National Beach Soccer Championship

Hai Truong Nha Trang firmly at the top, Anh Duong Xanh Binh Duong started successful

On the afternoon of July 7 at the Nha Trang beach soccer field, the second match of the 2023 National Beach Soccer Championship took place. Hai Truong Nha Trang emerged as candidates to compete for the championship when they won against the defending runner-up Khanh Hoa, thereby continuing to maintain the top position.

In the opening match, Hai Truong Nha Trang had a very impressive performance and defeated Yen Nha Thien Loc Vung Tau with a score of 5-1. However, the confrontation with the defending runner-up Khanh Hoa this afternoon is really a high-dose “reagent” for team of coach Trang Quoc Hoang. In the opening match, Khanh Hoa lost to defending champion Da Nang, so they were forced to win to maintain a competitive chance in the race to the top 2 positions.

With that nature of the match, it is not surprising that Khanh Hoa players tried to play offensively from the beginning of the match. Meanwhile, Hai Truong Nha Trang actively deployed a tight game and took advantage of the impatience of the opposing team to exploit the loopholes. Right in the first half, Hai Truong Nha Trang took a 2-0 lead thanks to a goal from Nguyen Huu Trong in the 5th minute and Luu Huu Trong in the 10th minute. Anh Quang’s equalizer at the end of the first half helped Khanh Hoa shortened the score to 1-2, but Duc Thang’s goal in the second half helped Hai Truong Nha Trang raise the score to 3-1.

In the 3rd half, although the physical strength was more or less worn, the players of both teams still played hard and created an attractive chase. Just 2 minutes after Tu Huy raised the score to 4-1 for Hai Truong Nha Trang, national player Tran Vinh Phong had a goal to shorten the score to 2-4 before Hoang Quan lit up hope for a comeback. line for Khanh Hoa with a goal to shorten the gap to only 1 goal.

However, in a sublime competition afternoon, Hai Truong Nha Trang took advantage of the opportunity very well in the context of the match drifting to the last minutes and had a goal to raise the score to 5-3 thanks to Duc Thang. Later efforts of Khanh Hoa brought them an equalizer to shorten the score to 4-5, but the remaining time was not enough for the defending runner-up to change the situation.

In the second match taking place today, Anh Duong Xanh Binh Duong made an impressive debut with a convincing 5-3 victory over Yen Nha Thien Loc Vung Tau. The match was decided in only the first 12 minutes when Anh Duong Xanh Binh Duong created a huge advantage when leading to 5-1. In the remaining two halfs, they actively kept their strength and successfully defended the victory when only conceding 2 goals.