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Phan Rang-Thap Cham
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Nguyễn Huy made the kick off and thus started the match. Trịnh Thanh Bình's late challenge caught a K.S.V Waregem's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Trịnh Thanh Bình helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Trịnh Thanh Bình to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nguyễn Tan during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of K.S.V Waregem:s goal. The referee gave K.S.V Waregem a penalty, 5 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Matty Bridge, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC's Trần Bay. 0-1. After some careless play in the Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC defense, Huey Hughes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Trần Bay. The Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Trần Bay should have stopped the shot. In the 10th minute, Huey Hughes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The K.S.V Waregem fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. With a little luck, K.S.V Waregem's Toby Topham got control of the ball when Lê Minh tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 14thth minute of the game Huey Hughes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC's Trần Bay was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Terry Slator received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Trần Bay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Toby Topham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hồ Mai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Dave Gower fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored K.S.V Waregem's protests and gave Dave Gower a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC booed when K.S.V Waregem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dave Gower didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matty Bridge, 29 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Huey Hughes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Bay having to interfere. Adrian Claydon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trần Bay having to interfere. After some careless play in the Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC defense, Adrian Claydon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Trần Bay. The Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Trần Bay should have stopped the shot. Nguyễn Huy kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Crispin Hepburn during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 39th minute, Crispin Hepburn hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC's Hồ Mai got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Hồ Mai kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Adrian Claydon managed to get in a good position for a shot. K.S.V Waregem's supporters rose to their feet, but Adrian Claydon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Trần Bay breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Toby Topham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nguyễn Huy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Huey Hughes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Adrian Claydon was extremely unlucky when he, in the 51st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Crispin Hepburn struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Trần Bay didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for K.S.V Waregem. Trịnh Thanh Bình hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Huey Hughes succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 58th playminute. Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC's Trần Bay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Claydon in the 64th minute of play. When Adrian Claydon came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the K.S.V Waregem 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 Adrian Claydon couldn't finish the play. Trần Bay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brian Barat, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC's zone, Huey Hughes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Trần Bay came out of the goal and Huey Hughes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Huey Hughes got free with Trần Bay in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 79th match minute, Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Trịnh Thanh Bình to maneuver through the defense. Huey Hughes's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Trần Bay skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Trevor Kempson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Trần Bay made a huge save. If Adrian Claydon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 90th minute, Hồ Mai left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Đông Á Thanh Hóa FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-7. In the 95th minute, Huey Hughes 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. K.S.V Waregem's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.