In the afternoon of October 4th, the Vietnam Women’s Football Championship – Thái Sơn Bắc Cup 2019 witnessed the last game. Beating Phong Phú Hà Nam in a decisive match, Hà Nội finally finished the season 2nd.

With 2 points less than Hanoi, Phong Phú Hà Nam must defeat Hanoi to gain the 2nd standing after they lost the chance to be the champions.

Tuyết Dung and her teammates become the runners-up after defeating Phong Phú Hà Nam in a decisive game

On the other side, Hanoi were not afraid, thus, they played impartially although they just needed 1 more point to reach their goal. The expansive happening of the game made it interesting with tit for tat between the 2 teams. It could be said that professional quality of this game is among the best ones of Vietnam Women’s Football Championship – Thái Sơn Bắc Cup 2019.

Creating a lot of opportunities since the beginning of the game but the first goal just came after a mistake. At the 17th minute, goalkeeper Lại Thị Tuyết leaned to the right direction to catch the ball after an out-of-the-box shoot of Thái Thị Thảo, but the goalkeeper of Phong Phú Hà Nam let the ball slip out of her hands, helping Hanoi lead  her team 1-0.

Suddenly conceding a goal after a regretful mistake, the players of coach Nguyễn Thế Cường laid higher pressure on Hanoi’s half pitch. But in a day with a hurry playing style, Phong Phú Hà Nam strikers let their opportunities elapse regretfully. Most significant is the one at the 38th minute when Tuyết Dung ran down with much space but the finish of the national team’s player directed the ball out of the goal.

Coach Kim Chi and her players become the champions of National Women’s Football Championship 2019

Dominance in the second half belonged to Phong Phú Hà Nam as the hosts continued to boost more attacks with the hope to flip the script. And like in the first half, the champions of 2018 season created several clear opportunities but none of them was used successfully. Finally, they had to accept a 0-1 loss to Hanoi.

Gaining 3 points, Hanoi finished the season as the runners-up, while Phong Phú Hà Nam fell to the 4th place as the had the same points (23) but their head-to-head was inferior to TKS.VN.

Results:

Hà Nội – PP.HN: 1-0

Individual and collective titles:

Champions: HCMC I – VND300 million

2nd place: Hanoi – VND200 million

3rd place: Than Khoáng Sản Việt Nam – VND100 million

Style award: Phong Phú Hà Nam – VND20 million

Top scorer: Phạm Hải Yến (Hanoi) – 17 goals

Best goalkeeper: Trần Thị Kim Thanh (HCMC I)

Best player: Huỳnh Như (HCMC I)

Source – bongda.com.vn