(ĐN)- Dong Nai Football Club beat former champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3-2 in a ninth round V-League match yesterday at the provincial Stadium.
(ĐN)- Dong Nai Football Club beat former champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3-2 in a ninth round V-League match yesterday at the provincial Stadium.
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| Nguyen Hai Anh celebrates after levelling the scores for Dong Nai. |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai played in counter-attack and found their first goal at the seventh minute. Meanwhile, Le Hoang Thien's long-range shot defeated keeper Danh Hoang Tuan, who suffered the second goal at the 38th after a penalty by Anjembe Timothy.
Dong Nai earlier was given a penalty kick after the visiting side's Ho Ngoc Luan, in an attempt to save his net, touched his hand to the ball. Dong Nai's Nguyen Hai Anh netted exactly.
Melquiades Gomez levelled for the hosts with a close kick just seconds before the break time.
Hai Anh scores his second second goal at the 61st minute by his straight header knocked out the goalkeeper of the former champion.
The goal caused the stadium to explode with thousands of fans jumping to their feet and cheering.
The important victory helped the hosts escape from the top bottom team.
With their second victory this season, Dong Nai, with 10 points, ranks ninth among 13 teams and closer to Hoang Anh Gia Lai's eighth position, with the latter team having only one more point.
Reported by D.K
