The final round of matches of Group A of the 2024-2025 National U19 Football Championship witnessed a tense match between Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Hanoi.
Forced to win to aim for the quarter-finals, the capital team flooded up to attack after the opening whistle. Possessing a squad of many quality players, Hanoi did not play very impressively.
For the first 45 minutes, Ba Ria - Vung Tau organized a tight defensive game. They did not give the opponent's strikers a chance to approach Hoa Xuan Tin's goal. The first half passed without any goals being scored.
Entering the second half, Ba Ria - Vung Tau's counter-attacking defense tactic soon showed its effectiveness. In the 54th minute, Pham Minh Quan fired a not-so-dangerous long-range shot but Dinh Hai made a mistake and the ball flew into the net and the opening goal came for Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
Just 7 minutes later, taking advantage of the opponent's defender's indecisive clearance, Quang Khoi shot close to the goal to double the gap for Ba Ria - Vung Tau. In the 76th minute, the Hanoi player had a very good cross for Viet Long to head the ball to shorten the score to 1-2.
They thought they could hope to form a group for the capital team but could not beat Xuan Tin in the decisive matches. In extra time, Quang Hung scored to seal a 3-1 victory for Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
In the remaining match of Group A taking place on the same day, a draw against Da Nang was enough for Binh Duong to continue. However, the team from the land of Thu can do more than that.
After a somewhat stalemate in the first half, Binh Duong scored the opening goal thanks to Anh Tai. In the 40th minute, Duc Phat accurately finished to increase the score to 2-0 for the Southern representative before the break.
In the second half, Le Van Hoan scored to help Binh Duong lead by 3 goals in the 60th minute. Da Nang's efforts were not rewarded and they had to accept defeat, thereby saying goodbye to the tournament.
Thus, in Group A, Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Binh Duong took the lead and ranked 2nd, respectively, to qualify for the quarterfinals.
