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Ho Chi Minh City's amateur football community has just experienced exciting days when Troll Football and Phui Saigon combined to organize the Faith Saigon Super Cup 2023 amateur football tournament, ending with the victory of Thep Viet Thang - Hoang FC over Chim Canh Penguin in the final match.

Faith Saigon Super Cup 2023 takes place from October 25 to November 22 at H2 Sport Complex, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City. 8 teams compete in this tournament, including: 2109 FC, Hong Lam FC, 91 FC, Chim Canh Penguin FC, Hoang FC, Hoang Nong Khi Neymar Sport FC, Nam Dinh FC and Rio United.

These are the leading names of grassroots football in the Ho Chi Minh City area, with the presence of players who used to train professionally or famous amateur players in the South. If Hong Lam FC has the presence of many players who grew up from SLNA, then 2019 will see the gathering of players who grew up from the "furnace" of NutiFood, Lyon, Ho Chi Minh City. With Hoang FC, this team has the presence of players who used to play professional futsal. While Chim Canh Penguin FC brings in stars who helped them register at the S5 tournament in 2022...

This is the second time in 2023 that Troll Football and Phui Saigon have combined to create 7-a-side amateur tournaments that have attracted great attention from fans. The combination of these two units has contributed to making this memorable 2023 the "hottest" season of 7-a-side amateur football in Saigon in particular and the Southern region in general.

Mr. Dang Van Thanh, Head of the tournament's Organizing Committee, shared about this: "Earlier this year, Phui Sai Gon, Troll Football and Iwin Sports supported each other to make Saigon Serie A. After the Covid-19 pandemic, sports activities were greatly affected, Saigon Serie A is a large playground that is still maintained and attracts strong grassroots teams to participate. This is a tournament that attracts a lot of attention, because it gathers good players from both the South and the North."

“Compared to the Saigon Super Cup that just took place at H2 Tan Son Stadium, Saigon Serie A will play on a field with a 6-meter “big goal” in the Southern style. Therefore, the matches feel more open, more exciting and have more goals. The Saigon Super Cup organizers initially planned to play on a field with a 6-meter “big goal” in the Southern style, but VFF has recently legislated for a 7-a-side field in an official document. Therefore, the organizers decided to follow the Federation’s 7-a-side field rules (with a field with a “smaller goal” of 4.2 meters) to avoid conflicts and disputes over the rules.”

“Of course, whether it is Saigon Serie A or Saigon Super Cup, there is very close coordination between Phui Saigon and Troll Football. The brothers share the same view of wanting to maintain a playground with reasonable costs for grassroots teams. From organization to communication, we all try to do our best within our capabilities. Particularly with Saigon Super Cup, thanks to the support of the sports drink brand Faith, everything is more organized.”

Troll Football is a very familiar name to young football fans. With more than 3.5 million followers, this is one of the sports fan pages that attracts the most followers on social networks. Although it follows a joking direction, Troll Football is always serious in its work, aiming for entertainment, fun and creativity but absolutely avoiding the phenomenon of cursing and insulting each other.

According to Mr. Dang Van Thanh: “The time our team made Troll Football was 10 years ago, at that time we were all in our twenties, still young and vibrant. At first, the team only thought about making it fun, entertaining, helping people relieve stress after tiring days of studying and working. However, after many years, the team members themselves and the channel's followers have also aged, their mature thinking has also changed a lot.

"This is the time when we want to make things that are truly useful to the community and society, in addition to pure entertainment. Currently, in addition to international football, the team also closely follows domestic football events such as V-League, the National Team, and recently, also follows amateur football. For amateur football, Troll Football hopes to work with our partners to build and maintain tournaments that are suitable for our "small - pretty" capacity. I also hope that the amateur football movement in Saigon will grow more and more, more and better teams will appear and the audience will be able to watch really good and exciting matches."

In addition to the matches of Faith Saigon Super Cup 2023, the organizing committee has decided to organize a friendly match between the Organizing Committee and the sponsors. This is a match with special significance as the Organizing Committee will set up a charity fund to help children in the highlands through the program "Sowing football dreams". Through this program, the Organizing Committee of Faith Saigon Super Cup 2023 wants to spread good deeds, promote the spirit of mutual love and social responsibility to everyone.

Also, the "Sowing Football Dreams" project was launched in 2020. From the first bricks, with a special attachment to the land and people of the highlands, in just 3 years of establishment, up to now, "Sowing Football Dreams" has gradually developed strongly in the football world and the volunteer community. Impressive numbers: More than 5,000 highland children have access to football, 15 programs have been organized, 13 village football fields have been supported...

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