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Soc Trang
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Phạm Hanh took the kick off in the first half of the match. Trần Nguyet charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Trần Nguyet the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Da Nang booed when Viet Tri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trần Nguyet didn't get a good kick on the ball. Võ Thuyet lost his temper 8 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 8 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Viet Tri! If Đinh Huỳnh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Phạm Hanh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Da Nang fans' excitement grew in the 26th match minute when Da Nang's Đinh Huỳnh looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The supporters of Viet Tri booed when Da Nang was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Nghiêm-Minh didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nguyễn Nghiêm-Minh's late challenge caught a Viet Tri's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nguyễn Nghiêm-Minh helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st minute, Nguyễn Nghiêm-Minh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Da Nang's Phạm Hanh slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Huỳnh Diem. That made the score 3-0 after 33 minutes of play. Huỳnh Diem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lê Tuan Hoang, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Viet Tri's Huỳnh Diem proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Viet Tri from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hồ Teo was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Viet Tri's goal looked a bit too open when Phạm Hanh came free, but Huỳnh Diem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Phạm Hanh, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 55 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Huỳnh Diem was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 60th minute Phạm Hanh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Huỳnh Diem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nguyễn Thanh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 63 minutes, Hồ Teo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Viet Tri's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hồ Teo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Huỳnh Diem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phạm Hanh in the 65th minute of play. Huỳnh Diem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Đinh Huỳnh in the 67th minute of the match. If Phạm Hanh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Chung Hung during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Viet Tri's Chung Hung got a free kick in the 82nd minute. A collision led to Da Nang getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Phạm Duong hit a great ball. Nguyễn Thanh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Nguyễn Nam tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lê Tuan Hoang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Huỳnh Diem having to interfere. Vũ Nam charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vũ Nam the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th minute, one of Viet Tri:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Viet Tri.