League Play-Off

江西南昌潜鱼联队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 石烽远 kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, 江西南昌潜鱼联队's 郝响斌 got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 邓战彬 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 石烽远 in the 4th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as 江西南昌潜鱼联队's 倪辉霆 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 陈辉烨. That made the score 1-0 after 9 minutes of play. A collision led to 辽宁沈阳神舟队 getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. 庞景桦 hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in 江西南昌潜鱼联队's zone, 石烽远 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 邓战彬 came out of the goal and 石烽远 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, 石烽远 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 辽宁沈阳神舟队's supporters rose to their feet, but 石烽远 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 邓战彬 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 邓战彬 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 罗响崇 went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 邓战彬 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 石烽远, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 邓战彬 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 罗响崇 in the 29th minute of play. 31 minutes into the game, 罗响崇 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 辽宁沈阳神舟队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 江西南昌潜鱼联队 the free kick. The supporters of 江西南昌潜鱼联队 booed when 辽宁沈阳神舟队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. 罗响崇 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 33 minutes, 罗响崇 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 辽宁沈阳神舟队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 罗响崇 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 邓战彬 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 石烽远's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. 江广博 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. 陈辉烨 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 罗响崇 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. 邓战彬 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 陈辉烨 made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when 江广博 sent off a good shot on target. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 倪辉霆 made a kick off. After 52 minutes of play, 江西南昌潜鱼联队's 江广博 made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 陈辉烨 was left in no man's land by his defense there! 江西南昌潜鱼联队's 邓战彬 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save 江西南昌潜鱼联队 from getting a goal against them. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind 辽宁沈阳神舟队's goalkeeper 陈辉烨, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 石烽远's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 邓战彬 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, 石烽远 took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for 邓战彬 to make any attempt to save it. After 68 minutes, 邓风庭 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 江西南昌潜鱼联队 and the 辽宁沈阳神舟队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. 邓风庭 kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. When 石烽远 came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the 辽宁沈阳神舟队 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 石烽远 couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when 罗响崇 got free with 邓战彬 in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If 石烽远 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 邓战彬 made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when 孔耀桑 sent off a good shot on target. When 石烽远 came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the 辽宁沈阳神舟队 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 石烽远 couldn't finish the play. 罗响崇 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 辽宁沈阳神舟队 were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.