In the semi-final match 1 of the National U9 Football Tournament which just ended on the afternoon of August 23 in Pleiku City (Gia Lai), U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong excellently won an overwhelming 5-0 victory over a very strong opponent, U9 Ho Chi Minh City, thereby registering their name to play in the final match of this year's season.
Going into this match, U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong is the only team out of 28 teams in this tournament that has a perfect record since the group stage, is the team with the best attack, while the opponent is the team with the best defense.
Before the match, both teams were considered equal. However, coach Nguyen Hung Hoang continued to instruct U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong to deploy an all-out attacking style as in previous matches. Right at the 28th second of the first half, the goalkeeper of U9 Ho Chi Minh City had to go into the net to pick up the ball after a very quick approach from Minh Duc of Gia Bao Hai Duong. This was a very successful match for Minh Duc, because in the 17th and 33rd minutes, the player wearing the number 10 shirt scored 2 more goals to complete his hat-trick against the opponent.
Despite several threats to Gia Bao Hai Duong's goal, the U9 Ho Chi Minh City players could not put the ball in the net and conceded two more goals.
With a 5-star victory in the semi-finals, U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong has entered the final of the 2024 National U9 Football Tournament. This is a surprising but very interesting result for youth and children's football audiences, because U9 Gia Bao Hai Duong is just a rookie in the tournament.
The opponent in the final match of coach Nguyen Hung Hoang and his team will be one of the two teams in the second semi-final match, U9 Hanoi Football Club or U9 Song Lam Nghe An.