League Play-Off

江苏扬州冰城代表队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 郝义风 started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, 巩朗响 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 江苏扬州冰城代表队 and the 香港东区潜龙代表队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 played minutes 江苏扬州冰城代表队 got a freekick which was hit by 巩朗响. If 董瑜兴 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 雷洲建 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 郝义风 in the 8th minute of the match. 雷洲建 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 郝义风 in the 11th minute of play. 郝义风's late challenge caught a 江苏扬州冰城代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 郝义风 helped the player get up and apologised. 冯威卫 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 郝思文 having to interfere. In the 15th match minute, 江苏扬州冰城代表队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 郑振寒 to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute, 白沙延 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 郝义风 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute, 董瑜兴 made a precise shot to the right of 雷洲建. 江苏扬州冰城代表队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 冯威卫 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when 温誉 got free with 郝思文 in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 45 minutes of play, 江苏扬州冰城代表队's 冯威卫 made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 郝思文 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 温誉 was the one to do the kick off. 雷洲建 made an important save on a dangerous shot by 董瑜兴 in the 51st minute. 冯威卫 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. 郝思文 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 温誉 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When 冯威卫 came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the 江苏扬州冰城代表队 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 冯威卫 couldn't finish the play. 温誉 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. 郝思文 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 郝义风 in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 雷洲建 saved 江苏扬州冰城代表队 from getting behind. 白沙延 charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 白沙延 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of 香港东区潜龙代表队 booed when 江苏扬州冰城代表队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. 白沙延 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 姚国庭 took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 70th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for 雷洲建. 江苏扬州冰城代表队's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, 温誉 notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of 香港东区潜龙代表队's 郝思文. 郝思文 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 温誉 struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. 郝思文 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 江苏扬州冰城代表队. When 郝义风 came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the 香港东区潜龙代表队 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 郝义风 couldn't finish the play. An unexpected shot in the 93rd minute by 董瑜兴 got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 江苏扬州冰城代表队's 雷洲建 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 郝义风 in the 94th minute of play. 96 minutes into the game, 董瑜兴 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. 雷洲建 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. 香港东区潜龙代表队 walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.