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Phu Tho
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Nguyễn Xuan lost his temper 4 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 3rd minute of the game. One of Vinh Long:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Phu Tho:s goal. When the match had been going on for 6 minutes, Phu Tho's Phạm Bay 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 Trần Cuc. Tôn Thai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Cuc having to interfere. Nguyễn Tấn Dũng 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. After 12 minutes, Vũ Dinh mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Phu Tho and the Vinh Long players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Phu Tho's Tôn Thai in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vinh Long's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Đặng Hung got free with Trần Cuc in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Tôn Thai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tôn Thai in the 24th minute of play forced Vinh Long's goalkeeper Trần Cuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vinh Long's supporters rose to their feet, but Nguyễn Tấn Dũng was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Đinh Lam breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Tôn Thai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Trần Cuc was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Tôn Thai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Cuc having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tôn Thai in the 32nd minute of play forced Vinh Long's goalkeeper Trần Cuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Tôn Thai came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Phu Tho 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 Tôn Thai couldn't finish the play. Nguyễn Tấn Dũng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Đinh Lam tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tôn Thai to make the kick off. Hồ Tuan hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. A hard shot 56 in the game by Nguyễn Tấn Dũng from a close distance when the talented Đinh Lam managed to make a qualified save. Phu Tho's players were relieved. Đặng Hung received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Trần Cuc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Trần Cuc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Đặng Hung in the 60th minute of the match. Phu Tho's Đinh Lam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Phu Tho from getting a goal against them. 65 minutes into the game, Phu Tho's Tôn Thai nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Trần Cuc made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Trần Cuc stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Trịnh Chuong's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Đinh Lam made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Nguyễn Tấn Dũng sent off a good shot on target. Trần Ho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Đinh Lam having to interfere. After 72 played minutes Phu Tho got a freekick which was hit by Trịnh Chuong. If Tôn Thai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th minute, Nguyễn Hieu Ngan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 81 minutes, Lâm Duc mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vinh Long and the Phu Tho players grew even worse after the yellow card. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Nguyễn Hoai managed to get in a good position for a shot. Phu Tho's supporters rose to their feet, but Nguyễn Hoai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Trần Cuc breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vinh Long's Trần Cuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tôn Thai in the 88th minute of play. Nguyễn Tấn Dũng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Đinh Lam having to interfere. Nguyễn Dung fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Đinh Lam having to interfere. Vũ Dinh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Cuc having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Phu Tho had won after a very even match.