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Ba Ria-Vung Tau
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Phùng Ho took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Ba Ria-Vung Tau's zone, Phùng Ho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nguyễn Phuc came out of the goal and Phùng Ho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Phùng Ho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Nguyễn Lien had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Nguyễn Quang Thanh took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Phạm Tan to make any attempt to save it. 26 minutes into the match, Ba Ria-Vung Tau's goal looked a bit too open when Phùng Ho came free, but Nguyễn Phuc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Phùng Ho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nguyễn Phuc was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Nguyễn Lien received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Nguyễn Phuc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Phùng Ho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nguyễn Phuc was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Quang Ngai's zone, Võ Thuy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Phạm Tan came out of the goal and Võ Thuy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 43 minutes into the match, Ba Ria-Vung Tau's goal looked a bit too open when Phùng Ho came free, but Nguyễn Phuc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Ba Ria-Vung Tau's zone, Nguyễn Lien stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nguyễn Phuc came out of the goal and Nguyễn Lien tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nguyễn Quang Thanh to make the kick off. Nguyễn Quang Thanh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Phạm Tan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nguyễn Quang Thanh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Phạm Tan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute Võ Thuy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phạm Tan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute Nguyễn Quang Thanh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phạm Tan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Võ Thuy notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Quang Ngai's Phạm Tan. Phạm Tan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 68 played minutes Quang Ngai got a freekick which was hit by Phùng Ho. Nguyễn Quang Thanh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phạm Tan having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Quang Ngai's Nguyễn Duy got a free kick in the 77th minute. Phạm Tan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Võ Thuy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the match, Phùng Ho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nguyễn Phuc, 2-1. After having played for 88 minutes, Võ Thuy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ba Ria-Vung Tau's supporters crossed their fingers, but Võ Thuy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 94th minute, Nguyễn Duy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Võ Thuy in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Phạm Tan saved Quang Ngai from getting behind. Quang Ngai's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.