Quang Ninh FC leads Group A

Before this round 5, Quang Ninh FC was temporarily leading Group A with an unbeaten record, including 4 wins and 1 draw. This record was further consolidated when Coach Nguyen Van Dan's students had a resounding 6-1 victory over Dao Ha Football Center.

At Thanh Tri Stadium, Quang Ninh FC took the initiative and opened the scoring in the 18th minute by Tran Dang Duc Anh, before leading 4-0 after goals by Tran Tien Anh (minute 22), former Vietnam national team player Bui Van Hieu (minute 32) and Phan Hoang Dinh Phong (minute 51).

In the 62nd minute, Tran Dang Nghiep scored an equalizer for Dao Ha Football Club, but then the team conceded two more goals after shots by Tran Hai Anh (minute 69) and Dao Nhat Minh (minute 77).

This victory helps the team whose chief architect is Technical Director Tran Minh Chien temporarily lead Group A with 13 points, temporarily ahead of the second-placed team Hoai Duc (won Thanh Hoa Youth 4-1, got 11 points) and PVF-CAND Youth Club (8 points, lost to Vinh Phuc Club 2-3).

In Group B, Gia Dinh Club temporarily leads with 15 points after winning a direct confrontation 2-0 against the second-placed team Tay Ninh (12 points), while Ho Chi Minh City Youth temporarily ranks 3rd with 10 points after defeating Dong Nai Youth 3-0.

Bringing Quang Ninh football back to professionalism

This year's third division will have 5 spots (including 4 teams ranked first and second in 2 groups and 1 team ranked third with the best results) to play in the second division next season, as part of VFF's strategy to ensure the second division base has 16 teams.

Looking at the situation of both groups, Quang Ninh FC will almost touch the promotion ticket if they do not lose in the last two matches against Zantino Vinh Phuc (with 8 points) and Hoai Duc FC (11 points).

This is considered a reasonable goal when this team is playing effectively with 4 consecutive wins, thanks to the brilliance of veterans who are sons of Quang Ninh who have fought in V-League such as Van Hieu, Nhat Minh, The Phuong...

Technical Director Tran Minh Chien said: "Overall, the team's performance was very good. Although the team has a number of young players, the three older players took charge of the match, promoting their strengths and experience to help guide the younger players to grow up quickly.

In the first match, which is usually very difficult, Quang Ninh FC was held to a 0-0 draw. But then they played more comfortably in the following matches and the results came, with 4 consecutive wins up to now.

I hope the team will play with focus, achieve good results in the remaining 2 matches, bring joy to Quang Ninh football, and keep the promise of bringing football here back to the professional football map of the whole team in the departure ceremony."