League Play-Off

河南开封冬狮俱乐部队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 范平响 made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by 麦棋震 in the 5th minute of play forced 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队's goalkeeper 苏兴克 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队's 姜军磊 got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute, 曹志永 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 14 minutes into the match, 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队's 范平响 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 程正广 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 16th minute of the match 毛强笑 shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but 程正广 showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 18 minutes into the match, 曹志永 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 苏兴克. 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 曹志永 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When 曹志永 came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the 天津南开区朱雀联队 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 曹志永 couldn't finish the play. 苏兴克 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 麦棋震, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute 曹志永 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 苏兴克 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, 姜军磊 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队's 苏兴克 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 曹志永 in the 31st minute of play. A collision led to 天津南开区朱雀联队 getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. 麦棋震 hit a great ball. 范平响 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 程正广 having to interfere. 郑默乐 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 程正广 having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队's 范平响 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 程正广 narrowly saved just below the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 麦棋震 to make the kick off. 苏兴克 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 麦棋震, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 程正广 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 姜军磊, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 麦棋震 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 苏兴克 came out and tried to block the shot, but 麦棋震 slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 69th minute. After 72 minutes, 陆常坤 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 天津南开区朱雀联队 and the 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to 天津南开区朱雀联队 getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. 陆常坤 hit a great ball. After 74 played minutes 天津南开区朱雀联队 got a freekick which was hit by 郑帆骏. 76 minutes into the game, one of 天津南开区朱雀联队:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave 河南开封冬狮俱乐部队 a penalty, 78 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by 毛强笑, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of 天津南开区朱雀联队's 程正广. 1-3. If 曹志永 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 曹志永 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 苏兴克 having to interfere. The 天津南开区朱雀联队 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing 天津南开区朱雀联队 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.