Winning against the rice-country team, Vinh City Children's Football Team still risks becoming spectators... at home

In this match, Nhi Dong Yen Thanh got 6 points, certainly got the first place in the group and won the ticket to continue. Meanwhile, tVinh cityonly has 2 points after 2 draws (goal ratio is 0), must win Nhi Dong Yen Thanh by 2 goals to have hope of getting the second place in the group with the best record to enter the next round.

In this match, Nhi Dong Yen Thanh team has advanced so they are in a comfortable mood. The coaching staff of the "rice country" team has also proactively let key players like number 9 Vo Duc Anh and number 10 Nguyen Van Bao save their energy.

The key players of Yen Thanh Children's School have been given a rest by the coach. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On the other side of the front line, with the determination not to become "unwilling" spectators, the Vinh City Children's players rushed to attack right after the opening whistle sounded. In the 13th minute, the result came to them when player Tran Quoc Viet wearing the number 6 jersey had a beautiful long-range shot to score the opening goal for the home team.

In the remaining minutes of the first half, Vinh City Children continuously attacked to score more goals, but Yen Thanh children also played very solidly. Therefore, no more goals were scored.

With the mindset of having to win, the Vinh City Children's Football Club players (in white shirts) rushed to attack when the starting whistle sounded. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the second half, the Yen Thanh Children's team's lineup remained unchanged. Meanwhile, Vinh City was forced to attack to score more goals to have any hope of advancing.

The stalemate lasted until the 29th minute, when player number 10 Le Duc Tien of Vinh City Children's Club almost scored a goal to raise the score to 2-0 for his team after a clever turn of foot, eliminating 2 Yen Thanh defenders. However, his subsequent shot was too weak, unable to beat the opposing team's goalkeeper. The home team's audience had a missed celebration.

Despite fielding a reserve team, Yen Thanh Children's players still proved to be on par with Vinh City. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the 32nd minute, the player wearing the number 8 jersey on Yen Thanh’s side, Nguyen Tien Hoang, made the stadium’s stands quiet after he scored a beautiful long-range goal to equalize the score, bringing the match back to the starting line. At this point, the difficulty multiplied for the young players of the Red City, because they had to win and win by a margin of 2 goals or more against a championship candidate Yen Thanh, while there were only 10 minutes left in the match.

In the final minute of regulation time, player number 3 Hoang Nguyen Quoc Khanh rekindled the hope of advancing to the next round for the home team, after a close-range shot to raise the score to 2-1. However, the remaining time was not enough for the young players of Vinh city to score another goal.

Now they need to wait for the results of the final round of Group C (Nam Dan - Ky Son; Dien Chau - Nghi Loc) to know if they are 2 of the 3 second-placed teams in this group with the best results or not.