U19 National Championship 2024: Determining quarter-final matches
On the afternoon of February 26, the finals of the 2024 U19 National Championship continued to be exciting with the final matches of the group stage, thereby determining the next 4 names to enter the quarterfinals including: U19 Hanoi, U19 The Cong Viettel, U19 Hue , U19 LPBank HAGL, U19 Dong A Thanh Hoa and host U19 B.Binh Duong.
In the early match of Group B, Dong A Thanh Hoa only needed 1 point to advance. Coach Vu Van Chung’s team defended tightly at home. They did not risk attacking like the previous two matches. On the other side of the front line, HAGL is not in a hurry to advance because they already have 4 points.
The first half of the match took place at a fairly slow pace, both teams did not want to lose first. The first 45 minutes passed without a goal being scored. Entering the second half, Dong A Thanh Hoa had a dangerous opportunity first, but their strikers unfortunately missed it. At the end of the match, the Thanh Hoa team defended focused and achieved a 0-0 draw against HAGL.
Meanwhile, Hanoi proved the strength with an overwhelming match against Phu Yen. After the first half without a goal, the strikers of the Capital team continuously opened fire in the second half. Thanh Dat and Quoc Khanh consecutively scored to bring victory to Hanoi. With this result, Hanoi, HAGL and Thanh Hoa (ranked third with the best performance) simultaneously won tickets to continue in Group B.
Group C witnessed an exciting match between Song Lam Nghe An and Khanh Hoa. The loss to The Cong Viettel made Nghe An’s young players wake up. But the first half was not easy for coach Nguyen Huy Hoang and his team. They could not find a way into the opponent’s goal.
Entering the second half, this leader’s professional adjustments helped SLNA quickly clear the deadlock. In the 60th minute, Le Dinh Long Vu accurately scored to open the score for SLNA. 10 minutes later, Nguyen Trong Son scored to bring a 2-0 victory to the representative of the Central region.
There were no surprises when The Cong Viettel defeated Binh Phuoc with a score of 5-0. The two teams that won the right to enter the semi-finals in Group C are The Cong Viettel and SLNA. Binh Duong (Group A) entered the quarterfinals as one of the two third-placed teams with the best results.