League Play-Off

香港观塘区剑羚俱乐部队
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. 邓帆崇 started the match with the kick off. 庞树 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 钱挺鸿, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. A collision led to 吉林辽源海狮队 getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. 钱挺鸿 hit a great ball. 沈远旭 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庞树 having to interfere. After 21 minutes of play, 香港观塘区剑羚俱乐部队's 何鹰超 made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 狄星森 was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpected shot in the 27th minute by 何鹰超 got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 狄星森 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 邓帆崇, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 30 minutes into the match, 邓帆崇 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 狄星森. 吉林辽源海狮队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 邓帆崇 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind 吉林辽源海狮队's goalkeeper 狄星森, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 何鹰超 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but 狄星森 made a huge save. After 45 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 香港观塘区剑羚俱乐部队! In the 46th minute there was a penalty for 吉林辽源海狮队. 胡骋弘 stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving 庞树. 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 钱挺鸿 was the one to do the kick off. 庞树 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 钱挺鸿, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 54 played minutes 香港观塘区剑羚俱乐部队 got a freekick which was hit by 尹泉城. 庞树 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 钱挺鸿 in the 56th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 傅松宽 during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 56th minute, 傅松宽 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 59th minute 何鹰超 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 狄星森 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If 何鹰超 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 70 played minutes 香港观塘区剑羚俱乐部队 got a freekick which was hit by 傅松宽. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, 钱挺鸿 took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for 庞树 to make any attempt to save it. 邓帆崇 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. 狄星森 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If 傅松宽 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If 何鹰超 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 93 minutes into the match, 钱挺鸿 dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of 庞树, 2-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched 吉林辽源海狮队 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.