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Buon Ma Thuot
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Tôn Tấn Dũng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Hoàng Bien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Trần Tho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Hoàng Bien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hoàng Bien took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trần Tho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Nguyễn Tong fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kontum's protests and gave Nguyễn Tong a yellow card for diving instead. After 22 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kontum! When the match had been going on for 24 minutes, Buon Ma Thuot's Trần Tuan got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Hoàng Thi Ngoc. Hoàng Bien showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Tho, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Trần Tho might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hoàng Bien. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Trần Tho ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 38th minute, Trần Tho made a precise shot to the right of Hoàng Bien. Buon Ma Thuot's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Hoàng Bien showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trần Tho in the 41st minute of the match. If Trần Tho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Phạm Nhật Minh made the kick off in the second half. Tôn Tấn Dũng took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hoàng Bien. Hoàng Bien dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Tôn Tấn Dũng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Hoàng Bien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 64 minutes into the match, Buon Ma Thuot's goal looked a bit too open when Trần Tho came free, but Hoàng Bien reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Trần Tho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hoàng Bien was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Tôn Tấn Dũng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 75th minute, Nguyễn Nam left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Buon Ma Thuot fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. After some careless play in the Buon Ma Thuot defense, Tôn Tấn Dũng kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hoàng Bien. The Buon Ma Thuot fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hoàng Bien should have stopped the shot. Phan Xuan hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Hoàng Thi Ngoc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Nam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the match, Buon Ma Thuot's goalkeeper Hoàng Bien had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tôn Tấn Dũng. Buon Ma Thuot's Nguyễn Nam got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hoàng Bien stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Trần Tho's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Kontum's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.