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Lao Cai 24 Park
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5875, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ngô Minh Phượng started the match with the kick off. Nguyễn Lam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Tuan having to interfere. Nguyễn Tu kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After 13 minutes, Đỗ Liem mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lao Cai 24 and the Ayun Pa players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Lao Cai 24's Đỗ Liem got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute, Nguyễn Minh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 16 minutes, Dương Nam managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lao Cai 24's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dương Nam was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 19th minute, Lê Hoang left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ayun Pa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Lê Cuc didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nguyễn Tu went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 31 minutes of play, Ayun Pa's Ngô Minh Phượng made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lê Cuc was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Trần Thai in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lê Cuc saved Lao Cai 24 from getting behind. In the 36th minute Ngô Minh Phượng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lê Cuc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Trần Thai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lê Cuc having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ngô Minh Phượng in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lê Cuc saved Lao Cai 24 from getting behind. Ayun Pa's Nguyễn Tuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Lam in the 41st minute of play. In the 46th minute, Đào Than left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ayun Pa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. The Lao Cai 24 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ayun Pa were winning 0-4.

Lê Cuc made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Ngô Minh Phượng sent off a good shot on target. Lê Cuc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Văn Dinh, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Ngô Minh Phượng took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Lê Cuc to make any attempt to save it. 62 minutes into the match, Đào Than notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Lao Cai 24's Lê Cuc. Lê Cuc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Đào Than got free with Lê Cuc in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With an all-out effort, Ayun Pa's Lê Cuc threw himself towards the right post 68 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nguyễn Tu, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ngô Minh Phượng in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lê Cuc saved Lao Cai 24 from getting behind. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lê Hoang during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Ayun Pa getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Lê Hoang hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ngô Minh Phượng in the 73rd minute of play forced Lao Cai 24's goalkeeper Lê Cuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lao Cai 24's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dương Nam in the 91st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nguyễn Tu got free with Lê Cuc in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lao Cai 24's Lê Cuc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Tu in the 97th minute of play. When the match was over Ayun Pa could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lao Cai 24 throughout the match.