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SVĐ Hà Tĩnh Stadium
Spectators: 6100 (Terracing: 4500, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's Nguyễn Than 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. Skyblue's Nguyễn Chi got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's Nguyễn Than got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nguyễn Dung recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Godfredo Baumar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Dung in the 17th minute of the match. Godfredo Baumar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Chi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute Nguyễn Dung shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Godfredo Baumar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Skyblue's Trần Minh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Than in the 23rd minute of play. In the 25th minute, Skyblue's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nguyễn Than fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nguyễn Dung stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Trần Van Quyen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nguyễn Than fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Minh having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's Faleh Al Sayer seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Faleh Al Sayer the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Faleh Al Sayer had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Skyblue:s goal. Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC:s Godfredo Baumar showed great skill when he stopped Lê Loc:s penalty. After having played for 67 minutes, Nguyễn Phuoc managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nguyễn Phuoc was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nguyễn Minh kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's Trần Van Quyen got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Godfredo Baumar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Dung in the 74th minute of the match. Nguyễn Phuoc struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Trần Minh didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC. In the 77th match minute, Skyblue was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Tu to maneuver through the defense. Godfredo Baumar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Dung, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Trần Minh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Phuoc, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 83 minutes into the match, Skyblue's goal looked a bit too open when Phạm Cuc came free, but Trần Minh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lâm Lien fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Minh having to interfere. Trần Minh didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Phạm Cuc went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. When Trần Van Quyen fell near the penalty area in the 97th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's protests and gave Trần Van Quyen a yellow card for diving instead. After 97 played minutes Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC got a freekick which was hit by Trần Van Quyen. Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.