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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nguyễn Thuyet got the match started through his kick off. Nghiêm Minh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Thuyet, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the match, Nguyễn Hong Minh notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of D Suneil's Nghiêm Minh. Nghiêm Minh was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, D Suneil's Nghiêm Minh got control of the ball when Nguyễn Hong Minh tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nghiêm Minh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Thuyet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hoàng Hong Minh's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 20thth minute, Nghiêm Minh skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Nghiêm Minh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Van Quyen, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nguyễn Hong Minh got free with Nghiêm Minh in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hoàng Binh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phạm Nhật Minh having to interfere. In the 34th minute Nguyễn Thuyet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nghiêm Minh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nghiêm Minh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trần Van Quyen in the 37th minute of play. Nghiêm Minh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Thuyet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hoàng Binh in the 41st minute of play forced The Whales's goalkeeper Phạm Nhật Minh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Hong Minh could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Nghiêm Minh made a huge save. D Suneil's Nghiêm Minh proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save D Suneil from getting a goal against them. After 47 minutes, Nguyễn Van Quyen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the D Suneil and the The Whales players grew even worse after the yellow card. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hoàng Binh to make the kick off. Nghiêm Minh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lê Van Tai Em, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in The Whales's zone, Nguyễn Van Quyen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Phạm Nhật Minh came out of the goal and Nguyễn Van Quyen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of The Whales booed when D Suneil was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Van Quyen didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 57 minutes of play, The Whales's Nguyễn Hong Minh made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nghiêm Minh was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hoàng Hong Minh struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Nghiêm Minh didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Whales. Nghiêm Minh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trần Van Quyen in the 61st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Nguyễn Thuyet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nghiêm Minh was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 64th minute, Nguyễn Thuyet made a precise shot to the right of Nghiêm Minh. D Suneil's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Nguyễn Thuyet managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Whales's supporters rose to their feet, but Nguyễn Thuyet was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nghiêm Minh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nghiêm Minh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hoàng Hong Minh in the 69th minute of play. Nghiêm Minh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Hong Minh in the 71st minute of play. Nghiêm Minh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Van Quyen, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 77 minutes into the match, D Suneil's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Hong Minh came free, but Nghiêm Minh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nghiêm Minh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Thuyet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th match minute, D Suneil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Minh to maneuver through the defense. After 80 played minutes, The Whales's Lương Duong shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nghiêm 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 The Whales reached it. Hoàng Binh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Phạm Nhật Minh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Nguyễn Thuyet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nghiêm Minh was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Nghiêm Minh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Thuyet in the 86th minute of play. During the 87th minute of the match Nguyễn Van Quyen completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Nguyễn Van Quyen a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, D Suneil's Nguyễn Van Quyen got a free kick in the 87th minute. Nghiêm Minh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trần Van Quyen in the 90th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, D Suneil's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Hong Minh came free, but Nghiêm Minh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 96 minutes into the match, D Suneil's goal looked a bit too open when Trần Van Quyen came free, but Nghiêm Minh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nghiêm Minh came out of the goal in the 97th minute to try and stop a shot by The Whales's Nguyễn Hong Minh. But to his dismay, Nguyễn Hong Minh quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0.