U19 Song Lam Nghe An won ticket to the National U19 final round

U19 Song Lam Nghe An officially won a ticket to the 2023 National U19 final round. Photo: Hai Hoang

Before entering the final match of the 2023 National U19 qualifying round, U19 Song Lam Nghe An is temporarily ranked 2nd with 13 points. Meanwhile, the team ranked 3rd, U19 PVF, has only 8 points and has played 1 less match.

Therefore, to secure a ticket to the next round, U19 Song Lam Nghe An only needs to win at least 1 point when facing U19 Da Nang in the last round of the qualifying round. At that time, if U19 PVF wins the maximum 6 points in the remaining two matches, it will still only rank 3rd in Group B, because this team lost in the head-to-head record against U19 Nghe An.

Determined to win a ticket to the next round, U19 Song Lam Nghe An entered the match cautiously. The Nghe An team chose a defensive counter-attacking strategy. In particular, coach Nguyen Van Vinh required the majority of players to focus more on the back line, not pushing the formation too high, to avoid revealing gaps in the defense for the opponent to exploit.

On the other hand, U19 Da Nang also needed 1 more point to secure a ticket to the next round, so they did not risk looking for a goal. This team mainly tried to control the ball firmly in the midfield area and only attacked when they really felt there was a clear opportunity.

With this way of playing of the two teams, the tempo of the match is maintained at a low level, not many opportunities are created towards each other's goal.

During the 90 minutes, U19 Song Lam Nghe An did not create many scoring opportunities. On the other side, Da Nang only had 1 or 2 scoring opportunities, but did not cause any difficulties for goalkeeper Cao Van Binh (SLNA).

Therefore, the match ended in a 0-0 draw. With this result, both U19 Song Lam Nghe An and U19 Da Nang teams joined hands to play in the 2023 National U19 Finals.

The Final Round is expected to be held in Tay Ninh province from April 22 to May 4, 2023.