League Play-Off

江苏南通伯爵联队
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队's 高风亮 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. 柳昆昆 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 狄榕强, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 柳昆昆 stood somewhat misplaced when 冯诚希 came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 8 minute. When 狄榕强 fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 江苏南通伯爵联队's protests and gave 狄榕强 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队 booed when 江苏南通伯爵联队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. 狄榕强 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 陶耀威 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 肖西军 in the 18th minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, 江苏南通伯爵联队's goal looked a bit too open when 肖西军 came free, but 陶耀威 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 柳昆昆 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 狄榕强 in the 29th minute of the match. After having played for 30 minutes, 冯诚希 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 江苏南通伯爵联队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 冯诚希 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 狄榕强 in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 柳昆昆 saved 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队 from getting behind. 冯诚希 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. 柳昆昆 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 狄榕强 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 49th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 柳昆昆 having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After a defensive mix-up in 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队's zone, 狄榕强 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 柳昆昆 came out of the goal and 狄榕强 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 罗响风 charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 罗响风 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 56th match minute, 江苏南通伯爵联队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 罗响风 to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute 狄榕强 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 柳昆昆 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 柳昆昆 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 狄榕强, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 76 minutes into the game, 尤凌永 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 江苏南通伯爵联队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队 the free kick. 尤凌永 kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 白迪弘's late challenge caught a 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 白迪弘 helped the player get up and apologised. After 82 played minutes 江苏南通伯爵联队 got a freekick which was hit by 白迪弘. 曾博谦, 84 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 尤凌永 hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by 高风亮 in the 86th minute of play forced 江苏南通伯爵联队's goalkeeper 陶耀威 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute, 狄榕强 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 柳昆昆 was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. After some careless play in the 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队 defense, 狄榕强 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 柳昆昆. The 江苏扬州魔术俱乐部队 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 柳昆昆 should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 101st minute, 冯诚希 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 江苏南通伯爵联队's supporters rose to their feet, but 冯诚希 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 柳昆昆 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 江苏南通伯爵联队's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.