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Thanh Hoa Stadium
Spectators: 8532 (Terracing: 6400, Seating: 1962, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Trần Bay got the match started through his kick off. Mai Quang Thanh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trần Bay in the 3rd minute of the match. Mai Quang Thanh came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by PhuTho's Trần Bay. But to his dismay, Trần Bay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 7th minute, Bùi Quang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 9th minute, Trần Bay made a precise shot to the right of Mai Quang Thanh. THANH HÓA FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After 12 minutes of play, PhuTho's Trần Bay made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mai Quang Thanh was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Trần Bay put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Mai Quang Thanh. Lưu Minh Phượng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Trần Bay put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Mai Quang Thanh. Huỳnh Hong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Dương Lan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, THANH HÓA FC's Nguyễn Van Quyen got a free kick in the 39th minute. When Bùi Quang fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored THANH HÓA FC's protests and gave Bùi Quang a yellow card for diving instead. In the 42nd match minute, THANH HÓA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bùi Quang to maneuver through the defense. PhuTho's Trần Bay got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lưu Minh Phượng to make the kick off. Nguyễn Cuc succeeded in the game's 54th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-6. Huỳnh Hong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in THANH HÓA FC's zone, Trần Bay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mai Quang Thanh came out of the goal and Trần Bay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A hard shot 69 in the game by Nguyễn Cuc from a close distance when the talented Mai Quang Thanh managed to make a qualified save. THANH HÓA FC's players were relieved. Nguyễn Cuc's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Mai Quang Thanh skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 75 played minutes Trần Bay rounded THANH HÓA FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-7. Bùi Quang hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. A hard shot 84 in the game by Nguyễn Cuc from a close distance when the talented Mai Quang Thanh managed to make a qualified save. THANH HÓA FC's players were relieved. In the 89th minute, Lưu Minh Phượng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The THANH HÓA FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. PhuTho were clearly better and deserved to take the win.