League Play-Off

四川眉山白鲑代表队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队's 麦耀榕 started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 苏轩乐 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 8th minute, 麦耀榕 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 麦翔远 was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 庞寒川 charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 庞寒川 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 13 played minutes, 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队's 雷振榕 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 麦翔远 came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队 reached it. 麦翔远 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 麦耀榕 in the 15th minute of the match. A collision led to 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队 getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. 余森阳 hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, 苏轩乐 took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for 郭平飞 to make any attempt to save it. After 30 minutes of play, 四川眉山白鲑代表队's 许钢威 made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 郭平飞 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队's 余森阳 got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 43 minutes, 麦耀榕 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 麦耀榕 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for 苏轩乐 to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when 余森阳 got free with 麦翔远 in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 麦耀榕 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. 麦翔远 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 麦凡国 hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 许钢威 in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 郭平飞 saved 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队 from getting behind. In the 66th minute, 余森阳 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. 姚轩弘's late challenge caught a 四川眉山白鲑代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 姚轩弘 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队 getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. 姚轩弘 hit a great ball. 四川眉山白鲑代表队's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 乔扬德 in the 73rd minute. 四川眉山白鲑代表队's 乔扬德 was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but 郭平飞 in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 董亮钢 hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. 78 minutes into the match, 许钢威 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 郭平飞. 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 许钢威 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 麦耀榕 in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 麦翔远 saved 四川眉山白鲑代表队 from getting behind. After a rather tough play, 四川眉山白鲑代表队's 洪希邦 got a free kick in the 86th minute. 麦耀榕 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91st minute 麦耀榕 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 麦翔远 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 麦翔远 made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when 余森阳 sent off a good shot on target. 许钢威 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. 许钢威 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 郭平飞 having to interfere. Many of 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. 香港黄大仙区蝎虎联队 may have spent more time on the ball, but 四川眉山白鲑代表队 were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.