National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 15921 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 5448, VIP seats: 473) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Froilan Reyes made the kick off which started today's match. Froilan Reyes's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Hoàng Tran firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 7th minute Froilan Reyes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hoàng Tran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Froilan Reyes who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 9thth minute tested the skills of Hoàng Tran when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hoàng Tran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Froilan Reyes in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute, Trịnh Phuong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute of the match, Froilan Reyes got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hoàng Tran was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. With a little luck, Vietnam's Hoàng Tran got control of the ball when Froilan Reyes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vietnam's Hoàng Tran proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Vietnam from getting a goal against them. Hoàng Tran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Froilan Reyes in the 20th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Froilan Reyes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hoàng Tran was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Spain's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cordarin Escurza in the 25th minute. The corner led to Spain's Lico Pareja getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. If Froilan Reyes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Trịnh Phuong charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Trịnh Phuong the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Vietnam's Trịnh Phuong got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Hoàng Tran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Froilan Reyes in the 34th minute. The supporters of Spain booed when Vietnam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Mai didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Froilan Reyes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hoàng Tran, 2-0. The supporters of Spain booed when Vietnam was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nguyễn Thanh didn't get a good kick on the ball. Spain's Froilan Reyes got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nguyễn Mai to strike the kick off in the second half. When Froilan Reyes came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Spain 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 Froilan Reyes couldn't finish the play. In the 55th minute, Nguyễn Thanh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The corner ended in Evaristo Ponte almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Vietnam's Hoàng Tran did a great save. 61 minutes into the match, Froilan Reyes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hoàng Tran. Vietnam's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Froilan Reyes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Spain made a substitution. Gumersindo Castaño replaced Sebastián Coira. Gumersindo Castaño made in the 71st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Miro Contratas however managed to control. If Jose Heredia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 75 minutes into the match, Vietnam's goal looked a bit too open when Jose Heredia came free, but Hoàng Tran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hoàng Tran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jose Heredia in the 77th minute of play. Nguyễn Thanh made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Spain's Cordarin Escurza. Hoàng Tran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose Heredia in the 89th minute of the match. After 94 minutes of play, Spain's Jose Heredia made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hoàng Tran was left in no man's land by his defense there! Spain were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Vietnam for a fine match.