League Play-Off

山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队
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. 胡傲强 started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, 胡傲强 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队's supporters rose to their feet, but 胡傲强 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 乔寒钢 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 8th match minute, 安徽池州玄武队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 石康辰 to maneuver through the defense. 孙雄雄's late challenge caught a 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 孙雄雄 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 安徽池州玄武队 getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. 孙雄雄 hit a great ball. 范星希 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. 巩镇森 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 范星希 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 史荣竞 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 巩镇森 having to interfere. 范星希 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. 巩镇森 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 32 minutes into the game, 贺梁铮 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 安徽池州玄武队 the free kick. After 32 played minutes 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队 got a freekick which was hit by 贺梁铮. 乔寒钢 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 胡傲强 in the 39th minute of play. The audience was convinced that 胡傲强's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 乔寒钢 was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. In the 43rd minute 范星希 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 巩镇森 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, one of 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队. 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.

齐骋云 hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. In the 52nd minute, 范星希 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. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 54th minute of the game. One of 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 安徽池州玄武队:s goal. After a defensive mix-up in 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队's zone, 王威城 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 巩镇森 came out of the goal and 王威城 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 58th minute. Penalty! 安徽池州玄武队 were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 王威城 took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队's goalie and right to 卓寒挺. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. If 范星希 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when 史荣竞 got free with 巩镇森 in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. At last the ball reached 史荣竞 at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队. 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, 范星希 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 安徽池州玄武队's supporters rose to their feet, but 范星希 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 巩镇森 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 巩镇森 made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when 史荣竞 sent off a good shot on target. 胡傲强 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. 乔寒钢 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The 山东枣庄白鲑俱乐部队 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching 安徽池州玄武队's performance. The match ended with a win for 安徽池州玄武队.