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Ca Mau
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hoàng Loc got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Lê Van Tai Em was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Saka's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Việt Nam the free kick. In the 5th minute, Lê Van Tai Em hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nghiêm Tu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phạm Tinh having to interfere. Phạm Tinh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nghiêm Tu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Huỳnh Duc took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Đặng Liem. Đặng Liem dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Phạm Tinh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nghiêm Tu in the 18th minute of play. With a little luck, Việt Nam's Đặng Liem got control of the ball when Huỳnh Duc tried to sneak it across the goal line. 23 minutes into the game, Việt Nam's Nguyễn Nhật Minh nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Phạm Tinh made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Lê Van Tai Em hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Nguyễn Nga was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 28th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Nguyễn Nhật Minh put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Phạm Tinh. Phạm Tinh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nghiêm Tu, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Phạm Tinh stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nguyễn Nhật Minh's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Nghiêm Tu sped through Saka's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Phạm Tinh. In the 41st minute of the match Võ Hoai shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Đặng Liem showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Phạm Tinh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nghiêm Tu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Việt Nam were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Nghiêm Tu made the kick off in the second half. Tạ Nhật Minh charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tạ Nhật Minh the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nguyễn Nhật Minh scored 1-4 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Phạm Tinh, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nghiêm Tu might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Phạm Tinh. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nghiêm Tu ran back to his position shaking his head. If Nguyễn Nhật Minh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th minute Nghiêm Tu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phạm Tinh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tạ Nhật Minh in the 70th minute of play forced Saka's goalkeeper Phạm Tinh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Nhật Minh succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-5 in the 71st playminute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hoàng Loc in the 75th minute of play forced Việt Nam's goalkeeper Đặng Liem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Phạm Tinh successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 80 minutes, Trương Hanh mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Việt Nam and the Saka players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 80th minute of the game. One of Việt Nam:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Saka:s goal. Trần Quang Thanh placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Đặng Liem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hoàng Loc, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Việt Nam's Tạ Nhật Minh got his second yellow card of the match in the 87th minute. The referee ordered Tạ Nhật Minh off the ground. In the 87th minute, Tạ Nhật Minh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hoàng Loc in the 88th minute of play forced Việt Nam's goalkeeper Đặng Liem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Đặng Liem showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hoàng Loc in the 92nd minute of the match. Việt Nam's Nguyễn Nhật Minh got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Việt Nam eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.