League Play-Off

山东淄博大鲨鱼队
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. 龚铮珂 started the match with the kick off. 温霆震's late challenge caught a 山东东营男爵代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 温霆震 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, 温霆震 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 5 minutes of play, 山东东营男爵代表队's 曾云磊 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 肖天悦 was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, 山东淄博大鲨鱼队's 卓强沙 got a free kick in the 9th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 卓强沙 in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 郝威剑 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 温霆震 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 郝威剑 having to interfere. 17 minutes into the game, 温霆震 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. 郝威剑 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee gave 山东淄博大鲨鱼队 a penalty, 25 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by 尤铮雄, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of 山东东营男爵代表队's 郝威剑. 2-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 卓强沙 in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 郝威剑 saved 山东东营男爵代表队 from getting behind. 温霆震 struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. 郝威剑 didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 山东淄博大鲨鱼队. After 31 minutes, 康明云 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 山东东营男爵代表队 and the 山东淄博大鲨鱼队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. 郝威剑 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 卓强沙, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. If 卓强沙 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 郝威剑 was a little too slow when 卓强沙 got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 39th minute. The score was now 3-1. 卓强沙 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. 郝威剑 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for 卓强沙 to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, 山东淄博大鲨鱼队's 肖天悦 got control of the ball when 曾云磊 tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in 山东东营男爵代表队's zone, 余晨远 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 郝威剑 came out of the goal and 余晨远 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 卓强沙 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. 郝威剑 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 龚铮珂 was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 74th minute. 山东东营男爵代表队's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 77th minute, 卓强沙 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 山东淄博大鲨鱼队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. In the 80th minute 温霆震 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郝威剑 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 郝威剑 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 卓强沙, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 86th minute, 龚铮珂 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. 康明云 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. 肖天悦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If 温霆震 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The 山东淄博大鲨鱼队 fans cheered their team off the field, for while 山东东营男爵代表队 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.