League Play-Off

安徽芜
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 楚枫光 started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, 李默海 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 安徽芜 and the 香港葵青区虎鲨联队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. 李默海 hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. 香港葵青区虎鲨联队's 杨震博 couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 4th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for 安徽芜. 吴凡银 charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 吴凡银 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that 楚枫光's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 尹适义 was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. 李默海 hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. 邵钢川 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 李默海 kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. 莫城鸿 kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. 安徽芜's 林翔弘 got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 32 minutes into the game, 安徽芜's 林翔弘 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 任阳旭 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, 楚枫光 put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of 尹适义. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 邵钢川 to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in 香港葵青区虎鲨联队's zone, 邵钢川 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 任阳旭 came out of the goal and 邵钢川 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 55th minute, 林翔弘 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 邵钢川 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 任阳旭 having to interfere. 王霆烨 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 尹适义 having to interfere. In the 68thth minute of the game 邵钢川 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 香港葵青区虎鲨联队's 任阳旭 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 74 minutes, 林翔弘 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 安徽芜's supporters crossed their fingers, but 林翔弘 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 林翔弘 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 任阳旭 having to interfere. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind 香港葵青区虎鲨联队's goalkeeper 任阳旭, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 莫城鸿 hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. 香港葵青区虎鲨联队's 王霆烨 got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 85th minute, 李默海 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes in the game, 王霆烨 dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. With a little luck, 安徽芜's 尹适义 got control of the ball when 王霆烨 tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 92nd match minute, 香港葵青区虎鲨联队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 王霆烨 to maneuver through the defense. 王霆烨 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the 香港葵青区虎鲨联队 players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for 安徽芜.