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SVĐ Hà Tĩnh Stadium
Spectators: 6100 (Terracing: 4500, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bùi Diem started the match with the kick off. In the 4thth minute of the game Bùi Diem who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's Godfredo Baumar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Ba Ria-Vung Tau's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Phuoc came free, but Phan Hong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bùi Diem recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Bùi Diem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Godfredo Baumar was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Godfredo Baumar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bùi Diem in the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Lương Mai 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. After a rather tough play, Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's Huỳnh Huy got a free kick in the 20th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bùi Diem came free, but Godfredo Baumar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Ba Ria-Vung Tau's corner Trần Hong fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Godfredo Baumar quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of Ba Ria-Vung Tau booed when Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Phuoc didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 42 minutes, Bùi Diem managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ba Ria-Vung Tau's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bùi Diem was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nguyễn Chi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Godfredo Baumar having to interfere.

The wind increased when Nguyễn Than made the kick off in the second half. Godfredo Baumar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Hong Minh in the 57th minute of the match. Nguyễn Hanh's late challenge caught a Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nguyễn Hanh helped the player get up and apologised. After 60 played minutes Ba Ria-Vung Tau got a freekick which was hit by Nguyễn Hanh. Nguyễn Phuoc kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Nguyễn Than fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phan Hong having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Bùi 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. Nguyễn Than fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phan Hong having to interfere. Bùi Diem had several of the Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 92 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 0-1 score and a disappointed Godfredo Baumar as he didn't even see the shot coming. Nguyễn Than came free in the 96th minute and tried to tip the ball over Phan Hong, but to the joy of Ba Ria-Vung Tau's supporters the ball went over. The Ba Ria-Vung Tau supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Ba Ria-Vung Tau would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.