On December 15, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers ushered in the second match of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, against the old rival Henan. In the second half, Henan striker Kalanga took advantage of corner kicks to help the team take the lead, and in the last minute, Jinmen Tigers foreign aid Magno used penalties to equalize. The two teams drew 1-1 in the end.
In this game, the formation and starting lineup of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers have been adjusted, from the original 541 to 442, the starting lineup is: goalkeeper Fang Jingqi, the four defenders from left to right are Wang Jianan, Jin Yangyang, Kadar and Yang Zihao, in the midfield, Ilocki, Gao Jiarun, Viginovic and Zhao Ying are outstanding, and the top forwards are two speed forwards Barton and Iloki. The Henan team also sent the main force, and the four major foreign aides of Shunic, Ivo, Kalanga and Dorado all played.
At the beginning of the game, the two teams had more unforced errors, and there were many mistakes in the forward pass, resulting in a seemingly smooth process of the game, but there was no complete offensive process, until the 22nd minute of the game, the Tsumen Tigers found a good opportunity through the big foot long pass, Ilocchi used the speed to grab the long pass, crossed to find The button inserted in the back, the latter made a slight adjustment, and the foot shot hit the defender to pop the bottom line. In the 35th minute, Henan created a scoring opportunity, in the corner attack, Henan team constantly used the cross ball to threaten the Jinmen Tigers penalty area, and finally Zhao Yuhao completed a header to attack the goal, but the slightly smaller strength was directly confiscated by Fang Jingqi.
In the 39th minute, Viginovic's direct pass from the back of the field, Magno's ball in front of the penalty area after the ball on the right side of the Iloki, Ilocchi got the ball directly crossed, Barton inserted in the middle of the road unfortunately was Shunicka in the position of the body did not get the opportunity to get up and hit the goal. In the 45th minute, the Jinmen Tigers won a set-piece opportunity in front of the field, Viginovic took the penalty to drive the ball into the box, and Jin Yangyang's header was deflected out of the goal.
In the 57th minute, Zhao Yingjie's long pass from midfield found Magno on the front line, and Magno took the ball and hit the left foot high. In the 65th minute, the deadlock on the field was finally broken, Henan team Ivo opened a corner, Zhao Yingjie failed to top the front point, Kalanga directly headed the ball into the top. 0:1！
Then the two teams entered a long state of anxiety, although many substitution adjustments were made, but the effect on the offensive end was not great, until the 86th minute, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers created an offensive threat, Kadar backcourt long pass to Xie Weijun on the left side, Xie Weijun passed the ball to the middle, Shi Yan followed up with the ball and was pulled down by the opposing defender, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, Magno's main penalty was blocked by the goalkeeper, fortunately, the Brazilian was very alert to follow up with a header to score the ball! 1:1！
Near the end of the game, the Jinmen Tiger defense made a mistake, Henan team directly looked for Toure on the front line, Fang Jingqi collided with Toure who came to grab the ball when he attacked to catch the ball, but the referee blew a penalty, fortunately, after the reminder of the video assistant referee, the penalty was canceled. In the end, tianjin Jinmen Tigers drew 1:1 with Henan Jianye, and the team achieved two consecutive draws at the beginning of the second stage of the league.
In this game, the Jinmen Tigers changed from the five-back formation in the previous round to play 4 defenders, and the front court sent a speed-type foreign aid Iloki, and the four foreign aides did make the team improve a lot in the strength of the lineup, but the Henan team lineup that also played with four foreign aides was also quite strong, although they did not have too good results in the offensive battle, but they could often use their physical advantages to create offensive threats in the corner set-piece. The lack of offensive strength in the midfield organization made it difficult for the team to create too good offensive opportunities after falling behind, but in the last moments, Xie Weijun and Shi Yan took advantage of an opportunity that was not a chance to get a penalty, helping the team avoid losing. The next round of Tianjin Jinmen Tigers will be played against Qingdao in the afternoon three days later.