Former player Tran Minh Chien and Quang Ninh FC are undefeated: Opportunity for promotion!

Former player Van Hieu (second from right) helped Quang Ninh FC win 6-1

Quang Ninh FC leads Group A

Before this round 5, Quang Ninh FC was temporarily leading Group A with an unbeaten record, including 4 wins and 1 draw. This record was further consolidated when Coach Nguyen Van Dan's students had a resounding 6-1 victory over Dao Ha Football Center.

At Thanh Tri Stadium, Quang Ninh FC took the initiative and quickly opened the scoring in the 18th minute by Tran Dang Duc Anh, before leading 4-0 after goals by Tran Tien Anh (22nd minute), former Vietnam national team player Bui Van Hieu (32nd minute) and Phan Hoang Dinh Phong (51st minute).

In the 62nd minute, Tran Dang Nghiep scored an equalizer for Dao Ha Football Club, but then the team conceded two more goals after shots by Tran Hai Anh (69th minute) and Dao Nhat Minh (77th minute).

Former head coach of Vietnam U.17 Tran Minh Chien is the Technical Director of Quang Ninh FC

This victory helps the team whose chief architect is Technical Director Tran Minh Chien temporarily lead Group A with 13 points, temporarily ahead of the second-placed team Hoai Duc (won Thanh Hoa Youth 4-1, got 11 points) and PVF-CAND Youth Club (8 points, lost to Vinh Phuc Club 2-3).

In Group B, Gia Dinh Club temporarily leads with 15 points after a 2-0 victory in the direct confrontation against second-placed Tay Ninh (12 points), while Ho Chi Minh City Youth temporarily ranks third with 10 points after defeating Dong Nai Youth 3-0.

Bringing Quang Ninh football back to professionalism

This year's third division will have 5 slots (including 4 teams ranked first and second in 2 groups and 1 team ranked third with the best record) to play in the second division next season, as part of VFF's strategy to ensure the second division base has 16 teams.

Conductor Nhat Minh is one of three pillars who once played with the team in V-League.

Looking at the situation of both groups, Quang Ninh FC will almost touch the promotion ticket if they do not lose in the last two matches against Zantino Vinh Phuc (with 8 points) and Hoai Duc FC (11 points).

This is considered a reasonable goal when this team is playing effectively with 4 consecutive wins, thanks to the brilliance of veterans who are sons of Quang Ninh who have fought in V-League such as Van Hieu, Nhat Minh, The Phuong...

Technical Director Tran Minh Chien said: "Overall, the team's performance was very good. Although the team has a number of young players, the three older players took charge of the match, promoting their strengths and experience to help guide the younger players to grow up quickly.

Quang Ninh FC is very close to the goal of playing in the second division next season.

In the first match, which is usually very difficult, Quang Ninh FC was held to a 0-0 draw. But after that, they played more comfortably in the following matches and the results have come, with 4 consecutive wins up to now.

I hope the team will play with focus, achieve good results in the remaining 2 matches, bring joy to Quang Ninh football, and keep the promise of bringing football here back to the professional football map of the whole team in the departure ceremony."

Quang Ninh used to have a professional football team and football became spiritual food and joy for the people of the mining land.

Quang Ninh Club won the National Cup and National Super Cup in 2016, represented Vietnam in the AFC Cup in 2017, and won the bronze medal in V-League 2019 for the first time. Fans here won the title of Best Supporters Club in V-League 2015.

But for financial reasons, with a team debt of about 70 billion VND, in 2021 Quang Ninh Club requested to temporarily suspend operations, unable to participate in V-League 2022 and was relegated to third place.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/cuu-danh-thu-tran-minh-chien-cung-quang-ninh-fc-bat-bai-co-hoi-thang-hang-185241105201630791.htm