League Play-Off

福建莆田白袜队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 江苏苏宁队's 鲁凡坤 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. In the 14th minute, 巩烽阳 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 龙烽天's late challenge caught a 江苏苏宁队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 龙烽天 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 天津河西区11人代表队 getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. 龙烽天 hit a great ball. A collision led to 江苏苏宁队 getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. 孙誉凌 hit a great ball. If 巩烽阳 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When 巩烽阳 came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the 天津河西区11人代表队 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 巩烽阳 couldn't finish the play. After having played for 30 minutes, 谢霖军 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 天津河西区11人代表队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 谢霖军 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that 巩烽阳's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 郭峰沙 was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 33 minutes into the game, 林鹰霆 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 天津河西区11人代表队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 江苏苏宁队 the free kick. The supporters of 江苏苏宁队 booed when 天津河西区11人代表队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. 林鹰霆 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 郭峰沙 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 巩烽阳, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 郭峰沙 came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by 天津河西区11人代表队's 龙烽天. But to his dismay, 龙烽天 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 江苏苏宁队's 郭峰沙 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 龙烽天 in the 47th minute of play. The 江苏苏宁队 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. 天津河西区11人代表队 were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when 龙烽天 made the kick off in the second half. 叶诚凡 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. 林鹰霆 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 江苏苏宁队's 鲁凡坤 got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 郭峰沙 came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by 天津河西区11人代表队's 龙烽天. But to his dismay, 龙烽天 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by 龙烽天 in the 67th minute of play forced 江苏苏宁队's goalkeeper 郭峰沙 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, 巩烽阳 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 天津河西区11人代表队's supporters rose to their feet, but 巩烽阳 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 郭峰沙 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 郭峰沙 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 龙烽天 in the 70th minute of the match. 郭峰沙 made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when 巩烽阳 sent off a good shot on target. In the 74th minute 龙烽天 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郭峰沙 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 龙烽天 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 郭峰沙 having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by 龙烽天 in the 88th minute of play forced 江苏苏宁队's goalkeeper 郭峰沙 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 巩烽阳 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 郭峰沙 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 龙烽天 in the 91st minute of play. In the 92nd minute, 巩烽阳 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 天津河西区11人代表队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. When the match was over 天津河西区11人代表队 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than 江苏苏宁队 throughout the match.