03:07, 06/07/2022

National KPL-S3 7-a-side Football Championship 2022 is exciting from 1st round

The National 7-a-side Football Championship - Saigon Beer Cup 2022 - central region (KPL-S3) is capturing the attention of football lovers. The tournament is exciting right from the first round with the favorites winning their matches. 
 

The National 7-a-side Football Championship - Saigon Beer Cup 2022 - central region (KPL-S3) is capturing the attention of football lovers. The tournament is exciting right from the first round with the favorites winning their matches. 
 
The National 7-a-side Football Championship kicked off nationwide early July. In the central region, KPL-S3 is played at the football field of Nha Trang University (Nha Trang City) with the participation of eight amateur teams of Khanh Hoa Province and Phu Yen Province namely Thanh Thanh FC, Olympic Gym, Tuan Huong, Phu Yen, Van Tin, 2T, Friendly-Zen Ha Quang 2, and Dong De Khanh Hoa.
 
 
Van Tin playing against Dong De Khanh Hoa
Van Tin playing against Dong De Khanh Hoa
 
This year’s National 7-a-side Football Championship has been actively responded and supported by the teams and football lovers. Besides northern region (HPL-S), southern region (SPL-S) and central region (KPL-S), the scale of the 2022 championship is expanded to highland region with KPL-S tournament and Mekong Delta with CPL-S tournament. The participation of many teams of Khanh Hoa at the KPL-S3 2022 partly proves the development of 7-a-side football movement in Khanh Hoa. 
 
In the first round, Thanh Thanh FC, the first champions of KPL-S and a favorite for the 2022 championship, had a good start with a 3-1 win against Tuan Huong. They successfully fought back from a goal down thanks to their quality line-up and experience at many previous amateur tournaments in Khanh Hoa. Phu Yen, a senior team at KPL-S, won 3-0 against 2T, which have joined the tournament for the first time. Meanwhile, the rejuvenated team of Olympic Gym had a 2-0 victory over Friendly-Zen Ha Quang 2.
 
The most exciting and dramatic match of the first round was the competition between Van Tin and Dong De Khanh Hoa. This was an even match between the two quite-strong teams with many players of the province’s futsal and football movements. Dong De Khanh Hoa played better with constant attacks. However, their inaccurate shots and excellent performances of Van Tin’s goalkeeper made them pay. Meanwhile, preventing the attacks of Dong De Khanh Hoa with solid defense and launching sharp counterattacks, Van Tin scored two goals and won the match 2-0.
 
After the first round, the top half of the table of KPL-S3 includes Phu Yen, Thanh Thanh FC, Olympic Gym, and Van Tin. In the second round taking place on July 9, the matches between Friendly-Zen Ha Quang 2 and Van Tin, Olympic Gym and Dong De Khanh Hoa will take place at 2:30pm; the matches between Tuan Huong and 2T, Thanh Thanh FC and Phu Yen will be played at 4pm.  
 
After the end of KPL-S3 (middle of August), two best teams of the tournament instead of one like the previous years will represent the central region at the final round VPL-S3, which is scheduled to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
 
An Nhien
Translated by H.N