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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Hoàng Hong Minh blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nguyễn Nguyet having to make a save. Nguyễn Nguyet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Thuyet in the 6th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nguyễn Phong in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Phạm Nhật Minh saved The Whales from getting behind. If Lê Minh-ha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nguyễn Hong Minh during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 15th match minute, The Whales was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Hong Minh to maneuver through the defense. After 16 played minutes, Long Xuyen's Đỗ Thuyet shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Phạm Nhật Minh came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Long Xuyen reached it. Phạm Nhật Minh didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Long Xuyen's Nguyễn Phong shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hoàng Hong Minh got free with Nguyễn Nguyet in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Nguyễn Thuyet came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the The Whales fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nguyễn Thuyet couldn't finish the play. After 28 played minutes The Whales got a freekick which was hit by Trần Van Quyen. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Lê Minh-ha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Long Xuyen's supporters rose to their feet, but Lê Minh-ha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Phạm Nhật Minh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 39 minutes into the match, Long Xuyen's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Thuyet came free, but Nguyễn Nguyet reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nguyễn Phong stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Long Xuyen's Phạm Nhật Minh threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nguyễn Phong, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Nguyễn Nguyet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hoàng Hong Minh in the 55th minute of the match. If Nguyễn Phong had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 59th minute Nguyễn Thuyet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Nguyet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, The Whales's Nguyễn Hong Minh got a free kick in the 67th minute. The supporters of The Whales booed when Long Xuyen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Đỗ Thuyet didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hoàng Hong Minh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Hoàng Hong Minh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 80 minutes into the match, The Whales's goalkeeper Phạm Nhật Minh had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lê Minh-ha. In the 82nd minute Nguyễn Thuyet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Nguyet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Long Xuyen defense, Hoàng Hong Minh kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nguyễn Nguyet. The Long Xuyen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nguyễn Nguyet should have stopped the shot. Nguyễn Thuyet struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Nguyễn Nguyet didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Whales. Lê Minh-ha came free with the goalkeeper in the 96th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Phạm Nhật Minh could save by the left post.