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Spectators: 9020 (Terracing: 6765, Seating: 2075, VIP seats: 180) 叶烽国 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. King Kong Hà Nội's Nguyễn Quang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Phan Hoa in the 4th minute of play. Nguyễn Quang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Phan Hoa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nguyễn Quang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ngô Hong went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Bùi Tuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nguyễn Quang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ngô Hong went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bạc Li's goalkeeper Tạ Duc, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 19 minutes into the match, Ngô Hong had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nguyễn Quang. King Kong Hà Nội's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ngô Hong was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Ngô Hong hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After 24 minutes, Lương Duong made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. King Kong Hà Nội's Nguyễn Quang tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 27th match minute, King Kong Hà Nội was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vũ Hieu Ngan to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, King Kong Hà Nội's goal looked a bit too open when Phan Hoa came free, but Nguyễn Quang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ngô Hong in the 39th minute of play forced King Kong Hà Nội's goalkeeper Nguyễn Quang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Quang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phan Hoa in the 44th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in King Kong Hà Nội's zone, Phạm Thi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nguyễn Quang came out of the goal and Phạm Thi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 48 minutes into the game, Bạc Li's Phan Hoa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nguyễn Quang made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. The King Kong Hà Nội players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Bạc Li were winning 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Phan Hoa to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ngô Hong got free with Nguyễn Quang in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, King Kong Hà Nội's Nguyễn Quang got control of the ball when Ngô Hong tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nguyễn Quang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Lien in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Hoàng Phu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nguyễn Quang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phạm Thi in the 63rd minute of play. Tạ Duc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rudolf Krooni in the 67th minute of the match. In the 70th minute, Ngô Hong ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nguyễn Quang was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Nguyễn Quang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phạm Thi in the 73rd minute of the match. Nguyễn Quang made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ngô Hong in the 74th minute. Tạ Duc didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rudolf Krooni went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-7 was the resulting score. In the 79th minute Phan Hoa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Quang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute Bạc Li were awarded a corner. Nguyễn Lien went to the cornerflag to take it. Nguyễn Quang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bùi Tuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 88 minutes into the match, King Kong Hà Nội's goalkeeper Nguyễn Quang had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vũ Duong. An unexpected shot in the 89th minute by Ngô Hong got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Nguyễn Quang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phan Hoa in the 92nd minute of play. Ngô Hong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Phạm Thi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nguyễn Quang came out and tried to block the shot, but Phạm Thi slotted it home off the left post making it 1-8 in the 95th minute. Bạc Li's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.