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Match Report
Tuyen Quang
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nguyễn Phuong took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nguyễn Phuong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Phan Mai struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Nguyễn Viet didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tuyen Quang. Hoàng Viet's late challenge caught a Tuyen Quang's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hoàng Viet helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Cao Bang getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Hoàng Viet hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Loc in the 18th minute of play forced Tuyen Quang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Phuong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trần Duc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Nguyễn Phuong tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Cao Bang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Viet, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nguyễn Viet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Phuong in the 26th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Cao Bang defense, Nguyễn Phuong kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nguyễn Viet. The Cao Bang fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nguyễn Viet should have stopped the shot. Trần Duc succeeded in the game's 37th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. 41 minutes into the match, Cao Bang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Viet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Phan Mai. A collision led to Tuyen Quang getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Lê Hung hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Nguyễn Loc's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nguyễn Phuong was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Nguyễn Phuong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Loc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nguyễn Loc made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phan Mai in the 54th minute of play forced Cao Bang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Viet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phan Mai in the 59th minute of play forced Cao Bang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Viet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Cao Bang getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Phạm Phu hit a great ball. Nguyễn Viet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Phuong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phan Mai in the 70th minute of play forced Cao Bang's goalkeeper Nguyễn Viet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cao Bang's Trần Duc got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Tuyen Quang's Nguyễn Phuong in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cao Bang's goalie prevented a goal. 1-2 became the score in the 78th minute when Nguyễn Loc elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Nguyễn Chuong hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Phan Mai in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nguyễn Viet saved Cao Bang from getting behind. The supporters of Tuyen Quang booed when Cao Bang was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Phạm Hoang didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Phan Mai in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nguyễn Viet prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 89 minutes, Phan Mai made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Cao Bang's Nguyễn Viet tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nguyễn Viet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Phuc in the 96th minute of the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.
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