League Play-Off

江西新余灰熊俱乐部队
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. 林翔常 started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 林翔常 in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 麦默天 saved 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队 from getting behind. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's goalkeeper 麦默天, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When 石响杰 came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the 山东聊城国王队 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 石响杰 couldn't finish the play. 麦默天 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 张建乐 in the 14th minute of play. 麦默天 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 石响杰 in the 15th minute of the match. 山东聊城国王队's 林翔常 got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by 石响杰 in the 19th minute of play forced 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's goalkeeper 麦默天 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 邓泉凡 charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 邓泉凡 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st minute, one of 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队: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 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队. The referee gave 山东聊城国王队 a penalty, 23 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by 吴希平, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's 麦默天. 0-1. After a rather tough play, 山东聊城国王队's 庄铮沙 got a free kick in the 26th minute. If 钱磊光 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's 钱磊光 got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 庄铮沙 during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, 庄铮沙 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by 林翔常 in the 37th minute of play forced 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's goalkeeper 麦默天 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 钱磊光 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If 卓俊树 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 庄铮沙 scored 0-2 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 麦默天, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 钱磊光 to make the kick off. 59 minutes into the match, 钱磊光 notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of 山东聊城国王队's 孙乐雄. 孙乐雄 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 孙乐雄 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 高树森, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 71 minutes into the match, 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's goal looked a bit too open when 林翔常 came free, but 麦默天 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's goalkeeper 麦默天, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in 山东聊城国王队's zone, 钱磊光 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 孙乐雄 came out of the goal and 钱磊光 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 庄铮沙 in the 89th minute of play forced 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队's goalkeeper 麦默天 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 林翔常 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If 林翔常 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over 山东聊城国王队 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than 江西新余灰熊俱乐部队 throughout the match.