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Quang Ninh
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Trần Duc made the kick off which started today's match. Nguyễn Minh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Trần Duc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The long shot by Nguyễn Hoang in the 10th minute really tested Nguyễn Thai's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. If Nguyễn Minh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nguyễn Van Tai Em showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trần Viet, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Nguyễn Thai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Nguyễn Thi Ngoc put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Nguyễn Thai. After 33 minutes, Bùi Tấn Dũng mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester Tran and the Citizen players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Manchester Tran getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Bùi Tấn Dũng hit a great ball. Bùi Tấn Dũng kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Citizen's Hoàng Huynh Duc broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Nguyễn Van Tai Em didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nguyễn Minh went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Trần Viet made the kick off in the second half. Nguyễn Thai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trần Duc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mai Quang Thanh charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mai Quang Thanh the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 60 minutes, Nguyễn Thi Ngoc made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Manchester Tran's Nguyễn Thai tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nguyễn Thai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trần Duc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Nguyễn Thi Ngoc managed to get in a good position for a shot. Citizen's supporters rose to their feet, but Nguyễn Thi Ngoc was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nguyễn Thai breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Citizen's Nguyễn Van Tai Em proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Citizen from getting a goal against them. Trần Viet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Citizen's Trần Duc got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nguyễn Thai. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nguyễn Thi Ngoc ran back to his position shaking his head. 84 minutes into the match, Trần Duc notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Manchester Tran's Nguyễn Thai. Nguyễn Thai was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 90th minute of the game. One of Manchester Tran:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Citizen:s goal. When Trần Viet came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Manchester Tran 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 Viet couldn't finish the play. Nguyễn Thai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Thi Ngoc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tạ Van Tai Em kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match.