League Play-Off

湖南岳阳城堡代表队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when 杨延迪 got the match started through his kick off. 杨延迪 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 10th minute 杨延迪 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 叶希浩 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by 杨延迪 in the 15th minute of play forced 上海申花's goalkeeper 叶希浩 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 倪翔志 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 雷坤霆 in the 17th minute of the match. 乔军义 hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 曾誉希 was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 19th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 叶希浩 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 杨延迪 in the 21st minute of play. 湖南岳阳城堡代表队's 罗西阳 got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 27 played minutes 上海申花 got a freekick which was hit by 任耀洋. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by 上海申花's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 曾誉希 was slow to take the kick. During this time 湖南岳阳城堡代表队's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in 曾誉希 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 上海申花's 叶希浩 did a great save. 董泉彬's late challenge caught a 湖南岳阳城堡代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 董泉彬 helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, 上海申花's 董泉彬 got a free kick in the 30th minute. 湖南岳阳城堡代表队's 罗西阳 got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of 上海申花 booed when 湖南岳阳城堡代表队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. 任星国 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 罗西阳 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but 叶希浩 made a huge save.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 雷坤霆 to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, 罗西阳 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 湖南岳阳城堡代表队's supporters rose to their feet, but 罗西阳 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 叶希浩 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When 史铮凡 fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 上海申花's protests and gave 史铮凡 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of 湖南岳阳城堡代表队 booed when 上海申花 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. 史铮凡 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 湖南岳阳城堡代表队's 罗西阳 got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 叶希浩 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 杨延迪 in the 69th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in 上海申花's zone, 罗西阳 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 叶希浩 came out of the goal and 罗西阳 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 罗西阳 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. 叶希浩 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st minute, 杨延迪 made a precise shot to the right of 叶希浩. 上海申花's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. When 杨延迪 came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the 湖南岳阳城堡代表队 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 杨延迪 couldn't finish the play. 雷坤霆 might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 倪翔志. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 雷坤霆 ran back to his position shaking his head. 罗西阳 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. 叶希浩 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 罗西阳 scored 4-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 叶希浩, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. There was no doubt that 湖南岳阳城堡代表队 were the better team. 湖南岳阳城堡代表队's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.