Tran Nguyen Manh retains one point for Nam Dinh

In the 76th minute, when the score was 0-0, Viettel attacked. Duc Chien finished close to the wall quickly after the horizontal stretch from the right, but Nguyen Manh reacted very quickly, punching the ball to the end of the cross. Duc Chien stood dumbfounded as if he couldn't believe his opponent's block, and then hugged Nguyen Manh to applaud. The Thien Truong stand was also resounding, chanting the name of the home team's goalkeeper.

After the match, coach Thach Bao Khanh of Viettel praised the goalkeeper of Nam Dinh. "I can't believe that Nguyen Manh could save that situation. The situation was very fast, Duc Chien entered the near-city buffer. Nguyen Manh was so excellent. He showed more and more his ability and level," he said.

On Thien Truong Stadium, Viettel held the ball 54%, launched 12 shots, three times more than Nam Dinh's, but did not defeat Nguyen Manh once.

Viettel dominated more partly thanks to Nam Dinh losing foreign soldier Hendrio. In the 40th minute, this player was injured after a dispute with Duc Chien. After being taken care of by the doctor, he limped into the playing field but two minutes later he continued to collide with Duc Chien and had to leave the field.

Without Hendrio, Nam Dinh lost the organizer of the attack in the second half. The substitute player, Thanh Truong, left the only mark that was a broken kick in the 47th minute, when the ball in the middle of the field to quickly counterattack from his teammates gave him the opportunity to face the opponent's goalkeeper.

This match Viettel also shuffled the squad. Jaha was injured and could not play, so coach Thach Bao Khanh pulled Hoang Duc to play defensive midfielder. Having to play away from the opponent's goal, the Vietnamese midfielder's ability to organize attacks decreased, leading to Viettel no longer having sharp decisive passes for the strikers to finish.

In addition to Duc Chien's shot, Viettel only had one more really dangerous opportunity after 61 minutes. Jefferson Elios stretched across to give Mohamed Essameldin a chance to head close to the wall when no one was watching, but the off-center contact sent the ball to the sideline.

Draw 0-0, Viettel and Nam Dinh hold each other in the championship race. Viettel fell to fourth with three points behind Hanoi Police, the team won 1-0 in the match at the same time on Binh Dinh's field. Meanwhile, Nam Dinh ranked fifth with 23 points.

In the next round on July 27, Viettel received Ha Tinh, while Nam Dinh was the guest of defending champion Hanoi.