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Match Report
Red Star Arena
Spectators: 9234 (Terracing: 6976,
Seating: 2138, VIP seats: 120) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nguyễn Chuong got the match started through his kick off. Đoàn Mai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Chuong in the 6th minute of play. The supporters of Vinah Long booed when Cao Bang Red Star was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hoàng Duc didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 9th match minute, Cao Bang Red Star was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Liễu Phu to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nguyễn Chuong in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Đoàn Mai saved Cao Bang Red Star from getting behind. Hoàng Duc was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 12 minutes into the match. Nguyễn Bien made an important save on a dangerous shot by Timoteo Dimas in the 21st minute. In the 22nd minute, Huỳnh Chung hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 24 minutes of play, Cao Bang Red Star's Hoàng Phuoc made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nguyễn Bien was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 28 minutes, Timoteo Dimas made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Vinah Long's Nguyễn Bien tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 30th match minute, Vinah Long was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Ho to maneuver through the defense. 32 minutes into the match, Vinah Long's goal looked a bit too open when Timoteo Dimas came free, but Nguyễn Bien reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nguyễn Bien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hoàng Phuoc in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Chuong in the 39th minute of play forced Cao Bang Red Star's goalkeeper Đoàn Mai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Bien was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Hoàng Phuoc showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 42 minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Timoteo Dimas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nguyễn Bien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lê Dinh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Huỳnh Chung kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Lê Dinh's late challenge caught a Vinah Long's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lê Dinh helped the player get up and apologised. Lê Dinh kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. The supporters of Cao Bang Red Star booed when Vinah Long was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trần Tinh didn't get a good kick on the ball. Timoteo Dimas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Nguyễn Bien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Liễu Phu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cao Bang Red Star fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Nguyễn Bien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timoteo Dimas in the 64th minute of play. Nguyễn Bien didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Cao Bang Red Star's Hoàng Phuoc shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Timoteo Dimas scored 7-0 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nguyễn Bien, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 73 minutes into the game, Timoteo Dimas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Nguyễn Bien was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Vinah Long's Trần Tinh got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Vinah Long's goalkeeper Nguyễn Bien, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 78th minute Timoteo Dimas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Bien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Ho in the 81st minute of play forced Cao Bang Red Star's goalkeeper Đoàn Mai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Đoàn Mai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Chuong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 9-0 when Timoteo Dimas sped through Vinah Long's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nguyễn Bien. Lê Tuan Hoang's late challenge caught a Cao Bang Red Star's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lê Tuan Hoang helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Vinah Long getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Lê Tuan Hoang hit a great ball. In the 94th match minute, Vinah Long was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Chuong to maneuver through the defense. Nguyễn Bien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hoàng Phuoc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Cao Bang Red Star fully deserved thier win.
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