League Play-Off

江苏盐城虎鲨队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 马笑霖 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 谢夕骏 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陶亮海 in the 4th minute of the match. When 严适辰 fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 河北张家口探索者队's protests and gave 严适辰 a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, 河北张家口探索者队's 严适辰 got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute, 林竞思 sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and 河北张家口探索者队's 史斌树 didn't even have to move. 河北张家口探索者队's 陶亮海 got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 18 minutes of play, 河北张家口探索者队's 陶亮海 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 谢夕骏 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 顾镇建 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. 谢夕骏 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 陶亮海 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 24thth minute of the game 马笑霖 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 河北张家口探索者队's 史斌树 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 25 played minutes 马笑霖 rounded 河北张家口探索者队's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. If 马笑霖 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 39th minute 顾镇建 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 谢夕骏 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as 江苏盐城虎鲨队's 秦卫锋 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 史斌树. That made the score 2-1 after 41 minutes of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 顾镇建 made a kick off. 陶亮海 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but 谢夕骏 made a huge save. 57 minutes into the match, 江苏盐城虎鲨队's goal looked a bit too open when 顾镇建 came free, but 谢夕骏 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 顾镇建 was extremely unlucky when he, in the 62nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 陶亮海 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but 谢夕骏 made a huge save. After 65 played minutes 江苏盐城虎鲨队 got a freekick which was hit by 任鹰凡. After 70 minutes, 郝远卫 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 河北张家口探索者队 and the 江苏盐城虎鲨队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. 郝远卫 hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. 高朗奕 hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 72nd minute of the match 林竞思 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but 史斌树 skillfully saved the ball. After 75 played minutes 河北张家口探索者队 got a freekick which was hit by 赵瑜岚. 史斌树 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 林竞思 in the 76th minute of play. 谢夕骏 made an important save on a dangerous shot by 陶亮海 in the 79th minute. The supporters of 河北张家口探索者队 booed when 江苏盐城虎鲨队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. 曹思广 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 谢夕骏 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 顾镇建, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 史斌树 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 马笑霖, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to 河北张家口探索者队 getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. 高朗奕 hit a great ball. In the 87thth minute of the game 顾镇建 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 江苏盐城虎鲨队's 谢夕骏 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 林竞思 took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for 史斌树. 河北张家口探索者队's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 河北张家口探索者队's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.