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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Hai Duong's Trần Hong Minh started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Duc in the 4th minute of play forced Hai Duong's goalkeeper Nguyễn Thien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hai Duong's Nguyễn Thien played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Duc in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute Nguyễn Duc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Thien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Hai Duong's goalkeeper Nguyễn Thien had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nguyễn Hong Minh. In the 14th minute of the match Nguyễn Diem sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nguyễn Thien skillfully saved the ball. Nguyễn Duc blasted a shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nguyễn Thien having to make a save. Nguyễn Duc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Nguyễn Thien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nguyễn Hong Minh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Thien having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Hai Duong's Nguyễn Minh Phượng got a free kick in the 31st minute. Nguyễn Hong Minh might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nguyễn Thien. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nguyễn Hong Minh ran back to his position shaking his head. 37 minutes into the game, Nguyễn Duc was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. VINKING FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hai Duong the free kick. In the 37th minute, Nguyễn Duc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nguyễn Thien 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 39th minute. Nguyễn Thien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Duc in the 45th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nguyễn Duc to make the kick off. Nguyễn Hong Minh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Thien having to interfere. Nguyễn Duc fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Thien having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, Trần Teo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nguyễn Thien. Hai Duong's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Trần Teo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Nguyễn Thien showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Hong Minh in the 66th minute of the match. 3-0 became the score in the 67th minute when Nguyễn Duc elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Nguyễn Duc put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Nguyễn Thien. Phan Dinh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trần Hong Minh in the 78th minute of the match. Trần Teo hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After 80 played minutes VINKING FC got a freekick which was hit by Nguyễn Hong Minh. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Hong Minh in the 82nd minute of play forced Hai Duong's goalkeeper Nguyễn Thien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Hong Minh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Thien having to interfere. Nguyễn Duc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 90 played minutes Hai Duong got a freekick which was hit by Hoàng Huynh Duc. Nguyễn Hong Minh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Duc in the 97th minute of play forced Hai Duong's goalkeeper Nguyễn Thien to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. VINKING FC fully deserved thier win.