League Play-Off

THE DRAGON CAVE
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 周远泉 started the match with the kick off. 杨昂希's late challenge caught a 吉林松原奇异果代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 杨昂希 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SHANGHAI COSMOS getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. 杨昂希 hit a great ball. 吴天风 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 周远泉 in the 5th minute of the match. 吴天风 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 曹钢骋 in the 6th minute of play. The audience was convinced that 曹钢骋's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 吴天风 was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 吴天风 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 周远泉 in the 9th minute of the match. The supporters of 吉林松原奇异果代表队 booed when SHANGHAI COSMOS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. 王博德 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute, 鲁国适 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th minute 周远泉 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 吴天风 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 陈源泉 kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. 吴天风 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 肖鹰勇, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the match, SHANGHAI COSMOS's goal looked a bit too open when 曹钢骋 came free, but 吴天风 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute 周寒军 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 吴天风 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, SHANGHAI COSMOS's 魏震岚 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 庄乐鹏. 庄乐鹏 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 吴天风 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 周远泉, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for 孙旭鸿 to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in 吉林松原奇异果代表队's zone, 魏震岚 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 庄乐鹏 came out of the goal and 魏震岚 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 63 minutes into the game, SHANGHAI COSMOS's 孙旭鸿 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 庄乐鹏 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. If 孙旭鸿 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 孙旭鸿 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庄乐鹏 having to interfere. 崔帆洲 kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind 吉林松原奇异果代表队's goalkeeper 庄乐鹏, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 莫洋庭 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庄乐鹏 having to interfere. 庄乐鹏 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 杨昂希 in the 77th minute of play. 孙旭鸿 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庄乐鹏 having to interfere. 孙旭鸿 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. 庄乐鹏 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th minute, 魏震岚 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. 魏震岚 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庄乐鹏 having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in 吉林松原奇异果代表队's zone, 孙旭鸿 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 庄乐鹏 came out of the goal and 孙旭鸿 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, 吉林松原奇异果代表队's 鲁国适 got a free kick in the 95th minute.