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Tiyen STD
Spectators: 8103 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 168) Tuyin Quan's Trần Than started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lê Tuyet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Lê Anh Hung tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Nguyễn Lan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Skyblue fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Phạm Mai's late challenge caught a Tuyin Quan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Phạm Mai helped the player get up and apologised. After 11 played minutes Skyblue got a freekick which was hit by Phạm Mai. Phan Tong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Lê Anh Hung tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Skyblue's Lê Anh Hung proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Skyblue from getting a goal against them. In the 16th match minute, Tuyin Quan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Hoa to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Skyblue booed when Tuyin Quan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Hoa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute Nguyễn Lan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Đỗ Diem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Skyblue's Phạm Mai nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Đỗ Diem made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phạm Mai in the 32nd minute of play forced Tuyin Quan's goalkeeper Đỗ Diem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 33 minutes, Trần Than managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tuyin Quan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Trần Than was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 37th match minute, Tuyin Quan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Văn Dinh to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute, Nguyễn Liem sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Tuyin Quan's Đỗ Diem didn't even have to move. 41 minutes into the game, Hồ Van Tai Em was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tuyin Quan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Skyblue the free kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nguyễn Lan was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Tuyin Quan's Nguyễn Hoa got a free kick in the 51st minute. Phan Tong came free in the 53rd minute and tried to tip the ball over Lê Anh Hung, but to the joy of Skyblue's supporters the ball went over. 64 minutes into the match, Tuyin Quan's goalkeeper Đỗ Diem had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Phạm Mai. Bùi Duy hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Lan in the 70th minute of play forced Tuyin Quan's goalkeeper Đỗ Diem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trần Minh hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Đỗ Diem made an important save on a dangerous shot by Phạm Mai in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Lan in the 82nd minute of play forced Tuyin Quan's goalkeeper Đỗ Diem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.