Champions Tien Giang lost in opening game

Champions Tien Giang started their defending campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Phu My Nam Dinh while 9-men Binh Dinh beat An Giang 2-0 on the second match day of the under-21 football tournament, sponsored by Thanh Nien newspaper.

Phu My Nam Dinh outplayed the defending champions. Danh Ngoc shot just wide after six minutes.

Twenty four minutes later, Danh Ngoc set up Ngoc Linh with a good cross to fire home the opener.

Phu My Nam Dinh continued to dominate after the break. Six minutes after the hour mark, Viet Dung squared two defenders of Tien Giang and released Manh DUng, who doubled the advantage.

Phu My Nam Dinh created some more chances but failed to convert.

In stoppage time, Phu My Nam Dinh goalie Tran Thanh Trung was sent off. Fullback Nguyen Quang The had to be a goalie as Phu My Nam Dinh had no more substitution and Tien Giang narrowed the scored by Nhu Quang.

In another match, An Giang lost 2-0 to Binh Dinh, who were reduced to nine men after Truong Ngoc Tri and Nguyen Van Hoan were shown red cards.

Le Thanh Tai and Thien Vy were the scorers for Binh Dinh.      

An Giang missfired, wasting five good opportunities.

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