Winning the penalty shootout, Vinh City Youth excellently entered the semi-finals
Considered the early final of the tournament, Vinh City Youth and Hoang Mai Youth gave the audience an emotional match.
The second quarter-final match is the highly anticipated confrontation between Vinh City Youth and Hoang Mai Youth. With the top position in Group B after 3 consecutive wins, Vinh City Youth has become a strong championship candidate that any opponent must be wary of.
On the side of Thieu Nien Hoang Mai, although ranked second in group A, but with a tradition of many years of high positions in the Youth - Children's Football Tournament competing for Nghe An Newspaper Cup, this is also considered a difficult opponent for any team.
Entering the match, both teams did not hesitate to launch an attacking style of play towards the opponent's field. While the Vinh City Youth players had not yet stabilized their formation, they almost conceded a goal from a quick attack by Hoang Mai players.
Having escaped defeat in a split second, Vinh City players promptly reorganized the game and had dangerous attacks. However, the players on Thieu Nien Hoang Mai side also followed the tactics set out by the coaching staff, they defended firmly and also often had sharp counterattacks.
However, the two teams maintained a stalemate throughout the first half without any goals being scored.
In the second half, Thieu Nien Hoang Mai made personnel adjustments to increase the strength of the midfield. Meanwhile, Thieu Nien Thanh Pho Vinh was still working hard on its attacking plans.
Despite many attacks but not scoring any goals, Vinh City players were hit by a counterattack from their opponents. In the 30th minute, from a lightning counterattack, player number 14 Le Duc Tien of Thieu Nien Hoang Mai had a low shot that pinned the ball into the far corner of Thieu Nien Thanh Pho Vinh's goal, scoring the opening goal of the match.
With the lead, the Hoang Mai Youth players brought into play their defensive counter-attacking skills. Meanwhile, the Vinh City players were forced to push up to find an equalizer. After many efforts, in the 38th minute from a chaotic situation in front of the Hoang Mai goal, player Pham Manh Cuong wearing the number 12 shirt scored the equalizer 1-1 for the Vinh City Youth.
In the remaining minutes of the match, although they played with great effort and determination to end the match within the official playing time, no more goals were scored.
With the draw in the two regular periods, the two teams had to enter a penalty shootout to decide the winner. In the penalty shootout, Vinh City players excellently defeated Thieu Nien Hoang Mai with a score of 4-3./.
