League Play-Off

甘肃兰州侠客球场
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 康珂亦 took the kick off in the first half of the match. 孙战凡's late challenge caught a 甘肃兰州侠客队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 孙战凡 helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes 江苏宿迁火山俱乐部队 got a freekick which was hit by 孙战凡. With his leg 雷剑鹏 managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when 甘肃兰州侠客队's 徐骏骏 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 袁棋挺's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 洪志笑 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, 甘肃兰州侠客队's goal looked a bit too open when 袁棋挺 came free, but 洪志笑 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 雷剑鹏 made an important save on a dangerous shot by 徐骏骏 in the 19th minute. 康珂亦 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. 雷剑鹏 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 洪志笑 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 袁棋挺, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 袁棋挺 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 洪志笑 having to interfere. In the 39th match minute, 甘肃兰州侠客队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 张耀鹏 to maneuver through the defense. 袁棋挺 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 洪志笑 having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, 甘肃兰州侠客队's goal looked a bit too open when 袁棋挺 came free, but 洪志笑 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When 袁棋挺 came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the 江苏宿迁火山俱乐部队 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 袁棋挺 couldn't finish the play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 袁棋挺 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 袁棋挺 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice moves 曲景洲 could shoot a difficult shot in the 53rd minute, which 洪志笑 however easily saved by the left post. When 张耀鹏 fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 甘肃兰州侠客队's protests and gave 张耀鹏 a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to 甘肃兰州侠客队 getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. 张耀鹏 hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by 袁棋挺 in the 60th minute of play forced 甘肃兰州侠客队's goalkeeper 洪志笑 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in 甘肃兰州侠客队's zone, 曲景洲 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 洪志笑 came out of the goal and 曲景洲 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When 温桑潮 fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 甘肃兰州侠客队's protests and gave 温桑潮 a yellow card for diving instead. After 63 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 甘肃兰州侠客队! The supporters of 甘肃兰州侠客队 booed when 江苏宿迁火山俱乐部队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. 邓明正 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 曲景洲 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 洪志笑 having to interfere. 洪志笑 was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 袁棋挺 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 80 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, 袁棋挺 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 江苏宿迁火山俱乐部队's supporters rose to their feet, but 袁棋挺 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 洪志笑 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 0-3 became the score in the 92nd minute when 袁棋挺 elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 康珂亦 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 杜帆益 during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When the match was over 江苏宿迁火山俱乐部队 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than 甘肃兰州侠客队 throughout the match.