League Play-Off

江西吉安玄武代表队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 香港元朗区剑客代表队's 俞文平 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. 汪冰南 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. 白谦平 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that 俞文平's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 白谦平 was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 10 minutes into the match, 孔兴云 notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of 香港元朗区剑客代表队's 蒋常俊. 蒋常俊 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 14 played minutes 香港元朗区剑客代表队 got a freekick which was hit by 汪冰南. If 孔兴云 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, 江西吉安玄武代表队's 沈杰杰 got a free kick in the 17th minute. 白谦平 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 俞文平, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 白谦平 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 俞文平 went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 香港元朗区剑客代表队's 蒋常俊 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save 香港元朗区剑客代表队 from getting a goal against them. In the 27th match minute, 江西吉安玄武代表队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 孔兴云 to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute, 汪冰南 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 白谦平 was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 汪冰南 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 白谦平 having to interfere. If 汪冰南 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 江西吉安玄武代表队's 白谦平 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 俞文平 in the 46th minute of play. After the first half 香港元朗区剑客代表队 were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for 温辰扬 to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, 孔兴云 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 汪冰南 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. 白谦平 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If 俞文平 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 俞文平 in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 白谦平 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When 汪冰南 came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the 香港元朗区剑客代表队 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 汪冰南 couldn't finish the play. 江西吉安玄武代表队's 白谦平 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save 江西吉安玄武代表队 from getting a goal against them. In the 65th minute 俞文平 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 白谦平 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 白谦平 was out of position in the 67 minute of play, and 俞文平 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 俞文平 really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. When 沈杰杰 fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 江西吉安玄武代表队's protests and gave 沈杰杰 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of 香港元朗区剑客代表队 booed when 江西吉安玄武代表队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. 沈杰杰 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 蒋常俊 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 孔兴云 went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. If 孔兴云 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 85th minute, 俞文平 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. 86 minutes into the game, 程明青 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 江西吉安玄武代表队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 香港元朗区剑客代表队 the free kick. 程明青 hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute, 汪冰南 made a precise shot to the right of 白谦平. 江西吉安玄武代表队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. The 江西吉安玄武代表队 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. 香港元朗区剑客代表队 were clearly better and deserved to take the win.