Official Cup

Ông Tạ Sài Gòn
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Moulay Dahleb started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 minutes of play, Wara's Moulay Dahleb made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vũ Minh was left in no man's land by his defense there! Võ Tu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Mohamed Zerara made a huge save. 13 minutes into the match, Sài Gòn's goal looked a bit too open when Moulay Dahleb came free, but Vũ Minh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Moulay Dahleb had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vũ Minh. Sài Gòn's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Moulay Dahleb was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moulay Dahleb in the 16th minute of play forced Sài Gòn's goalkeeper Vũ Minh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vũ Minh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moulay Dahleb in the 20th minute of the match. Mohamed Zerara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nguyễn Thanh Bình, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. With a little luck, Wara's Mohamed Zerara got control of the ball when Lê Hung tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Wara's Moulay Dahleb in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sài Gòn's goalie prevented a goal. Antoine Ouyahia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vũ Minh read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute Wara were awarded a corner. Cheb Assad went to the cornerflag to take it. Vũ Minh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moulay Dahleb in the 35th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Sài Gòn's zone, Moulay Dahleb stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vũ Minh came out of the goal and Moulay Dahleb tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 39 minutes into the match, Sài Gòn's goal looked a bit too open when Moulay Dahleb came free, but Vũ Minh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Sài Gòn booed when Wara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samir Zerguelaine didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Sài Gòn's Vương Thanh Bình slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mohamed Zerara. That made the score 1-2 after 48 minutes of play.

Wara's Cheb Assad managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Đào Nam in the 54 minute of the game. Vũ Minh made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahmed Bencheikh in the 57th minute. After 66 minutes of play, Wara's Ahmed Bencheikh made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vũ Minh was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ahmed Bencheikh fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vũ Minh having to interfere. Wara's attentive Cheb Assad managed to snatch the ball when Võ Xuan made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antoine Ouyahia in the 78th minute of play forced Sài Gòn's goalkeeper Vũ Minh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Wara's Antoine Ouyahia dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-4. 86 minutes into the match, Wara's goal looked a bit too open when Nguyễn Cong Vinh came free, but Mohamed Zerara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ahmed Bencheikh succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-5 in the 88th playminute. Vũ Minh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antoine Ouyahia, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Wara eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.