League Play-Off

内蒙呼和浩特西城队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 杜西坤 made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to 内蒙呼和浩特西城队 getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. 狄平明 hit a great ball. After 9 minutes of play, 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's 乔适轩 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 汪明磊 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's 罗霖建 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队 from getting a goal against them. 18 minutes into the game, 杜西坤 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. 汪明磊 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 杜西坤's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 汪明磊 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. In the 26th minute 严霖城 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 罗霖建 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If 严霖城 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If 乔适轩 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 杜西坤 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. 汪明磊 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the game, 杜西坤 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. 汪明磊 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 48th minute 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队 were awarded a corner. 陆国夕 went to the cornerflag to take it. 陆国夕 made a great header on 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's corner, it was just that 内蒙呼和浩特西城队's 汪明磊 managed to reach the ball for a save. After the first half 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队 were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 严霖城 made a kick off. 56 minutes into the game, 卓德骏 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 内蒙呼和浩特西城队 the free kick. 汪明磊 made an important save on a dangerous shot by 乔适轩 in the 62nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's zone, 顾晨卫 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 罗霖建 came out of the goal and 顾晨卫 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 顾晨卫 in the 69th minute of play forced 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's goalkeeper 罗霖建 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 79 played minutes 内蒙呼和浩特西城队 got a freekick which was hit by 狄平明. 严霖城 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 罗霖建 having to interfere. After having played for 89 minutes, 杜西坤 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 杜西坤 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 93 minutes into the match, 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队's goal looked a bit too open when 严霖城 came free, but 罗霖建 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing 天津塘沽区黄蜂代表队 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.