League

Lang Son
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lê Hieu Ngan took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bùi Phuc could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Trần Minh made a huge save. Nguyễn Hoai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 5 minutes of play, Manchester United's Lê Tuan made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hoàng Hung was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bùi Phuc scored 1-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Trần Minh, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hoàng Hung made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Hoai in the 20th minute of play. Ngô Tran hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Lê Tuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 27 minutes into the match, HA NOI MESI's Lê Hieu Ngan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Trần Minh narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Nguyễn Hoai managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manchester United's supporters rose to their feet, but Nguyễn Hoai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hoàng Hung breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to HA NOI MESI getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Nguyễn Duy hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the game, Trần Thuy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. HA NOI MESI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manchester United the free kick. Ngô Tran charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ngô Tran the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 45 played minutes HA NOI MESI got a freekick which was hit by Ngô Tran. HA NOI MESI's Bùi Phuc got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half Manchester United were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lê Tuan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Trần Minh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lê Hieu Ngan, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Lê Tuan might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hoàng Hung. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lê Tuan ran back to his position shaking his head. Lê Tuan had several of the HA NOI MESI's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 56 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-4 score and a disappointed Hoàng Hung as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 65th minute, Lâm Hoa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Manchester United's Trần Minh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lê Hieu Ngan in the 70th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Phan Tinh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 78 played minutes HA NOI MESI got a freekick which was hit by Lê Tấn Dũng. Lê Tuan was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 79th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nguyễn Hoai got free with Hoàng Hung in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Bùi Phuc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st match minute, HA NOI MESI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ngô Tran to maneuver through the defense. Lê Tuan shot from long distance in the 92nd minute, but Hoàng Hung was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Lê Tuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Nguyễn Hoai came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Manchester United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nguyễn Hoai couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Manchester United had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.