League Play-Off

VOLKSPARKSTADION
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 余升朋 got the match started through his kick off. 秦天钢 charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 秦天钢 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Hamburger SV! In the 8th minute there was a penalty for 上海徐汇热刺队. 陶铮霖 stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving 朱悦宁. 0-1. With his leg 邱常亮 managed to avoid a goal in the 12thth minute, when Hamburger SV's 余天霆 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 邓博霖 during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th match minute, 上海徐汇热刺队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 邓博霖 to maneuver through the defense. Hamburger SV's 朱悦宁 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 邓博霖 in the 16th minute of play. If 余天霆 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 楚飞烨 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 20th minute, 罗凡磊 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. 余升朋 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. 朱悦宁 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If 余天霆 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 余天霆 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 邱常亮 having to make a save. 毛竞政 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 邱常亮 having to interfere. 33 minutes into the match, Hamburger SV's goal looked a bit too open when 余升朋 came free, but 朱悦宁 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 朱悦宁 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 罗凡磊 in the 34th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for 余天霆 to strike the kick off in the second half. 邓博霖 was shown his second yellow card after 53 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. 邓博霖 hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, 李益远 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hamburger SV's supporters rose to their feet, but 李益远 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 邱常亮 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 楚飞烨 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 邱常亮 having to interfere. 毛竞政 took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 邱常亮. 邱常亮 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 71 minutes into the match, 李益远 notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of 上海徐汇热刺队's 邱常亮. 邱常亮 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 余天霆 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 邱常亮 having to make a save. 毛竞政 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. 邱常亮 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 余天霆 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 邱常亮 having to interfere. 余天霆 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 苏岚海 hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Hamburger SV's 朱悦宁 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Hamburger SV from getting a goal against them. 李益远 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If 余天霆 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 罗凡磊 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hamburger SV were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.