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Dong Xam
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Liễu Viet got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Nguyễn Tho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 5th minute, Nguyễn Hung got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A hard shot 14 in the game by Trần Phuoc from a close distance when the talented Trần Xuan managed to make a qualified save. Việt Nam's players were relieved. When Nguyễn Tu fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Việt Nam's protests and gave Nguyễn Tu a yellow card for diving instead. In the 16th match minute, Việt Nam was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nguyễn Tu to maneuver through the defense. Phan Hung sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Phan Hungs short, quick shot in the 22ndth minute got Trần Xuan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The supporters of Dong Xam booed when Việt Nam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Tu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Phạm Hong sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Việt Nam's Trần Xuan didn't even have to move. Trần Xuan made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Phan Hung sent off a good shot on target. Nguyễn Phu hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Nguyễn Phu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Ngô Mai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nguyễn Phu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Ngô Mai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 36 minutes of play, Dong Xam's Phan Hung made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Trần Xuan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nguyễn Phu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ngô Mai having to interfere. Ngô Mai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Phu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Liễu Viet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nguyễn Phu to make the kick off. Ngô Mai showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Hung, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 55 minutes into the match, Dong Xam's goalkeeper Ngô Mai had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nguyễn Phu. When Phan Hung came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Dong Xam 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 Phan Hung couldn't finish the play. If Liễu Viet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Trần Xuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liễu Viet in the 63rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phan Hung in the 64th minute of play forced Việt Nam's goalkeeper Trần Xuan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trần Xuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Phan Hung, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Phan Hung fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Xuan having to interfere. Trần Xuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liễu Viet in the 74th minute of play. Trần Xuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liễu Viet in the 75th minute of play. After 76 minutes, Nguyễn Hung mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Việt Nam and the Dong Xam players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nguyễn Hung kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the game's 77th minute Dong Xam's Phạm Hong took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Trần Xuan and thus the score was 2-0. Liễu Viet blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Trần Xuan having to make a save. Trần Xuan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Phan Hung went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 86th minute, Nguyễn Phu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Việt Nam fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Hoàng Tuan kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Việt Nam players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Dong Xam.