League Play-Off

河南信阳活塞代表队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 孙挺弘 started the match with the kick off. If 毛国桑 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 6 minutes into the match, 河南信阳活塞代表队's 姚寒升 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 郭洋岩 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 9th minute, 孙挺弘 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 台湾省台南县山猫队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The supporters of 台湾省台南县山猫队 booed when 河南信阳活塞代表队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. 张树翀 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 宋益博 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孙挺弘, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 18 minutes into the match, 河南信阳活塞代表队's goal looked a bit too open when 孙挺弘 came free, but 宋益博 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 宋益博 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孙挺弘, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by 蔡弘霖 in the 26th minute of play forced 河南信阳活塞代表队's goalkeeper 宋益博 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of 台湾省台南县山猫队 booed when 河南信阳活塞代表队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. 王平超 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 宋益博 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 庄荣谦, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The audience was convinced that 孙挺弘's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 宋益博 was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. 宋益博 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 孙挺弘 in the 35th minute of play. 河南信阳活塞代表队's 姚寒升 got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 河南信阳活塞代表队's 毛国桑 got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If 姚寒升 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 姚寒升 made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in 河南信阳活塞代表队's zone, 孙挺弘 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 宋益博 came out of the goal and 孙挺弘 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 59th match minute, 台湾省台南县山猫队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 蔡弘霖 to maneuver through the defense. 毛国桑 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When 毛国桑 came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the 河南信阳活塞代表队 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 毛国桑 couldn't finish the play. 姚寒升 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 孙挺弘 during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 孙挺弘 hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when 庄荣谦 got free with 宋益博 in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 姚寒升 struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. 郭洋岩 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 河南信阳活塞代表队. In the 91st minute 毛国桑 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郭洋岩 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 93rd match minute, 河南信阳活塞代表队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 任常浩 to maneuver through the defense.