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Tan An
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nguyễn Ritchell got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Tan An's Lâm Hung got a free kick in the 5th minute. With a little luck, Mong Cai's Nguyễn Nam got control of the ball when Hoàng Huynh Duc tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 9th minute, Mong Cai's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Hoàng Huynh Duc fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 14thth minute of the game Hoàng Huynh Duc who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mong Cai's Nguyễn Nam was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nguyễn Ritchell blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nguyễn Nam having to make a save. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Mong Cai's goalkeeper Nguyễn Nam, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Hoàng Huynh Duc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bùi Lam hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. When Nguyễn Ritchell came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Tan An 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 Ritchell couldn't finish the play. After 30 minutes, Bùi Lam mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mong Cai and the Tan An players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lê Teo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 31st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Hoàng Huynh Duc scored 1-0 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nguyễn Nam, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nguyễn Ritchell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 45 minutes into the match, Mong Cai's goalkeeper Nguyễn Nam had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hoàng Huynh Duc. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Đỗ Quang was the one to do the kick off. Nguyễn Ritchell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Nguyễn Nam tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nguyễn Nam took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Ritchell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nguyễn Nam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hoàng Huynh Duc in the 54th minute of the match. In the 59th minute Nguyễn Ritchell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Nam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ngô Hoai's late challenge caught a Mong Cai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ngô Hoai helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th minute, Ngô Hoai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the match, Hoàng Huynh Duc notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Mong Cai's Nguyễn Nam. Nguyễn Nam was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lâm Hung fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Nam having to interfere. Hoàng Huynh Duc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th minute, Nguyễn Ritchell made a precise shot to the right of Nguyễn Nam. Mong Cai's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. If Hoàng Huynh Duc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. There was no doubt that Tan An were the better team. Tan An's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.