On the afternoon of July 19, the second round of matches in Groups B and C of the National U17 Football Championship Finals - Red Dragon Cup 2026 took place with many notable results. U17 Hanoi was the first team to write their name into the quarter-finals, while the competition in Group B became attractive before the final round.
In Group B, after a 0-1 defeat to U17 TPHCM in the opening match, U17 Song Lam Nghe An entered the confrontation with U17 Dong Nai with the determination to win all 3 points. Although the game in the first half was quite balanced, the representative of Nghe land created a turning point in the 35th minute when Van Sang opened the score.
The goal helped U17 Song Lam Nghe An play more excitedly. Dang Huy doubled the gap in injury time in the first half, before Van Sang completed a double in the 54th minute. In the final minutes of the match, Van Lam scored two more goals in the 72nd and 76th minutes, sealing a 5-0 victory for U17 Song Lam Nghe An.
In the remaining match of Group B, U17 PVF-CAND defeated U17 TPHCM with a score of 3-1. U17 PVF-CAND soon opened the score in the 4th minute and closed the first half with a 3-0 lead after scoring two more goals.
In the second half, U17 TPHCM pushed up the squad and scored a goal to narrow the gap in the 56th minute, but could not create any more difference. The victory helped U17 PVF-CAND nurture hopes of winning a ticket to the quarter-finals, and at the same time made all four teams in Group B still have a chance to compete before the final match.
In Group C, U17 Dong Thap defeated U17 Lam Dong 2-1 in a match where both teams were forced to win after going empty-handed in the opening match. This result helps U17 Dong Thap continue to maintain hope of going further, while U17 Lam Dong's chances become very slim.
In the remaining match, U17 Hanoi continued to show strength when defeating U17 Hue with a score of 4-2. The Capital representative soon created an advantage with goals from Hai Duong and Manh Quan, before closing the first half with a four-goal gap.
Although U17 Hue scored two consecutive goals in the 66th and 68th minutes to narrow the score to 2-4, the efforts of the Ancient Capital team were not enough to create a comeback.
With two consecutive victories, U17 Hanoi became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the National U17 Football Tournament - Red Dragon Cup 2026. Meanwhile, the remaining slots will be determined after the last match of the group stage.
