Hanoi wins thrillingly over 'rival' Ho Chi Minh City Club in national U.19 women's tournament

In Vietnamese women's football, representatives of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are considered "rivals" of each other in any tournament. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City women's football always have excellent players, giving fans many eye-catching matches. In the national women's championship alone, Ho Chi Minh City has won 13 times - the most in history while representatives of Hanoi have also won 10 times. Therefore, the confrontation between U.19 Hanoi and U.19 Ho Chi Minh City received a lot of attention.

U.19 Ho Chi Minh City has better form than U.19 Hanoi (red shirt)

In terms of the tournament, U.19 Ho Chi Minh City is the team with better form with 1 draw and 1 win. On the other side, U.19 Hanoi has 2 draws. More importantly, U.19 Hanoi always let their opponents take the lead and had to wait until the last minutes of extra time to equalize.

In dire need of points to stay in the lead, U.19 Hanoi tried their best to attack from the first minutes. But despite their efforts, U.19 Hanoi did not create any dangerous opportunities. Meanwhile, U.19 Ho Chi Minh City played slowly and steadily, not rushing to respond to their opponents. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw.

In the second half, Coach Dang Quoc Tuan began to make personnel adjustments for U.19 Hanoi. However, his team still had many difficulties in penetrating the opponent's goal. The U.19 Ho Chi Minh City defense was well organized, persistently following the opponent's strikers.

However, facing the great pressure from the opponent, the dense defense of U.19 Ho Chi Minh City collapsed in the 73rd minute. The player who shined and brought the goal for U.19 Hanoi was Dang Thi Duyen with a very delicate move.

Unexpectedly losing, Coach Luu Ngoc Mai asked his players to immediately attack to find an equalizer. However, in the remaining 20 minutes, U.19 Ho Chi Minh City could not make a difference and accepted the 0-1 defeat.

U.19 Ho Chi Minh City (yellow shirt) received the first 0-1 loss in the 2024 National U.19 Women's Tournament

Winning a thrilling 1-0 victory over U.19 Ho Chi Minh City, U.19 Hanoi earned 3 points for the first time in the national U.19 women's tournament. Coach Dang Quoc Tuan's team earned 5 points, rising to 2nd place. As for U.19 Ho Chi Minh City, they earned 4 points and ranked 3rd in the tournament.

In the match that followed, the top team, U.19 Phong Phu Ha Nam, had a dramatic 1-0 victory over U.19 Thai Nguyen T&T, thereby maintaining the top spot with 7 points. In this match, U.19 Phong Phu Ha Nam created many scoring opportunities but it was not until the 90+3 minute that Hoang Van brought home the only goal of the match.

U.19 Phong Phu Ha Nam (white shirt) continues to hold the top position in the table

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ha-noi-thang-nghet-tho-kinh-dich-clb-tphcm-o-giai-u19-nu-quoc-gia-185240925215140939.htm