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Ninh Thuan
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dương Nam started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Huỳnh Hieu Ngan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Lê Ho made a huge save. Dương Nam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lê Ho having to interfere. Dương Nam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Lê Ho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When HA NOI's Dương Nam in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye An Giang's goalie prevented a goal. Huỳnh Hieu Ngan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lê Ho having to interfere. Trần Bien came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by An Giang's Nguyễn Quang. But to his dismay, Nguyễn Quang quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 36th minute of the game. One of An Giang:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of HA NOI:s goal. In the 38th minute, HA NOI got a penalty, and Bùi Hieu Ngan placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. After some careless play in the An Giang defense, Huỳnh Hieu Ngan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lê Ho. The An Giang fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lê Ho should have stopped the shot. When Trần Thanh Bình came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the An Giang 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 Trần Thanh Bình couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nguyễn Quang made a kick off. A collision led to An Giang getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Nguyễn Nam hit a great ball. After 54 played minutes, HA NOI's Bùi Hieu Ngan shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lê Ho came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in HA NOI reached it. After 55 minutes An Giang's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bùi Hieu Ngan who took care of the corner kick. In the 59th minute Dương Nam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lê Ho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute, Trần Thanh Bình ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Trần Bien was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. A collision led to An Giang getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Lê Thuyet hit a great ball. Lê Ho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huỳnh Hieu Ngan in the 71st minute of the match. Lê Ho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huỳnh Hieu Ngan in the 73rd minute of the match. 75 minutes into the game, HA NOI's Dương Nam nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lê Ho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dương Nam in the 81st minute of play forced An Giang's goalkeeper Lê Ho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Trần Thanh Bình had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.