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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Lê Binh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 7th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Huế's Nguyễn Thanh got a free kick in the 8th minute. Nguyễn Lien charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nguyễn Lien the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Huế's Nguyễn Lien got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 19th minute of the match, Nguyễn Thanh tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Benito Sanz saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience was convinced that Placido Paul's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Nguyễn Thanh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, Placido Paul had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Placido Paul was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Juan Rubio hit a great ball. A collision led to Huế getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Lê Thi hit a great ball. Lê Binh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Nguyễn 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. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Aaron Alcocer hit a great ball. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. 46 minutes into the game, Placido Paul lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Benito Sanz. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Tasis to make the kick off. Nguyễn Lien hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute Eliseo Noboa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lê Binh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Lê Binh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Thanh in the 71st minute of play. Huế's Lê Binh proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Huế from getting a goal against them. Nguyễn Thanh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Axel Tasis got free with Lê Binh in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nguyễn Thanh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Placido Paul fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. Nguyễn Lien hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Huế were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Costa Rica for a fine match.