League Play-Off

江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 湖南怀化热火代表队's 秦傲峰 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 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队's goalkeeper 冯荣磊, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 10 minutes, 钱洲潮 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队 and the 湖南怀化热火代表队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 10 played minutes 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队 got a freekick which was hit by 钱洲潮. After having played for 11 minutes, 胡永骋 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 湖南怀化热火代表队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 胡永骋 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In a very dangerous position, a player in 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! If 胡永骋 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When 杨彬岩 came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the 湖南怀化热火代表队 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 杨彬岩 couldn't finish the play. 21 minutes into the match, 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队's goal looked a bit too open when 胡永骋 came free, but 冯荣磊 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that 秦傲峰's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 冯荣磊 was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. 杨彬岩 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 冯荣磊 having to interfere. 江珂扬's late challenge caught a 湖南怀化热火代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 江珂扬 helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队's 江珂扬 got a free kick in the 25th minute. 32 minutes into the match, 湖南怀化热火代表队's goal looked a bit too open when 江珂扬 came free, but 于辉崇 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that 王正傲's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 冯荣磊 was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队's 冯荣磊 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 秦傲峰 in the 35th minute of play. After a rather tough play, 湖南怀化热火代表队's 秦傲峰 got a free kick in the 39th minute. In the 40th match minute, 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 赵光鹰 to maneuver through the defense. 冯荣磊 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 胡永骋 in the 44th minute of play. The 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. 湖南怀化热火代表队 were winning 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 钱洲潮 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If 胡永骋 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, 杨彬岩 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 湖南怀化热火代表队's supporters rose to their feet, but 杨彬岩 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 冯荣磊 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 赵光鹰 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. 于辉崇 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 曾思剑 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 冯荣磊 having to interfere. 江笑桦 might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 冯荣磊. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 江笑桦 ran back to his position shaking his head. During the 79th minute of the match 赵光鹰 completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave 赵光鹰 a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. 胡永骋 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. 冯荣磊 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 杨彬岩 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. 冯荣磊 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when 胡永骋 scored to the left of an out of position 冯荣磊, making the score, 1-4. 胡永骋s short, quick shot in the 91stth minute got 冯荣磊 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 曾思剑 was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 95th minute. 湖南怀化热火代表队's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After a defensive mix-up in 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队's zone, 杨彬岩 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 冯荣磊 came out of the goal and 杨彬岩 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 柳宽广 hit a great freekick 98 minutes into the match. 湖南怀化热火代表队 played a much better game than 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队 and deserved their victory. The 江西南昌县莲塘俱乐部队 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.