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vs DT Long An (8th)
G: Pham Van Phong
D: Nguyen van Thanh/Phan Anh Tuan/Nguyen Van Viet/Ngo Van Thuan/Yaovi Soglo
DM: Nguyen Anh Tuan
MC: Dang Anh Tuan/Van Van Loi
AMC: Dinesh Singh
ST: Do Van Hau

50 - Ntibazonkiza in for [b]Van Hau/b]; Ngo Van Thau sits for Thanh Hai

72 - Sigh. 0-1

73 - Ntibazonakiza draws the PK and Soglo converts for his first Ca Mau goal! 1-1

82 - Singh wings out right to Soglo for the dribble and cross back into the box, whereupon Singh sinks his first Ca Mau score and puts us up!!!! 2-1

Yaovi Soglo is PotM with an 8.4, Dinesh Singh his second with a 7.4 as we pull that one out of our ass to become one of 3 teams to win our first two matches.

@ Quang Ninh (8th)
G: Tran Minh Chien
D: Nguyen van Thanh/Phan Anh Tuan/Nguyen Van Viet/Ngo Van Thuan/Nguyen Thanh Hai
DM: Yaovi Soglo
MC: Nguyen Anh Tuan/Van Van Loi
AMC: Dinesh Singh
ST: Do Van Hau

14 - Whatever. The packed schedule is bullshit and we only have 16 players 0-1

24 - Total crap PK 0-2

48 - Nguyen The Anh for Van Viet; Nguyen van Thanh moves inside to DC, and a grey comes on at DL

78 - This is a game of PKs, apparently. Van Hau has his shot blocked, but buries the rebound anyway to give us a faint hope 1-2

vs Khanh Hoa (11th)
G: Pham Van Phong
D: Nguyen van Thanh/Nguyen Van Viet/Nguyen The Anh/Ngo Van Thuan/Nguyen Thanh Hai
DM: Yaovi Soglo
MC: Dang Anh Tuan/Nguyen Anh Tuan
AMC: Dinesh Singh
ST: Selemani Ntibazonkiza

They're dubbing this one a relegation six-pointer. Seems fitting, considering the preseason predictions.

32 - That looked offsides to me 0-1

59 - Van Hau for Ntibazonkiza; Phan Anh Tuan for Van Viet

64 - Thanh Hai wipes out the defender in the box and Singh dashes forward to get it. Little curve pass around the defender in his face to Van Hau, who socks the equalizer in 1-1

Very unlucky not to win, as we played very well in the second half. Still, a point is a point, considering there's two teams who have gone 0-0-4 and are still looking for even 1 point.

@ Hai Phong (3rd)
G: Tran Minh Chien
D: Nguyen van Thanh/Phan Anh Tuan/Nguyen The Anh/Ngo Van Thuan/Nguyen Van Viet
DM: Yaovi Soglo
MC: Nguyen Anh Tuan/Van Van Loi
AMC: Dinesh Singh
ST: Selemani Ntibazonkiza

2 - Nguyen van Thanh is tired, but he manages to dribble-fence a defender until he has a moment to crack a ball into the box that Ntibazonkiza puts away for an early score 1-0

49 - The Dang Man comes in for Nguyen Anh Tuan; Shifting to the middle of the backline is Van Viet as poor-performing Nguyen The Anh sits. Thanh Hai is on at DR.

Lot of 7.1-7.2 guys, but the star of the night was Nguyen van Thanh, carrying us despite his exhaustion with an 8.0 PotM meaning. We could have won by much, much more, but Selemani Ntibazonkiza was off on every shot but his score.

vs Dong Nai (12th)
G: Pham Van Phong
D: Nguyen van Thanh/Nguyen Van Viet/Nguyen The Anh/Ngo Van Thuan/Nguyen Thanh Hai
DM: Yaovi Soglo
MC: Nguyen Anh Tuan/Van Van Loi
AMC: Dinesh Singh
ST: Do Van Hau

The grey guys we get assigned are so stupid - ML, ML, MR, MR, DL. Totally fucking useless.

8 - Van Hau wings out left to Nguyen Van Thanh and runs into the box to head in the score after the dribble and high return high ball 1-0

65 - Van Viet on for exhausted Nguyen Van Thanh

72 - God damn it! We just don't have the bodies to rotate in and it costs us 1-1

77 - Ntibazonkiza jogs on for Van Hau

87 - Phan Anh Tuan blasts a rainbow ball down the left flank that tired ass Singh somehow manages to beat a fresh sub to. Lofted center ball and Ntibazonkiza heads the go-ahead in! 2-1

7.8 second straight PotM for Nguyen van Thanh, his supports a 7.4 by Dinesh Singh and of course the 7.2 game-winner sub showing by Selemani Ntibazonkiza. This was not a pretty win, and one that had some scary moments, but we pull it off.

The magic # for safety is usually 30 points from 26 games. We're 6 games through the season, and so far we've accrued 13 points and are in 3rd place (probably going to fall back down after the next one, as we only get 2 days rest and we're playing the #2 team in the league, who has a game in hand on us and the #1 squad).

Still searching for their first point after 6 games: Ha Noi T&T. With 1 point through 5 games is SLNA.