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Dong Ha
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Nguyễn Loc started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Nguyễn Dinh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Loc, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A hard shot by Lê Dung from long distance, 4 minutes into the match, got Nguyễn Viet's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Nguyễn Lien could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Nguyễn Viet made a huge save. When Cao Bang's Trần Duc in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye hà nội's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Lien in the 22nd minute of play forced Cao Bang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Viet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 24 played minutes Cao Bang got a freekick which was hit by Nguyễn Loc. A collision led to Cao Bang getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Phạm Phu hit a great ball. 29 minutes into the game, hà nội's Nguyễn Lien nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nguyễn Viet made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The supporters of hà nội booed when Cao Bang was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trần Huy didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 36 minutes, Nguyễn Loc made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. hà nội's Nguyễn Dinh tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nguyễn Bien made a kick off. Lê Dung's late challenge caught a Cao Bang's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lê Dung helped the player get up and apologised. In the 53rd minute, one of hà nội:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for hà nội. Nguyễn Dinh had in the 54thth minute some difficulties stopping Dương Phuoc's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his right side, but he still managed to hold the ball Nguyễn Dinh didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dương Phuoc went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Trần Hoang lost his temper 57 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 57th minute of the game. One of hà nội:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Cao Bang:s goal. Nguyễn Dinh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Loc in the 63rd minute of play. In the 71st minute, Trần Duy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, hà nội's Nguyễn Dinh got control of the ball when Trần Duc tried to sneak it across the goal line. Trần Duc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Nguyễn Loc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Trần Duc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 100th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.