League Play-Off

云南玉溪天狼队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 云南玉溪天狼队's 姜真升 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. 云南玉溪天狼队's 彭翔夕 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 洪亦强 in the 7th minute of play. The audience was convinced that 洪亦强's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 彭翔夕 was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 肖钢晨 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, 云南玉溪天狼队's 麦扬沙 got a free kick in the 17th minute. After having played for 18 minutes, 肖钢晨 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 香港荃湾区潜鱼队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 肖钢晨 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 24th match minute, 云南玉溪天狼队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 叶鹰钢 to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, 姜真升 took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for 汪森晨 to make any attempt to save it. During the 37th minute of the match 麦扬沙 completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave 麦扬沙 a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of 香港荃湾区潜鱼队 booed when 云南玉溪天狼队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. 麦扬沙 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 39 played minutes 香港荃湾区潜鱼队 got a freekick which was hit by 傅挺翀. When 姜真升 came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the 云南玉溪天狼队 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 姜真升 couldn't finish the play. The supporters of 云南玉溪天狼队 booed when 香港荃湾区潜鱼队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. 曾阳松 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, 洪亦强 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 香港荃湾区潜鱼队's supporters rose to their feet, but 洪亦强 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 彭翔夕 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 肖钢晨 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, 云南玉溪天狼队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 汪文梁 to maneuver through the defense. 肖钢晨 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 彭翔夕 having to interfere. With his leg 彭翔夕 managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when 香港荃湾区潜鱼队's 洪亦强 fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If 姜真升 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 汪森晨 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 麦谦适 in the 64th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 70 minutes, 彭翔夕 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 肖钢晨 scored 1-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 彭翔夕, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 74 minutes into the game, 傅挺翀 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 香港荃湾区潜鱼队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 云南玉溪天狼队 the free kick. A collision led to 香港荃湾区潜鱼队 getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. 傅挺翀 hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by 姜真升 in the 78th minute of play forced 香港荃湾区潜鱼队's goalkeeper 汪森晨 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, 云南玉溪天狼队's goal looked a bit too open when 肖钢晨 came free, but 彭翔夕 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 肖钢晨 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 麦谦适's late challenge caught a 香港荃湾区潜鱼队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 麦谦适 helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, 云南玉溪天狼队's 麦谦适 got a free kick in the 91st minute. 麦谦适 got his second yellow card in the match during the 93rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. An unexpected shot in the 95th minute by 洪亦强 got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side.