Rookie student had an unexpected victory
Group 1 – Group A (qualifiers for the northern region of the football tournament Adolescent Vietnamese students (ThACO Cup III-2025) is considered a ‘group of death’ with Water Resources University being both the reigning runner-up of the tournament and the home team and Dai Nam University last season having extremely convincing performance, reaching the play-off match to compete for tickets to the finals and only stopping at the penalty shootout.
Entering the match on the afternoon of January 2, 2025, Dai Nam University is the team that is more appreciated with the experience accumulated from last season.
This is a decisive match for both teams
Previously, the Dai Nam University team experienced a 1-6 loss to the home team, Water Resources University. The lack of experience of the young students, mainly freshmen and sophomores, was clearly revealed through consecutive goals lost in the second half of the two rounds.
The match against the East Asia University of Technology team is considered an opportunity for the Dai Nam University team to seek victory and maintain hope of winning tickets to the play-off round. However, the East Asia University of Technology team, despite participating in the tournament for the first time, showed careful preparation and high playing spirit and brought home a 2-1 victory over the Dai Nam University team.
Dai Nam University lost both group stage matches
The goal sealed the score 2-1
With this result, the East Asia University of Technology team got off to a good start in their first participation in the tournament, while the Dai Nam University team ended the group stage with 2 comprehensive losses, stopping early this season.
The scorer that set the score 2-1 for Dong A University of Technology was freshman player Ngo Anh Quan. Sharing after the match, the young striker said that this was “the most prestigious goal in my many years of playing football”.
“I see that the scale of the tournament is very grand. In this group, my school is a rookie and we come to the tournament with the spirit of learning, playing hard, and having nothing to lose. With this result, I And you all are very happy, very happy,” Ngo Anh Quan shared.
Young talent Ngo Anh Quan of Dong A University of Technology
Meanwhile, coach Do Anh Duc of the Dong A University of Technology team said that although he has not had many opportunities to carefully study the opponents, through the first match of the group match between Thuy Loi University and Dai Nam University, He has outlined a number of plans for a strategy for today’s match.
“The first match, especially in the first tournament, will certainly have many difficulties, but the teachers and students united to win all 3 points. Everyone wants to win, and most importantly you guys. “We overcame the difficulties. Before the match, we set a goal of getting points, but you guys did more than that. Today’s success is the credit of all of you and the fans.” Coach Do Anh Duc shared. Mr. Duc is currently a referee of the V-League and is known by the nickname Duc Nakata.
Coach Do Anh Duc of the East Asia University of Technology team
At 2:00 p.m. January 3, 2025, Dong A University of Technology will face the home team Water Resources University in the final match of the group stage. Thuy Loi football is always among the top in the northern region in particular and nationwide students in general and this will certainly be a huge challenge for a rookie like East Asia University of Technology.
“Irrigation is a very united, very strong team. We also have a plan to approach the match. No. 10 (Bui Xuan Truong), No. 7 (Le Do Tuan Minh) and especially No. 11 (Nguyen Hoang) Danh) These are excellent individuals and we will have to find a solution. We aim to get points in this match,” said coach Do Anh Duc.
Northern region football tournament qualifying round Adolescent Vietnamese students for the third time in 2025 will select the 2 best representatives to attend the national finals in Ho Chi Minh City in March 2025. The northern region has 3 groups, the top 3 teams of these 3 groups along with the second ranked team with the best performance will be divided into 2 pairs of play-off matches to compete for 2 tickets to the finals.
