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Futsal
HÀ N?I — Defending champions Thái Son Nam trounced Cao B?ng 4-0 in the third-round match of the National Futsal Championship being held in HCM City yesterday.
Though playing against the best national team, Cao B?ng players started the game confidently and managed to limit many of Thái Son Nam’s attempts.
However, Thái Son Nam proved much more powerful and their national team members did a good job near the end of the first 20-minute period. Nguy?n Ð?c Huy took part in a counter-attack and quickly entered Cao B?ng’s space. His close-range header gave keeper Van Tú no opportunity to stop the ball and it was 1-0 for the hosts.
The second period was easier for Thái Son Nam as Cao B?ng’s players got tired. They scored three more times, with Lê Qu?c Nam earning a double and Nguy?n Minh Trí finishing from a narrow angle.
Thái Son Nam have seven points and are temporally on top of the ranking table.
“Despite our poor start, the more we played the better we performed,” said Thái Son Nam coach Nguy?n B?o Quân.
“We managed the game step by step and dominated in the second period. We escaped Cao B?ng’s tactical trap, played well together and finally won,” Quân, the national team captain said.
Coach Hector Souto of Cao B?ng appreciated Thái Son Nam’s win and said his team had prepared really well but Thái Son Nam, with 90 per cent national players, were too strong to beat. He said he is proud of his young team’s efforts, especially in the first period and in the early minutes of the second.
Cao B?ng will next play Sanatech Khánh Hòa, who yesterday drew 2-2 to Hoàng Thu Ðà N?ng. Thái Son Nam will meet Thái Son B?c.
In a later match yesterday, Sanna Khánh Hòa, the national first runner-up, defeated Sài Gòn FC 2-0.
Assistant coach Nguy?n Xuân Huy of Sanna Khánh Hòa said it was an important win for his team. It took the pressure off his players after their two losses and only one goal.
“This season, Sanna Khánh Hòa have a young squad who lack experience, so we need to pay attention to every single game,” he said. — VNS
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