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Xuân Lôc Stadium
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 20) In the 7th minute, Tôn Tuan Hoang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the game, Nguyễn Thanh Bình cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lê Nga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nguyễn Thanh Bình received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Lê Nga tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Xuân Lôc getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ngô Tho hit a great ball. Nguyễn Van Tai Em struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Lê Nga didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for công an hà nội. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nguyễn Thanh Bình in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lê Nga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Phan Thi got free with Huỳnh Nam in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Phạm Ritchell's late challenge caught a công an hà nội's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Phạm Ritchell helped the player get up and apologised. Phạm Ritchell hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute, Nguyễn Ritchell left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The công an hà nội fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 41 played minutes công an hà nội got a freekick which was hit by Nguyễn Thanh Bình. In the 42nd match minute, Xuân Lôc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mai Dung to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute Phùng Bay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lê Nga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Phùng Bay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 49th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Xuân Lôc players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. công an hà nội were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Phan Thi to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Phùng Bay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lê Nga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th minute, Mai Dung hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute, Phan Thi made a precise shot to the right of Huỳnh Nam. công an hà nội's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Phan Thi in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Huỳnh Nam saved công an hà nội from getting behind. In the 79thth minute of the game Phan Thi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but công an hà nội's Huỳnh Nam was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Huỳnh Tuan hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Huỳnh Nam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phan Van Tai Em in the 94th minute of the match. A collision led to công an hà nội getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Nguyễn Loc hit a great ball. The Xuân Lôc manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing công an hà nội to win.