On the evening of September 26, at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho province), a match took place between Xuan Thien Phu Tho Club and Ho Chi Minh City Youth in the framework of Round 2 - Sao Vang Beer National First Division Football Tournament for the 2025-2026 season.
With home advantage, coach Le Quoc Vuong's students raised their formation to play offensively right after the opening whistle. On the opposite side, Ho Chi Minh City Youth with their counter-attacking defensive style of play has created many difficulties for the home team Xuan Thien Phu Tho.
The away team even scored 2 consecutive goals thanks to Victor da Silva and Vo Tran Minh Vu in the 28th and 43rd minutes to create a 2-0 advantage over the team from the land of the ancestors.
Right after the second goal, the home team at Viet Tri Stadium quickly regained their spirit to get a goal to reduce the score to 1-2 in the 45+1 minute.
The striker Yago Ramos scored for Xuan Thien Phu Tho with a beautiful volley after his teammate's accurate throw-in. The first half ended with a 2-1 advantage for the visiting team Ho Chi Minh City Youth.
After the break, the HCMC Youth proactively played slowly and gave up the game to the home team, but coach Le Quoc Vuong's students still had many difficulties in approaching goalkeeper Phan Dinh Vu Hai.
A series of dangerous opportunities were created by Phu Tho Spring, but it was not until the last minute of extra time of the 90+7 match that the home team at Viet Tri Stadium had an equalizer of 2-2 thanks to Nguyen Trong Bao.
At the end of the match at Viet Tri Stadium, Xuan Thien Phu Tho and Ho Chi Minh City Youth dramatically tied the final score at 2-2.
With this result, both Xuan Thien Phu Tho and Ho Chi Minh City Youth have 2 points after the first 2 rounds and temporarily shared 2 positions respectively 4th and 5th on the National Golden Star Beer First Division Football Tournament 2025-2026 rankings.
In the match at the same time taking place tonight, Long An won 1-0 against Dong Thap at home to temporarily rise to third place.
At 4:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon (September 27), round 2 of the 2025-2026 National First Division will continue with 2 matches: Van Hien University vs. Dong Nai freshman School and Bac Ninh vs. Khatoco Khanh Hoa.
