League Play-Off

香港沙田区食豆人联队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 梅悦枫 took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes, 庄竞翔 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 山西临汾枫叶队 and the 香港沙田区食豆人联队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th match minute, 山西临汾枫叶队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 庄竞翔 to maneuver through the defense. 山西临汾枫叶队's 陈泉冰 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 梅悦枫 in the 8th minute of play. The supporters of 山西临汾枫叶队 booed when 香港沙田区食豆人联队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. 邵明延 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 17 minutes, 梅悦枫 made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. 山西临汾枫叶队's 陈泉冰 tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 姜烽岚 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 方耀延 in the 21st minute of the match. 香港沙田区食豆人联队's 姜烽岚 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 方耀延 in the 33rd minute of play. 梅悦枫 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. 陈泉冰 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of 香港沙田区食豆人联队 booed when 山西临汾枫叶队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. 肖延广 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. 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 方耀延 to make the kick off. 方耀延 succeeded in the game's 55th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. 60 minutes into the match, 香港沙田区食豆人联队's goal looked a bit too open when 方耀延 came free, but 姜烽岚 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 香港沙田区食豆人联队's 梅悦枫 got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 63 minutes, 方耀延 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 山西临汾枫叶队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 方耀延 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 邵明延 hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 香港沙田区食豆人联队's 姜烽岚 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 方耀延 in the 66th minute of play. 乔宽洲 kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. 潘剑杰 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 何凌霆 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 姜烽岚 came out and tried to block the shot, but 何凌霆 slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 80th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when 何凌霆 got free with 姜烽岚 in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If 方耀延 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 何凌霆 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 姜烽岚 having to interfere. In the 89th minute, 山西临汾枫叶队's 崔天斌 dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. If 梅悦枫 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 姜烽岚 made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when 何凌霆 sent off a good shot on target. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. 山西临汾枫叶队 walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.