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Trang Bang
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nguyễn Cadeo took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Thi Ngoc in the 3rd minute of play forced viet nam's goalkeeper Trần Tran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Nguyễn Cadeo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nguyễn Van Tai Em was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Trần Tran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute of the match Phạm Minh Phượng shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Trần Tran showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Đặng Phuong kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Citizen's zone, Nguyễn Cadeo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nguyễn Van Tai Em came out of the goal and Nguyễn Cadeo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Trần Duc fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Tran having to interfere. Trần Tran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Thi Ngoc in the 21st minute of the match. Trần Tran stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nguyễn Thi Ngoc's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Nguyễn Cadeo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Nguyễn Van Tai Em tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nguyễn Van Tai Em made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nguyễn Cadeo in the 31st minute. In the 40th minute Đặng Phuong shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trần Tran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Trần Tran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trần Duc in the 42nd minute of play. Nguyễn Van Tai Em showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Cadeo, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Trần Duc struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Trần Tran didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Citizen. 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 1-0.

The wind increased when Trần Duc made the kick off in the second half. Nguyễn Cadeo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Nguyễn Van Tai Em tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Trần Tran made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Nguyễn Thi Ngoc sent off a good shot on target. Nguyễn Cadeo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nguyễn Van Tai Em having to interfere. When Triệu Diem fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored viet nam's protests and gave Triệu Diem a yellow card for diving instead. After 64 played minutes viet nam got a freekick which was hit by Triệu Diem. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc in the 66thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Trần Tran, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Cadeo in the 67th minute of play forced Citizen's goalkeeper Nguyễn Van Tai Em to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Citizen's Nguyễn Van Tai Em played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nguyễn Cadeo in the 69th minute of play. When Trần Duc came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Citizen 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 Duc couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nguyễn Cadeo in the 79th minute of play forced Citizen's goalkeeper Nguyễn Van Tai Em to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nguyễn Van Tai Em showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nguyễn Cadeo in the 87th minute of the match. viet nam's Trần Tran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trần Duc in the 89th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. viet nam had won after a very even match.