After 119 days, the Chinese Super League finally resumed, and the 4 games in the relegation group ended on the 12th, Li Jinyu led the Wuhan team to defeat the Cangzhou Lions 4-2, won the opening red, and got the key 3 points. Qingdao lost 0-3 to Shanghai Shenhua, ranking at the bottom of the 10-game losing streak, and the prospects for relegation are not optimistic. Dalian beat Henan 1-0 to get a valuable 3 points, while Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and Chongqing shook hands 1-1.
This season's Chinese Super League is divided into two stages, the first stage is played in 14 rounds, the last 4 in Guangzhou and Suzhou are in the relegation group, and the second stage has 8 rounds. Due to the impact of the World Preliminary Round, the Chinese Super League has a break of more than three months, and the teams can only train and adjust on their own, during which only the FA Cup matches. During the long interval, new changes have also taken place in the teams of the Chinese Super League, and the Wuhan team has adjusted its manager. Li Xiaopeng became the manager of the national team, Li Jinyu took his place and became the manager of the Wuhan team, and the match between Wuhan and Cangzhou on the 12th was Li Jinyu's official coaching of the Wuhan team.
This is the first time that Li Jinyu has been the manager of the Chinese Super League team alone, and he bluntly said at the pre-match press conference that he was very nervous, but in the game, his platoon and command were still very comfortable. Wuhan only played a single foreign aid Lopez, in the first stage they only won one game, the points are 11 points, Cangzhou Lions also changed coaches in the interval, Sablić replaced Gutby, they scored 10 points in the first stage, and the foreign aid Suzu and Oscar started in this game.
Judging from the progress of the game, the Cangzhou lions dominated in the first 20 minutes, and Oscar took the lead for Cangzhou. As the game deepened, Wuhan team found the initiative, Arthur Junmin assisted Yang Boyu's header to equalize, Huang Zichang made a penalty, Lopez hit the penalty, and Wuhan completed a 2-1 reversal in the first half. In the second half of the game, Yang Yun equalized for the Cangzhou Lions, Arthur Junmin assisted Lopez's single knife to break the goal, Wuhan took the lead again, Huang Zichang single knife caused Su Zu to swing oolong, Wuhan team locked up the win 4-2, Li Jinyu led the team to get the opening red. It should be pointed out that Arthur Junmin played well in this game, not only delivering two assists, but also stealing and attacking many times, and his rating after the game was 8.3 points, the highest in the game, showing the value of the veteran.
Wuhan won the second victory of the Chinese Super League of the season, reaching 14 points and holding the initiative in relegation. In the next round of matches, Wuhan team played against Qingdao, which was also a very crucial matchup. Qingdao lost 0-3 to Shanghai Shenhua in the match on the 12th, suffering 10 consecutive defeats and ranking at the bottom with 7 points. This season, qingdao team has been full of difficulties, and the problem of salary arrears in the whole team has never been solved. After 10 consecutive defeats, it is difficult for them to have any hope of winning against Wuhan, and Li Jinyu will lead the team to fully impact the winning streak.
In the other two matches, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers drew 1-1 with Chongqing, Feng Jin took the lead for Chongqing, and Tianjin new foreign aid Vinović scored an equalizer with a free kick, and both teams scored 1 point. Dalian beat Henan 1-0 to reach 10 points, equalizing Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and Cangzhou Lions to move up to 5th in the relegation group, with Larson scoring the only goal of the game in the 82nd minute.