League Play-Off

台湾省南投县金牛联队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 中国队's 邓扬誉 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. 中国队's 叶峰昂 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save 中国队 from getting a goal against them. In the 16th minute, 唐文乐 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. 唐文乐 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 谢亮彬 hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. 邱军桑 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. 汪彬崇 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 28 played minutes 中国队 got a freekick which was hit by 邓扬誉. 叶峰昂 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 唐文乐 in the 32nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in 中国队's zone, 唐文乐 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 叶峰昂 came out of the goal and 唐文乐 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 34th match minute, 中国队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 谢亮彬 to maneuver through the defense. 叶峰昂 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 唐文乐, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. An unexpected shot in the 40th minute by 唐文乐 got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 叶峰昂 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 唐文乐, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 叶峰昂 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 唐文乐, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 唐文乐 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as 中国队's 邓扬誉 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 汪彬崇. That made the score 0-1 after 51 minutes of play. After 54 played minutes 台湾省南投县金牛联队 got a freekick which was hit by 赵乐银. 邓扬誉 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. 汪彬崇 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 唐文乐 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. 叶峰昂 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 台湾省南投县金牛联队's 余然 suffered a concussion in the 61st minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. 倪扬凌 charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 倪扬凌 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd minute, 倪扬凌 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 汪彬崇 made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when 肖鹏辉 sent off a good shot on target. 邓扬誉 didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 0-2 via right post in the game's 79th minute. 中国队's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! 82 minutes into the match, 台湾省南投县金牛联队's goal looked a bit too open when 邓扬誉 came free, but 汪彬崇 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If 肖鹏辉 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If 龚适远 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 台湾省南投县金牛联队's 赵乐银 got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 庄迪夕's late challenge caught a 台湾省南投县金牛联队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 庄迪夕 helped the player get up and apologised. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, 龚适远 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 台湾省南投县金牛联队's supporters rose to their feet, but 龚适远 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 叶峰昂 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. During the 91st minute of the match 庄迪夕 completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave 庄迪夕 a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 93 played minutes 中国队 got a freekick which was hit by 庄迪夕. 叶峰昂 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 唐文乐's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched 中国队 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.