National U21 Opening Ceremony: Host Thanh Hoa lost painfully to PVF-CAND

Facing U21 Thanh Hoa with home field advantage, U21 PVF - CAND used 6 players from the U16 PVF-CAND team that recently defeated U16 Man City in Shanghai.

At the beginning of the match, U21 PVF-CAND unexpectedly opened the score quite early with an own goal. In the 5th minute, from a cross from the right wing, a Thanh Hoa defender fumbled the ball into his own net. After conceding the goal, the young home team still played quite calmly and controlled the game quite well.

U21 PVF-CAND won against host Thanh Hoa

In the 18th minute, from Van Tiep's precise cross, striker Van Cuong scored against U21 PVF-CAND, bringing the match back to the starting line before the first 45 minutes ended.

Home team Thanh Hoa could not keep any points on the opening day at home.

Entering the second half, U21 Thanh Hoa was still more proactive than their opponents, causing many difficulties for goalkeeper Quang Truong.

In the 54th minute, the goalkeeper of U21 PVF-CAND played unsafely, allowing Cam Ba Thanh to steal the ball, but his excellent reaction helped Quang Truong block it in time.

Le Phat (blue shirt) won the title of best player of the match.

But while holding the game, personal mistakes caused U21 Thanh Hoa to concede a goal. In the 80th minute, from a not-so-dangerous situation, goalkeeper Anh Tuan hastily kicked the ball to a defender, allowing Ngoc Tai to steal the ball and tap it into an empty net.

In the end, U21 PVF-CAND won narrowly 2-1 despite the home team's efforts to push up their formation to find an equalizer.

At the end of the match, young player Nguyen Le Phat, one of the 6 players in the squad that defeated U16 Man City, won the title of best player of the match.

In the early match of Group A, U21 Viettel easily won against U21 Tay Ninh with a score of 4-0 thanks to goals from Nguyen Thanh Dat, Vu Tung Duong and a double from Nguyen Ngoc Tu.

U21 Viettel won 4-0 against U21 Tay Ninh

With the results of these two matches, U21 Viettel leads the table with the same 3 points but has a better goal difference than U21 PVF-CAND.

Tomorrow (September 19), the matches of groups B and C will take place with two early matches at 2:30 p.m., respectively: U21 Hanoi vs. U21 Ho Chi Minh City (group B) at Hong Duc Stadium - Thanh Hoa City, U21 Dak Lak vs. U21 Long An (group C) at Vinh Stadium, Nghe An.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/khai-mac-u21-quoc-gia-pvf-cand-khien-chu-nha-thanh-hoa-thua-dau-20230918201417757.htm