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Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) 5 minutes into the match, La Lutte⭐☭'s goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Anh Hung came free, but Trần Lam reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Hồ Nam fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Lutte⭐☭'s protests and gave Hồ Nam a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, La Lutte⭐☭'s Hồ Nam got a free kick in the 8th minute. La Lutte⭐☭'s Nguyễn Than managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Phan Hong Minh in the 17 minute of the game. Trần Lam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lê Hanh in the 24th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Trần Hong shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trần Quang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Trần Lam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nguyễn Anh Hung in the 41st minute of play. If Nguyễn Anh Hung had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Trần Hong stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nguyễn Bien fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Lam having to interfere. When Trịnh Nghiêm-Minh fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Lutte⭐☭'s protests and gave Trịnh Nghiêm-Minh a yellow card for diving instead. In the 53rd minute, Trịnh Nghiêm-Minh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Trần Lam showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lê Hanh, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 60 played minutes La Lutte⭐☭ got a freekick which was hit by Đặng Hong Minh. Nguyễn Minh-ha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Trần Lam made a huge save. La Lutte⭐☭'s Trịnh Nghiêm-Minh got his second yellow card of the match in the 65th minute. The referee ordered Trịnh Nghiêm-Minh off the ground. Trịnh Nghiêm-Minh hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. La Lutte⭐☭'s Trần Lam proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save La Lutte⭐☭ from getting a goal against them. Trần Nam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Lam having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Nguyễn Anh Hung reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Trần Lam. The goal made the score 0-1. Trần Lam stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lê Hanh's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. When Nguyễn Anh Hung came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Ha Noi 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 Anh Hung couldn't finish the play. Nguyễn Anh Hung sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 90 minutes into the game, Đặng Hong Minh was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Lutte⭐☭'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ha Noi the free kick. The referee gave Ha Noi a penalty, 92 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Nguyễn Minh-ha, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of La Lutte⭐☭'s Trần Lam. 0-3. The La Lutte⭐☭ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ha Noi were clearly better and deserved to take the win.