League Play-Off

淮北联合球场
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 曹棋正 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 曹棋正 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. 楚烨弘 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 6th minute, 余真翔 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If 巩斐霖 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, 江苏苏州开拓者俱乐部队's 胡昆迪 got control of the ball when 姜朗强 tried to sneak it across the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, 曹棋正 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 楚烨弘. 淮北联邦's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 曹棋正 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 胡昆迪 made an important save on a dangerous shot by 姜朗强 in the 29th minute. After 29 minutes, 林诚勇 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 江苏苏州开拓者俱乐部队 and the 淮北联邦 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to 江苏苏州开拓者俱乐部队 getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. 林诚勇 hit a great ball. 32 minutes into the match, 曹棋正 notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of 淮北联邦's 楚烨弘. 楚烨弘 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 38th minute, 巩斐霖 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 江苏苏州开拓者俱乐部队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 巩斐霖 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 庄远飞 was the one to do the kick off. 楚烨弘 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 曹棋正, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If 姜朗强 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 62 minutes, 袁梁谦 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 淮北联邦 and the 江苏苏州开拓者俱乐部队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. 袁梁谦 kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, 姜朗强 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 淮北联邦's supporters rose to their feet, but 姜朗强 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 胡昆迪 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of 江苏苏州开拓者俱乐部队 booed when 淮北联邦 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. 袁梁谦 didn't get a good kick on the ball. When 余真翔 fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 淮北联邦's protests and gave 余真翔 a yellow card for diving instead. If 巩斐霖 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 曹棋正 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 楚烨弘 having to make a save. 90 minutes into the match, 江苏苏州开拓者俱乐部队's goal looked a bit too open when 庄远飞 came free, but 胡昆迪 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute 曹棋正 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 楚烨弘 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that 曹棋正's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 楚烨弘 was relentless in the 98th minute of the game.