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Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Emiliano Admon started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, An Giang was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rami Ciencabrero to maneuver through the defense. Sài Gòn's Lưu Thuyet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emiliano Admon in the 8th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, An Giang's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Chi came free, but Đoàn Thuy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nguyễn Chi scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Đoàn Thuy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Sài Gòn getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Vũ Tấn Dũng hit a great ball. Emiliano Admon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Lưu Thuyet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Đoàn Thuy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Duc, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 31 minutes in the game, Nguyễn Chi fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Đoàn Thuy having to interfere. Lưu Thuyet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vũ Bay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An Giang's Đoàn Thuy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save An Giang from getting a goal against them. If Honorio Ekialde had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Nguyễn Chi made the kick off in the second half. Rami Ciencabrero hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. A collision led to Sài Gòn getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Nguyễn Chi hit a great ball. Vũ Bay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emiliano Admon got free with Lưu Thuyet in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Sài Gòn defense, Phan Minh Phượng kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lưu Thuyet. The Sài Gòn fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lưu Thuyet should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, An Giang's Nguyễn Duong got a free kick in the 75th minute. The supporters of Sài Gòn booed when An Giang was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Hung didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nguyễn Duong's late challenge caught a Sài Gòn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nguyễn Duong helped the player get up and apologised. In the 79th minute, Nguyễn Duong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 81 played minutes Sài Gòn got a freekick which was hit by Huỳnh Phuc. After 88 played minutes An Giang got a freekick which was hit by Rami Ciencabrero. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trần Teo in the 94th minute of play forced An Giang's goalkeeper Đoàn Thuy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th match minute, An Giang was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lauro Guerra to maneuver through the defense. After 96 played minutes, Sài Gòn's Huỳnh Dung shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Đoàn Thuy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sài Gòn reached it. An Giang's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.