hop district cannot be compared with other areas such as Vinh City, Cua Lo, Nghi Loc... In particular, the district can only select players in Quy Hop town and neighboring communes such as Chau Cuong, Chau Quang... The rest, players in other areas are very difficult to choose, partly because the children do not have an environment to be exposed to football, partly because the geographical distance affects their training.

However, the advantage of this year's players is that they have a fairly even squad, many of whom have been trained in the Youth Football Tournament - Nghe An Newspaper Cup in previous years. As for the Children's team, many players are from SLNA's gifted class located in the district, with a long and systematic training period, so the coaching board is quite confident.

Quy Hop District will have 2 football teams participating in the 2019 Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament. It is expected that each team will have 12 to 13 players. Photo: Ho Phuong

During the training process, the district also paid close attention and organized friendly matches for the children with teams from many other localities such as Cua Lo, Nghi Loc, etc. so that the children could gain more experience. In addition, the district will soon organize a tournament for teenagers to discover more quality players for the district team.

In the daily progress of the players, there is a great contribution of Mr. Cao Thanh Xuan, the coach of both the Youth and Children's teams. Having been the "king of black shirts" in major tournaments, Mr. Xuan has a lot of experience in training as well as "watching the legs" of the players.

Mr. Xuan said that compared to previous years, the lineup of the Quy Hop district children's and youth football team this year is quite even. The children practice regularly, so he is quite assured. Moreover, this year's tournament is not organized indoors, which creates an advantage for the players of the Quy Hop mountain town.

The players of the Quy Hop district football team are determined to make a big splash at this year's tournament. Photo: Ho Phuong

Quy Hop District will have 2 football teams participating in the 2019 Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament. It is expected that each team will have 12 to 13 players. The coaching staff and the young players are practicing hard with the determination to "blow away" the seeds in the fiery pan of Vinh city to advance deep into the next round.