League

Vinh Long
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Đỗ Duc made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, Hanoi's Nguyễn Ritchell got a free kick in the 2nd minute. A collision led to Vinh Long getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Trần Minh-ha hit a great ball. Vinh Long's Lý Huynh Duc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by La Chung in the 5th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Đỗ Duc's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lý Huynh Duc was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 11th minute, La Chung made a precise shot to the right of Lý Huynh Duc. Vinh Long's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Vinh Long's Lý Huynh Duc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Đỗ Duc in the 16th minute of play. In the 16th match minute, Vinh Long was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Nga to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the game, Hanoi's Đỗ Duc nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lý Huynh Duc made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 29th minute Phan Binh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lê Huỳnh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phan Binh in the 32nd minute of play forced Hanoi's goalkeeper Lê Huỳnh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Hanoi's Lê Huỳnh got control of the ball when Trần Minh-ha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Trần Minh-ha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Lê Huỳnh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Phan Binh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Lê Huỳnh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lý Huynh Duc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from La Chung, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After the first half Hanoi were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Phan Binh to make the kick off. Trần Minh-ha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. La Chung could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Lý Huynh Duc made a huge save. In the 65th minute, Nguyễn Nga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Đỗ Duc got free in front of the goal in the 66th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Lý Huynh Duc was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. When La Chung came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Hanoi 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 La Chung couldn't finish the play. La Chung fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lý Huynh Duc having to interfere. When Đỗ Duc came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Hanoi 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 Đỗ Duc couldn't finish the play. Lý Huynh Duc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Đỗ Duc in the 76th minute of the match. In the 83rd match minute, Hanoi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Trịnh Phuong to maneuver through the defense. La Chung scored 0-3 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lý Huynh Duc, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lê Huỳnh didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Trần Minh-ha went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Vinh Long's Lý Huynh Duc got control of the ball when La Chung tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Hanoi walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.