League Play-Off

江苏扬州海狮队
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. 林宇峰 started the match with the kick off. 余亮阳's late challenge caught a 江苏扬州海狮队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 余亮阳 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 江西南昌公民俱乐部队 getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. 余亮阳 hit a great ball. After having played for 3 minutes, 林宇峰 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 江苏扬州海狮队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 林宇峰 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 严梁誉 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but 吴坚沙 made a huge save. 9 minutes into the match, 江苏扬州海狮队's 林宇峰 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 吴坚沙 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 王林亮 charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 王林亮 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 11th minute, 王林亮 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th match minute, 江苏扬州海狮队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 苏枫斌 to maneuver through the defense. 麦耀晨 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 姜树俊 in the 22nd minute of the match. 于凡邦 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. 麦耀晨 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If 于凡邦 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 姜树俊 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 麦耀晨 having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, 江苏扬州海狮队's goal looked a bit too open when 于凡邦 came free, but 麦耀晨 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 麦耀晨 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 姜树俊 in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 45th minute 姜树俊 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 麦耀晨 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When 江西南昌公民俱乐部队's 姜树俊 in the 48th minute got a chance for a shot 48th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 江苏扬州海狮队's goalie prevented a goal. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 姜树俊 made a kick off. 麦耀晨 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 姜树俊's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. After having played for 54 minutes, 于凡邦 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 江西南昌公民俱乐部队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 于凡邦 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by 姜树俊 in the 55th minute of play forced 江苏扬州海狮队's goalkeeper 麦耀晨 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 姜树俊 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 姜树俊 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 林宇峰 kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 雷霖飞 during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of 江西南昌公民俱乐部队 booed when 江苏扬州海狮队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. 雷霖飞 didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as 姜树俊 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 麦耀晨. That made the score 0-1 in the 65 minute of play. After 69 minutes, 庞振银 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 江苏扬州海狮队 and the 江西南昌公民俱乐部队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 69th match minute, 江苏扬州海狮队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 庞振银 to maneuver through the defense. 于凡邦 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A hard shot 76 in the game by 于凡邦 from a close distance when the talented 麦耀晨 managed to make a qualified save. 江苏扬州海狮队's players were relieved. 于凡邦 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If 林宇峰 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind 江西南昌公民俱乐部队's goalkeeper 吴坚沙, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 麦耀晨 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 许建青 in the 90th minute of play. With a little luck, 江苏扬州海狮队's 麦耀晨 got control of the ball when 于凡邦 tried to sneak it across the goal line.