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Match Report
Khanh Hoa
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Trần Duong started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Khanh Hoa getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Lê Hong Minh hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Khanh Hoa's Nguyễn Than got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 8thth minute of the game Nguyễn Dung who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Khanh Hoa's Lê Nhật Minh was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 11th minute, Nguyễn Dung 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. Nguyễn Chi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 17thth minute of the game Nguyễn Dung who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Khanh Hoa's Lê Nhật Minh was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Skyblue's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lê Loc in the 19th minute. 20 minutes into the game, Trần Duong was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Khanh Hoa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Skyblue the free kick. Khanh Hoa's Trần Duong got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Trần Diem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 28th minute Nguyễn Dung shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lê Nhật Minh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Trần Diem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Trần Diem recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Trần Duong might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Trần Minh. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Trần Duong ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Skyblue's Phạm Mai got a free kick in the 39th minute. If Trần Diem had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Trần Duong fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Minh having to interfere. Trần Duong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nguyễn Dung made a kick off. Trần Minh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trần Diem in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 54th match minute, Skyblue was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Minh to maneuver through the defense. Trần Duong might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Trần Minh. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Trần Duong ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Khanh Hoa's Lê Nhật Minh got control of the ball when Nguyễn Chi tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Trần Diem managed to get in a good position for a shot. Khanh Hoa's supporters rose to their feet, but Trần Diem was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Trần Minh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Nguyễn Chi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Nguyễn Dung's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lê Nhật Minh was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 71st minute, Trần Diem 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. Trần Minh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Tuyet, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. After 75 minutes, Nguyễn Dung mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Skyblue and the Khanh Hoa players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Khanh Hoa booed when Skyblue was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Dung didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nguyễn Chi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Lê Nhật Minh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Nguyễn Dung ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lê Nhật Minh was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 91st minute, Nguyễn Tu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Nguyễn Than was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 93 minutes had been played. A collision led to Khanh Hoa getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Nguyễn Than hit a great ball. When the final whistle went the supporters of Skyblue were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Khanh Hoa side.
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