Beating U17 Hanoi, U17 Song Lam Nghe An entered the semi-finals

The joy of U17 Song Lam Nghe An after winning against U17 Hanoi. Photo: Chung Le

From youth team level, or first team, whenLam River Nghe AnThe confrontation with Hanoi always brings great attraction to the fans. Because these are two teams with many past relationships and every time they meet, it brings very different emotions to the audience watching.

And the quarter-final match of this year's National U17 Tournament, U17 Song Lam Nghe An met U17 Hanoi, also bringing a lot of attention to fans. In the qualifying round, U17 Song Lam Nghe An was rated slightly higher by experts than the team from the capital. However, Hanoi is showing the ability to perfect their playing style better through each match. Therefore, this confrontation was previously considered not easy for U17 Song Lam Nghe An to win like in the first leg of the qualifying round.

Trong Son brings a new breeze to the attack of U17 Song Lam Nghe An. Photo: Hai Hoang

In the starting lineup for the second quarter-final match, U17 Song Lam Nghe An had some minor changes. Quoc Hoa, who had started in most of the important matches, had to sit on the bench, and was replaced by Trong Son. Minh Hoi suffered a minor injury and could not attend, so Bui Thanh Duc took his place.

True to the nature of a knockout match, both teams were quite cautious when the ball rolled. In order to limit the strength of U17 Song Lam Nghe An, U17 Hanoi played close, often making fierce tackles. This made it difficult for U17 Song Lam Nghe An to coordinate their play. In addition, Hanoi players also pushed up and caught people from the middle of the field, so there was very little space for coach Phan Tien Hoai's students to exploit.

Therefore, after more than 20 minutes of the match, U17 Song Lam Nghe An only had one shot on target. From a dribble on the left wing, Trong Son turned the ball and kicked quite strongly from outside the opponent's penalty area. However, the final shot of the player wearing the number 19 shirt sent the ball to the position that goalkeeper Quang Vinh had chosen.

Long Vu doubled the gap for U17 Song Lam Nghe An. Photo: Chung Le

Before that, Hanoi players also created quite dangerous opportunities in front of Gia Huy's goal. However, Chu Ngoc Diep's final header did not trouble the goalkeeper wearing the number 1 shirt of U17 Song Lam Nghe An.

U17 Hanoi played with great spirit in this match and implemented different tactics compared to the previous 2 matches in the qualifying round. That helped U17 Hanoi deploy many high-quality attacks and caused many difficulties for the defense of U17 Nghe An.

Realizing that attacking in the middle was not very effective, coach Phan Tien Hoai instructed his students to attack the two wings more. This immediately took effect, U17 Song Lam Nghe An broke the deadlock in the 36th minute. From an attack on the right wing, Tien Minh made a cross inside, eliminating the entire Hanoi defense, Van Linh ran in and cushioned the ball into Quang Vinh's net.

After the opening goal, U17 Song Lam Nghe An played more freely and created many effective attacks. In the 42nd minute, Trong Son accelerated after receiving a pass from his teammate. The midfielder wearing the number 19 shirt eliminated the opponent's defense, but goalkeeper Quang Vinh rushed out of the penalty area and did not hesitate to commit a foul to save the home team.

Van Linh and his teammates celebrate their goal. Photo: Chung Le

Entering the second half, U17 Song Lam Nghe An was filled with confidence when they entered the game proactively and pushed their opponents back to their home field. Therefore, the Nghe An audience had another opportunity to celebrate a goal when only 5 minutes had passed in the second half. From the ball development in the middle, Quoc Trung made a pass that eliminated the defense of U17 Hanoi, Long Vu rushed down at high speed, kicked coldly, defeated goalkeeper Quang Vinh, doubling the gap for U17 Song Lam Nghe An.

The excitement was pushed up to help coach Phan Tien Hoai's students regularly organize highly diverse attacking situations, causing Hanoi's defense to reveal many weaknesses. In the 52nd minute, from a teammate's header pass back, Trong Son was put face to face with the opponent's goalkeeper, but unfortunately, this player's final kick sent the ball just wide of the post.

However, U17 Song Lam Nghe An did not have to be too regretful, because a minute later from a corner kick, U17 Song Lam Nghe An increased the score to 3-0. The goal came from a header into the own goal of Pham Minh Duc's students.

What is noteworthy in the way U17 Song Lam Nghe An plays this season is that when the team is ahead, they do not retreat to preserve the score, but continue to advance to crush the opponent. That makes the matches with U17 Song Lam Nghe An play with high dedication.

Long Vu's adorable celebration. Photo: Chung Le

After creating a safe distance against U17 Hanoi, coach Phan Tien Hoai decided to make a substitution to keep his players. Van Linh and Thanh Duc were let go, Quang Sam and Quoc Khanh were brought in to replace them.

In the final minutes of the match, U17 Song Lam Nghe An no longer pushed the pace of the match and controlled the ball firmly on the home field. However, with the advantage of one more player due to the red card of the Hanoi striker before, U17 Song Lam Nghe An scored another goal to bring the score to 4-0. The scorer for U17 Song Lam Nghe An was the substitute striker Quoc Hoa.

Final result, U17 Song Lam Nghe An won 4-0 against U17 Hanoi.

On March 19, U17 Song Lam Nghe An will compete in the semi-finals against U17 Viettel or U17 Khanh Hoa.