U21 SLNA tied with U21 Nutifood, opening the door to the national U21 finals
(Baonghean.vn) - Although U21 SLNA conceded the first goal, with great determination, coach Quang Truong and his team excellently won 1 point in the match against U21 Nutifood. With this valuable draw, the Nghe An team has a wide open door to the national U21 finals.
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| The two teams played fiercely and attractively, creating excitement for the fans watching the match. Photo: PV |
This is the last match of Group C, so the result of the match between U21 SLNA and U21 Nutifood will decide the ticket to the next round for both teams.
With such importance, the two teams entered the match quite cautiously. The Nghe team was missing many key players such as Mai Sy Hoang, Nguyen Van Viet, Phan Ba Quyen... due to receiving cards in previous matches. This was a big disadvantage for coach Quang Truong's team.
Faced with that situation, U21 SLNA did not push up their formation to attack from the start but chose a defensive counter-attacking style of play. The familiar 4-1-4-1 formation was still applied by the coaching staff of the Nghe An team. With that familiar formation, U21 SLNA created harmony and operated the playing style smoothly. Coach Quang Truong's students had many coherent coordination phases, and the strikers on the attack line always created cohesion with each other. This helped the Nghe An team have many scoring opportunities.
However, U21 SLNA was the team to concede the first goal. It was a smooth pass from player number 8 to number 14 of the opposing team, forcing center back number 4 Le Thanh Lam to commit a foul in the penalty area. On the penalty spot, number 9 Nguyen Quoc Viet opened the score for U21 Nutifood in the 10th minute of the match.
Being behind, U21 SLNA was forced to attack, because if they lost to the Nghe team, they would have to say goodbye to this year's tournament. With determination, Coach Quang Truong's students had many threats against the opponent's goal. And what the fans were waiting for was realized by the Nghe team with the equalizer by captain Thai Ba Sang in the 22nd minute of the match. The goal of the central defender born in 1999 came from a beautiful header, after an exemplary corner kick by his teammate.
Entering the second half, both teams played solidly, defended tightly and did not have many risky passes. U21 SLNA was still the team with many sharp combinations. However, the final result remained unchanged.
With the draw, U21 SLNA has many opportunities to be the 3rd excellent team to enter the national U21 final round.
