Hung Nguyen Youth held Yen Thanh Youth to a draw in a procedural match
Both Yen Thanh Youth and Hung Nguyen Youth teams played with great effort, although they had no chance of reaching the quarter-finals. However, it was not until the last minutes that the match had a goal.
Line-up:
Yen Thanh:Vo Ngoc Bao (goalkeeper), Vo Van Dung, Phan Dinh Phuong, Luong Van The Anh, Thai Huu Le Hoa, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Tran Dinh Dung.
Hung Nguyen:Cao Duc Phi (goalkeeper), Duong Thanh Bao An, Nguyen Hoang Long, Dau Van Duong, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Le Hong Anh, Nguyen Hoang Dan.
Both Thieu Nien Hung Nguyen and Thieu Nien Yen Thanh were eliminated before the third round of Group A, so the match between the two teams was just a formality. However, both teams still played with great determination to win a match - a meaningful gift when saying goodbye to the tournament.
The two teams played quite openly and the match was balanced. In the first half, Thieu Nien Yen Thanh was the team with the better number of chances created, however, the final shots of the young players from the rice fields were not powerful or dangerous enough to convert those chances into goals.
In this half, goalkeeper Cao Duc Phi of Thieu Nien Hung Nguyen played very well when he blocked many dangerous close-range shots from Thieu Nien Yen Thanh's attackers. The two teams temporarily tied scoreless after the end of the first half.
During most of the second half, the game did not change compared to the first half. The Yen Thanh youth team had more possession of the ball but their final shots still could not get past goalkeeper Cao Duc Phi.
On the other hand, Thieu Nien Hung Nguyen's attacks were not sharp enough to create truly dangerous situations threatening goalkeeper Vo Ngoc Bao's goal on Thieu Nien Yen Thanh's side.
It was not until the final minutes of the match that the difference was made, when the coaching staff of both teams sent many reserve players onto the field. Replacing goalkeeper Cao Duc Phi, with a smaller physique, goalkeeper Hoang Minh Nhat of Thieu Nien Hung Nguyen could not block the shot into the top corner of number 6 Pham Cong Song of Thieu Nien Yen Thanh. This goal came in the 50th minute of the match.
But just over a minute later, in extra time, number 5 Le Duc Anh of Thieu Nien Hung Nguyen took advantage of the lack of coordination between Thieu Nien Yen Thanh's defenders to score an equalizer. Immediately after this goal, the referee blew the whistle to end the match.
With this result, Thieu Nien Hung Nguyen finished the group stage in 3rd place, while Thieu Nien Yen Thanh ranked last.
