After the opening ceremony on the afternoon of July 19, there will be a match between the host of Ho Chi Minh City Football Club and Song Lam Nghe An. Ho Chi Minh City Football Club with many well-trained faces, having participated in national youth teams such as Hong Quang, Xuan Tin... is considered to have good expertise.
In the meantime, the Nghe An team attacked, pushing the home team into a position of having to defend in large numbers. Song Lam Nghe An's midfield controlled the ball well, creating great pressure on the home team's goal.
Many opportunities were created by the away team but in the first half, the strikers could not convert them into goals. Typically, in the 27th minute, Van Quy escaped and shot in a very open position, but goalkeeper Xuan Tin used his foot to clear the ball, blocking a goal for the home team. The U20 national goalkeeper played very well when in the last minute of the first half, there was an excellent away flight to save the net for Ho Chi Minh City football club.
In the second half, Song Lam Nghe An continued to step up attacks and create great pressure, causing Ho Chi Minh City football club to fall into a difficult position. In the 62nd minute, the Nghe An youth team took the lead after Duy Hao headed the ball out of bounds from a teammate after a corner kick.
The match was on the cards with the advantage of taking the lead, thinking that Song Lam Nghe An would score more goals, in the 72nd minute, Ho Chi Minh City Football Club organized a quick attack and then turned the left wing for Quang Khoi to escape, made a cross-angle curve, scoring an equalizer 1-1 for the home team.
Unexpectedly being dropped, Song Lam Nghe An continued to push up the formation. In the 81st minute, goalkeeper Xuan Tin could save the home team by pushing the ball after a shot by a Song Lam Nghe An player but could not stop Quang Vinh's close-range rebound kick, thereby, he had to accept the ball into the net to pick it up. In the end, Song Lam Nghe An won with a score of 2-1.
In the remaining match in this group, Da Nang defeated PVF-CAND with a score of 1-0. The only goal of the match was scored by Thanh Nhan after running up from the second line and then firing a shot into the near corner at the end of the second half.
