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Match Report
Kien Giang
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Trần Bay took the kick off in the first half of the match. Trần Dong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Bay, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Dương Lan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Chuong in the 5th minute of play. Dương Lan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Chuong in the 7th minute of the match. PhuTho's Dương Lan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Chuong in the 8th minute of play. Trần Bay took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Trần Dong. Trần Dong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. If Nguyễn Phong had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Trần Dong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trần Bay in the 20th minute of play. PhuTho's Dương Lan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save PhuTho from getting a goal against them. In the 28th minute, Phạm Thai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 30 minutes into the match, PhuTho's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Chuong came free, but Dương Lan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Nguyễn Cuc's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Trần Dong was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Phùng Chung during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 33rd minute, Phùng Chung hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. PhuTho's Dương Lan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save PhuTho from getting a goal against them. Liễu Hoa hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 44th minute, Phạm Thai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dương Lan made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Liễu Hoa sent off a good shot on target. The Kien Giang players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. PhuTho were winning 0-1.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nguyễn Chuong was the one to do the kick off. Dương Lan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Chuong in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Liễu Hoa 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Nguyễn Cuc managed to get in a good position for a shot. PhuTho's supporters rose to their feet, but Nguyễn Cuc was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Trần Dong breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Trần Dong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Bay, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liễu Hoa in the 68th minute of play forced PhuTho's goalkeeper Dương Lan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Cuc came free with the goalkeeper in the 69th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Trần Dong could save by the left post. In the 94th minute, PhuTho's Trần Bay ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Trần Dong. Trần Dong yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. When the final whistle sounded PhuTho left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Kien Giang.
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