In the quarter-finals of the National U9 Football Tournament on August 21, the U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong team continued to maintain its undefeated record with an overwhelming 7-1 victory over U9 Tuyen Quang and won a ticket to the semi-finals of the tournament.
Before this match, in the knockout round (round of 16), U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong had a big 4-0 victory over U9 GOCOBAY Ngoc Hung. Therefore, against opponent U9 Tuyen Quang, U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong was quite confident.
In the 6th and 7th minutes, Minh Duc and Hoang Tien scored to help U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong lead their opponents 2-0. Conceding 2 quick goals, U9 Tuyen Quang pushed up their attack formation and unexpectedly scored a goal to shorten the gap to 1-2 from a high ball in the middle of the field. However, this was all U9 Tuyen Quang could do in this match, because in the remaining minutes of the first and second half, coach Nguyen Hung Hoang's students had 5 more times to put the ball into the opponent's net to seal a 7-1 victory, winning a ticket to the semi-finals and securing a medal as the goal set before the tournament.
The 2024 National U9 Football Tournament is taking place in Pleiku City (Gia Lai) with 28 teams, U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong is a rookie in this tournament. Although the goal of winning a medal has been achieved, the coaching staff of U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong certainly still wants to go to the final match of the tournament. The coaching staff said that the whole team is in the best shape and ready for the semi-final match against the very strong team U9 Ho Chi Minh City - the team that just defeated U9 Viet Hung Thanh Hoa with a score of 1-0.
The semi-final match between U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong - U9 Ho Chi Minh City takes place at 4:00 p.m. on August 23.
TIEN HUY