League

Dong Hung
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Triệu Lien took the kick off in the first half of the match. The attack was good, but when Trần Thanh in the 4th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Lê Huy charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lê Huy the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Lai Chau booed when NMT was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lê Huy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nguyễn Duc, 10 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Nguyễn Tuyet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Nguyễn Duong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Triệu Lien's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Phan Cadeo was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Nguyễn Tuyet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Tuyet in the 19th minute of play forced NMT's goalkeeper Nguyễn Duong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, NMT's Trần Duy got a free kick in the 21st minute. Nguyễn Tuyet struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Nguyễn Duong didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lai Chau. Triệu Nhật Minh struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Phan Cadeo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NMT. Nguyễn Duong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Tuyet in the 32nd minute of the match. When Phạm Thuyet fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lai Chau's protests and gave Phạm Thuyet a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of NMT booed when Lai Chau was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Phạm Thuyet didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute, Trần Thanh 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. Phan Cadeo made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Triệu Nhật Minh sent off a good shot on target.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Triệu Lien in the 58th minute of play forced Lai Chau's goalkeeper Phan Cadeo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Triệu Lien shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phan Cadeo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 61 minutes, Hoàng Viet mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NMT and the Lai Chau players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd rose to their feet as Nguyễn Tuyet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nguyễn Duong. That made the score 0-1 in the 64 minute of play. NMT's Triệu Cong Vinh got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Triệu Nhật Minh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hoàng Viet kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. After 75 minutes, Nguyễn Tuyet mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lai Chau and the NMT players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Lai Chau's Nguyễn Tuyet got a free kick in the 75th minute. Nguyễn Tuyet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82ndth minute of the game Triệu Nhật Minh who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lai Chau's Phan Cadeo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Trần Thanh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Duong having to interfere. Nguyễn Duong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Trần Thanh went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. NMT's Nguyễn Duong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Tuyet in the 96th minute of play.