Hieu Hoa Quahaco won the 2024 International 7-a-side Football Championship
The match between Nongpookao x Nongpoothan Club (won Kickerz Club (Malaysia) 6-0 in the opening match) and Hieu Hoa Quahaco (won Dai Tu Club 4-2 in the opening match) this afternoon (January 13) has meaningful meaning. meaning an “early final” of the International 7-a-side Football Tournament – Wika Cup 2024.
If they win, Hieu Hoa Quahaco will win the championship one round early. Meanwhile, if Nongpookao x Nongpoothan Club wins, the drama will take place in the final match when Hieu Hoa Quahaco meets Kickerz Club – the team that has shown itself to be too weak compared to the “rest” participating in the tournament. And Nongpookao x Nongpoothan faced Dai Tu Club.
Nongpookao x Nongpoothan Club could not keep up with the speed of play that Hieu Hoa Quahaco (red shirt) created in this afternoon’s match. Photo: Duc Cuong
The developments on the field showed that Nongpookao x Nongpoothan Club also clearly felt the strength of Hieu Hoa Quahaco when they chose a tight defensive style of play in their home field, waiting for a chance to counterattack and cause surprise.
But the efforts of clinging can only help the Thai club stand firm for 15 minutes. In the second half of the first half, “conductor” Le Tuan Anh (No. 7) completed his own double in the 16th and 25th minutes, plus a goal from Tan Tinh (No. 14) in the 20th minute, bringing Hieu Hoa Quahaco 3-0 lead.
It wasn’t until the 31st minute that Nongpookao x Nongpoothan Club found a 1-3 equalizer after a very quick finish from Treerapong Seree (No. 8).
In the second half, the game still belonged to Hieu Hoa Quahaco. Opportunities were also created, but the strikers from Thailand could not overcome goalkeeper Anh Tuan’s reflexes.
In the 38th minute, captain Van Hieu (No. 10) increased the gap to 4-1 before Ammarin (No. 81) scored an own goal in the 57th minute to help Hieu Hoa Quahaco “settle” the match with a score gap of 5-1.
In the 70th minute and the last official minute of play, Hieu Hoa Quahaco performed a beautiful combination starting from the left sideline kick. Van Son skillfully handled the ball in the penalty area and created the “goal” for K. ‘Cong (No. 6) headed the ball to seal the final victory 6-1, a score like a tennis match!
Surachet (right) alone cannot help Nongpookao x Nongpoothan Club surprised Hieu Hoa Quahaco Club. Photo: Duc Cuong
With this convincing win, Hieu Hoa Quahaco (6 absolute points/2 matches) was soon crowned champion of the International 7-a-side Football Tournament – Wika Cup 2024 without caring about the results of the last match against Kickerz Club. (Malaysia) tomorrow afternoon.
Because according to the rules, in case the teams are equal on points, the first sub-index considered for ranking is the head-to-head result.
After two matches, Hieu Hoa Quahaco won against both competitors, Dai Tu Club and Nongpookao x Nongpoothan Club – teams that only won 3 points/2 matches and will face each other to determine the runner-up position. army tomorrow afternoon.
In the match that took place earlier this afternoon, despite a lack of concentration and losing a two-goal lead after 13 minutes of play (striker Saranraj Arasu (No. 11) scored twice for Kickerz) but Dai Tu Club still easily won the final 8-2.
Ivory Coast striker Racheen Bello scored twice in Dai Tu Club’s 8-2 victory over Kickerz Club (Malaysia) this afternoon. Photo: Duc Cuong
The scorers to help Dai Tu Club come back and win convincingly were Hoang Hiep (minutes 20, 50′), Ivory Coast striker Racheen Bello (2 goals, minutes 23 and 35’+1), Long Nhat (41′ ), Gia Bao (51′), Van Thai (65′) and an own goal by a club player Kickerz the last minute of extra time of the match.