League Play-Off

陕西商洛犀牛队
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 沈梁响 got the match started through his kick off. When 沈梁响 came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the 河南焦作猎户联队 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 沈梁响 couldn't finish the play. When 孔军星 came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the 陕西商洛犀牛队 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 孔军星 couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, 秦锋思 took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for 任俊洋 to make any attempt to save it. 17 minutes into the match, 孔军星 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 任俊洋. 河南焦作猎户联队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 孔军星 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in 陕西商洛犀牛队's zone, 沈梁响 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 白谦义 came out of the goal and 沈梁响 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that 陆潮升's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 白谦义 was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by 秦锋思 in the 28th minute of play forced 河南焦作猎户联队's goalkeeper 任俊洋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes into the match, 孔军星 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 任俊洋. 河南焦作猎户联队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 孔军星 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. 孔军星 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If 孔军星 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 陆潮升 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 白谦义 having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 秦锋思 to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, 洪烨阳 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When 陕西商洛犀牛队's 秦锋思 in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 河南焦作猎户联队's goalie prevented a goal. 孔军星 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. 任俊洋 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 白谦义 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 沈梁响 in the 63rd minute of play. 龙峰政 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 白谦义 having to interfere. In the 71st minute, 何旭军 fired a really elegant long shot, but 白谦义 threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. 沈梁响 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. 白谦义 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute, 陆潮升 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. 陆潮升 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. 白谦义 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 孔军星 in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 任俊洋 saved 河南焦作猎户联队 from getting behind. 秦锋思 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 任俊洋 having to interfere. 河南焦作猎户联队's 陆潮升 got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 孔军星 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The 陕西商洛犀牛队 fans cheered their team off the field, for while 河南焦作猎户联队 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.