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Lao Cai
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Đặng Tran started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Đặng Tran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BINH DINH FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Đặng Tran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hồ Duy having to interfere. After 10 played minutes BINH DINH FC got a freekick which was hit by Nguyễn Tu. Nguyễn Xuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Trần Tu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Vương Duc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hoàng Hung fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hồ Duy having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Đặng Tran in the 20th minute of play forced da lat fc's goalkeeper Hồ Duy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, da lat fc's Trần Tu got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 32nd minute, Nguyễn Tho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Đặng Tran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hồ Duy having to interfere. Phạm Cong Vinh took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 40th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vương Duc. BINH DINH FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Nguyễn Tho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vương Duc. BINH DINH FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nguyễn Tho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. If Nguyễn Tho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Nguyễn Tho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Vương Duc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, BINH DINH FC's Vương Duc got control of the ball when Nguyễn Tho tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 55th minute, Lê Van Quyen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 62 played minutes da lat fc got a freekick which was hit by Trần Hanh. Hoàng Hung received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Hồ Duy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hoàng Hung sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 74 played minutes da lat fc got a freekick which was hit by Trần Tu. Đặng Tran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hồ Duy having to interfere. When da lat fc's Nguyễn Xuan in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BINH DINH FC's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to da lat fc getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Trần Tu hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, BINH DINH FC's Lê Loc tried to score from far away in the 90th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Nguyễn Tho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vương Duc having to interfere.