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Bạc Liêu
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) In the 9th match minute, Kontum was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Pham to maneuver through the defense. Phạm Tho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Nguyễn Viet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Kontum's goalkeeper Nguyễn Viet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Phạm Tho. In the 18th minute of the match, Nguyễn Pham tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Nguyễn Viet saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Thi Ngoc in the 21st minute of play forced kris's goalkeeper Huỳnh Hung to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Phan Dung hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kontum's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hoàng Minh was slow to take the kick. During this time kris's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Hoàng Minh almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Kontum's Nguyễn Viet did a great save. In the 27th minute Vũ Thanh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Huỳnh Hung saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Huỳnh Hung showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vũ Thanh in the 29th minute of the match. Nguyễn Phuc kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Nguyễn Pham managed to get in a good position for a shot. kris's supporters rose to their feet, but Nguyễn Pham was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nguyễn Viet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Phạm Tho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nguyễn Pham in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nguyễn Viet prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Vũ Thanh came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Kontum 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 Vũ Thanh couldn't finish the play. Phạm Tho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nguyễn Viet having to make a save. Nguyễn Pham fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Viet having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nguyễn Pham stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kontum's Nguyễn Viet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Pham in the 51st minute of play. Vũ Thanh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Huỳnh Hung having to interfere. Hoàng Minh took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nguyễn Viet. Kontum's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Nguyễn Viet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Pham, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Nguyễn Pham struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Nguyễn Viet didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for kris. In the 66th minute, kris's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Vũ Thanh fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Nguyễn Phuc's late challenge caught a kris's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nguyễn Phuc helped the player get up and apologised. After 68 minutes, Lê Diem mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kontum and the kris players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 68 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Kontum! The audience was convinced that Nguyễn Pham's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nguyễn Viet was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Vũ Thanh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nguyễn Pham's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nguyễn Viet read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. In the 84th match minute, Kontum was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Phan Dung to maneuver through the defense. Nguyễn Viet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Pham in the 85th minute of play. Nguyễn Viet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phạm Tho in the 87th minute of play. If Phạm Tho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nguyễn Viet came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by kris's Nguyễn Pham. But to his dismay, Nguyễn Pham quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. kris had won after a very even match.