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Xuân Lôc Stadium
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 20) Phan Van Tai Em received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Nguyễn Viet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 6 minutes into the game, Chung Thi Ngoc cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Nguyễn Viet was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Phan Van Tai Em had several of the Ngôi Sao Vàng's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 9 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 2-0 score and a disappointed Nguyễn Viet as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 13th minute, Phan Van Tai Em reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nguyễn Viet. The goal made the score 3-0. In the 21st match minute, Ngôi Sao Vàng was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Huỳnh Thien to maneuver through the defense. Nguyễn Viet made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Chung Thi Ngoc sent off a good shot on target. Nguyễn Viet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phan Van Tai Em in the 24th minute of the match. Lê Nga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phan Thanh Bình in the 26th minute of the match. After 27 played minutes Xuân Lôc got a freekick which was hit by Tôn Tuan Hoang. 28 minutes into the match, Ngôi Sao Vàng's Nguyễn Tuyet broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After 29 minutes, Phạm Ritchell mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Xuân Lôc and the Ngôi Sao Vàng players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 33rd minute, Ngô Tho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Ngôi Sao Vàng getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. La Chi hit a great ball. In the 38th match minute, Ngôi Sao Vàng was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Phan Thanh Bình to maneuver through the defense. If Nguyễn Nguyet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ngôi Sao Vàng's Nguyễn Viet proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Ngôi Sao Vàng from getting a goal against them. In the 46th match minute, Ngôi Sao Vàng was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Huỳnh Thien to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Phan Thi made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Phan Van Tai Em in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nguyễn Viet saved Ngôi Sao Vàng from getting behind. Nguyễn Minh Phượng kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. In the 61st minute of the match Nguyễn Tuyet sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lê Nga skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of Ngôi Sao Vàng booed when Xuân Lôc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Phan Van Tai Em didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nguyễn Nguyet might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lê Nga. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nguyễn Nguyet ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Phan Thi sped through Ngôi Sao Vàng's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nguyễn Viet. 75 minutes into the match, Xuân Lôc's goalkeeper Lê Nga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nguyễn Nguyet. In the 76th minute, Bùi Dung reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lê Nga. The goal made the score 4-1. In the 80th match minute, Xuân Lôc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ngô Tho to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Phan Thi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nguyễn Viet was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Phan Thi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Nguyễn Viet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute Phan Thi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nguyễn Viet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94th minute, Phan Thanh Bình hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 98 minutes, Nguyễn Tuyet managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ngôi Sao Vàng's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nguyễn Tuyet was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There was no doubt that Xuân Lôc were the better team. Xuân Lôc's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.