With a convincing 5-1 victory over Thieu Nien Que Phong, Thieu Nien Hoang Mai has a wide open door to the Semi-finals.

This morning,second round of Group B, the Youth age group had a match between Hoang Mai Youth Team and Que Phong Youth Team. While Hoang Mai Youth got 1 point after a 1-1 draw with Hung Nguyen Youth, Que Phong Youth suffered a heavy defeat with a score of 1-8 against Quynh Luu Youth. Therefore, in the second round, both teams showed great determination to have a chance to enter the next round.

The referee checks the personnel before entering the match. Photo: Duc Anh

Right after the opening whistle, both teams continuously contributed attractive attacks. The balance was broken in the 13th minute, Thieu Nien Hoang Mai player let the ball touch his hand in the penalty area, immediately, the main referee pointed to the penalty spot. On the 9m penalty spot, captain Lo Hung Thinh wearing the number 9 shirt easily fooled the goalkeeper of Hoang Mai, opening the score of the match.

Teenager Que Phong scored the opening goal in the 13th minute. Photo: Duc Anh

With the lead, Thieu Nien Que Phong played with full confidence. However, they could not maintain the initiative when they continuously made mistakes. The drama was pushed up when in the 15th minute, player number 7 Nguyen Truong Son of Que Phong played a high ball in the penalty area. It was Thieu Nien Hoang Mai's turn to get a penalty. This situation received a great reaction from the coaching staff and players of Thieu Nien Que Phong.

A foul in the penalty area by Thieu Nien Que Phong (red shirt) led to a penalty for Thieu Nien Hoang Mai. Photo: Duc Anh

At the penalty spot, captain number 7 Vu Ngoc Chung of Thieu Nien Hoang Mai stepped up to take responsibility. In the first penalty kick, because Thieu Nien Que Phong's defenders invaded the penalty area before the referee blew the whistle, the penalty kick had to be retaken. In the retake, Vu Ngoc Chung still easily defeated goalkeeper Lo Manh Quan to equalize the score 1-1, bringing the match back to the starting line.

After that, both teams continuously played with a fiery style of play, not afraid of collisions. Referee Luu Hoang Giang also had a difficult match when he continuously issued 4 yellow cards, including 3 yellow cards for Thieu Nien Que Phong.

Both teams showed determination to score points in this match. Photo: Duc Anh

In the 25th minute, Thieu nien Que Phong had a great opportunity to increase the gap when player wearing shirt number 7 Lo Truong Son had a rebound kick after a long shot from his teammate. But at a distance of less than 1 meter, Truong Son kicked the ball out, to the great regret of the home team's fans.

In the final seconds of the first half, Thieu nien Que Phong also put the ball into the opponent's net, but unfortunately player wearing shirt number 9 Lo Hung Thinh was in an offside position. The first half ended with a score of 1-1 divided equally between both sides.

Captain Vu Ngoc Chung of Thieu nien Hoang Mai (white shirt), handled the situation quite skillfully against the fierce pursuit of Que Phong player. Photo: Duc Anh

In the second half, both teams made personnel adjustments in some lines to look for opportunities. However, with the decisive nature of the important match, both teams played quite tightly.

However, in the 32nd minute, in a loose defense of Que Phong Youth Team, captain Vu Ngoc Chung of Hoang Mai Youth Team had a chance to escape and face the opponent's goalkeeper. In a 1-on-1 situation, he easily won, raising the score to 2-1 for the home team.

In the 41st minute, Thieu Nien Hoang Mai was awarded a free kick near the penalty area. Captain Vu Ngoc Chung continued to step up to take the responsibility of taking the free kick. From outside the penalty area, Vu Ngoc Chung took a technical shot that hit the crossbar and bounced out. Immediately, player wearing the number 10 shirt, Doan Tuan Kiet, quickly rushed in and took the rebound to raise the score to 3-1 for Thieu Nien Hoang Mai.

The second half was an excellent match for Thieu Nien Hoang Mai when they scored 4 goals in a row to secure a 5-1 victory over Thieu Nien Que Phong. Photo: Duc Anh

With a 2-goal difference, Thieu nien Hoang Mai continued to play well, while the players from the mountain town of Que Phong appeared quite impatient and lost their composure in decisive situations.

Due to rushing forward to attack, Thieu Nien Que Phong had to suffer a bitter defeat. In the 45th minute, player Hoang Dinh Thinh wearing the number 9 jersey of Thieu Nien Hoang Mai forced goalkeeper Que Phong to go into the net to pick up the ball for the 4th time.

In the final minutes of the match, player wearing shirt number 10 Doan Tuan Kiet of Hoang Mai completed his double, sealing a 5-1 victory for Thieu Nien Hoang Mai.

With this victory, Thieu Nien Hoang Mai has a wide open door to continue with 4 points and a goal difference of +4. Meanwhile, Thieu Nien Que Phong with 2 consecutive losses with a big score is almost certain to be eliminated.