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AVOID UPES 'S "MISTAKE"

The unexpected defeat of the defending champion team, the University of Physical Education and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City (UPES), in the opening match, made the coaches of the remaining teams "warn" their players to play with high concentration and not to be careless at any moment. "The defeat of the UPES team and the careful preparation of the other teams show that the competition in this year's season is very unpredictable. Our team is also highly appreciated by our opponents, but I told my players to play with all their abilities, play fair and respect their opponents," coach Hoang Hai Duong of the Van Hien University team shared after the impressive 3-0 victory over the University of Law of Ho Chi Minh City.

So tài kịch tính, sân chơi sinh viên quá hấp dẫn!- Ảnh 1. — Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry team *(left)* won all 3 points against the strong candidate Van Lang University team.

Coach Hoang Hai Duong shared that Van Hien University team is "famous" for playing good football when participating in the national first and second division tournaments. "The entire Van Hien University team participating in the THACO Cup 2025 are full-time students, strictly following the tournament's regulations. We set a clear criterion that we do not know whether we will succeed or fail this season, but the students must promote the spirit of fair play, not disregarding the results," said Mr. Duong. Compared to last season, this year Van Hien University team "changed blood" both the coaching staff and players with 17 new players. Among them, Nguyen Minh Tri, who scored 1 goal and 2 assists in the victory in the opening match, was rated by coach Hoang Hai Duong as very promising. With this victory, Van Hien University team has the same 3 points as Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance team but leads thanks to a better goal difference (+3 compared to +2). These are also two teams that are expected to compete fiercely for first and second place in group 2.

LAST MINUTE DRAMA

In the opening match of Group 3, RMIT University and Gia Dinh University played an exciting match until the last minute. The free-flowing attacking style of play helped the “rich kid” team take the lead twice. The victory seemed to be in the hands of RMIT University, but the tireless efforts of Gia Dinh University helped them score in the last minute of extra time, tying the score to 2-2, much to the regret of the entire RMIT University team.

In the next match of this group, Van Lang University team, although rated higher than Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry team, played with great difficulty. The tight defensive play of Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry players made it difficult for Coach Nguyen Vo Hoang Phu's students to attack. Not only that, in the first minute of extra time of the match, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry team unexpectedly scored a goal thanks to an own goal by Ly Trong Tien of Van Lang University team.

Thus, in group 3, with a 1-0 victory over Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry took the lead with 3 points, RMIT University and Gia Dinh University shared second and third place, while the bright candidate Van Lang University ranked last.

1:30 p.m. today, December 30, the northern qualifying round of the TNSV THACO cup 2025 officially took place at the University of Water Resources.

The Northern qualifying round starts from December 30, 2024 – January 10, 2025 with the participation of 9 teams. At 2:00 p.m., the opening match will take place between the University of Water Resources and Dai Nam University.

Today's match schedule (December 30):

9:00 a.m.: Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology – People's Police University

15:00: Saigon University of Technology – Ho Chi Minh City Open University

17:30 : Saigon International University – Saigon University