Due to the impact of the epidemic in Guangzhou, the second round of the Shandong Taishan and Beijing Guoan matches in the Chinese Super League championship group at 6 p.m. on Thursday needed to be changed from Huadu Stadium to University Town Center Stadium, so the shanghai seaport and Guangzhou City matches that were originally held at the University Town Center Stadium were temporarily postponed from 8 pm to 9:15 pm.
In the match, which did not end until more than 11 p.m., harbor team won 1:0 with Lu Wenjun's goal score in the first half. While winning two consecutive victories in the championship group, Changchun Yatai, who has surpassed this round of draws, has climbed to the second position in the standings.
Before the game, Harbor coach Lecco said that he absolutely supports the postponement of the tournament due to epidemic prevention reasons, but from the point of view of time, it will have a certain impact on the players.
The course of the game seems to be like this, the first half of the Harbor team created a lot of scoring opportunities, completely occupied the initiative of the game, and in the second half, that is, the time when the players have rested, the Harbor team obviously declined in form, and even almost equalized by Guangzhou City.
If you only look at the first half, the harbor team's advantage in front of Guangzhou City is overwhelming. In the 10th minute, Oscar scored with a long-range shot from the world wave, but Mui, who assisted him, stopped the ball with a handball first, and the VAR video referee cancelled the goal. But just five minutes later, Harbour scored the winning goal of the game, Oscar fired a tactical corner, Paulinho crossed from the bottom and Lu Wenjun grabbed the point in front of the goal.
After that, the Harbor team still has a lot of opportunities, if it is not the opposing goalkeeper Han Jiaqi's heroic performance, the half-time score should not be only 1:0.
Guangzhou City took the initiative to press the formation forward in the second half and strengthened the attack. The Harbors have significantly declined in the intensity of defensive pressing and the efficiency of the offensive organization. Although there were still some scoring opportunities, such as Oscar's direct free-kick that unfortunately hit the crossbar, it also gave the opponent many opportunities to equalize.
Fortunately, in the end, the Harbor team still maintained a 1-0 advantage until the end of the game. The next thing they have to do is seize the time to rest and then prepare for this Sunday's key battle with Shandong Taishan.
At present, in the championship table, although the Harbor team has ranked second with six consecutive points at the beginning, Shandong Taishan, who has also won two consecutive games, still maintains the 5-point advantage brought by the first stage.
The Harbour team needs to at least be unbeaten against the leader to keep the possibility of continuing to catch up. Of course, winning is better, and it can directly narrow the point gap between the two teams to 2 points.
However, in this Sunday's top battle in the Chinese Super League, the Harbor team does not have an advantage in strength. In particular, Shandong Taishan's five foreign aides are in order, and the harbor team will only be Oscar and Muyi's double foreign aid. Paulinho was suspended after receiving a yellow card against Guangzhou City.
In the first two games of the championship group, the smooth coordination of the harbor team's three foreign players in the front court was the key to the team's attacking distance, and the first goal of the two games was assisted by Paulinho.
The following top battle, in the absence of a strong striker, lost an important offensive foreign aid, and the prospects of the Harbor team are not optimistic.
Coach Lecco also said after the game that he regretted Paulinho's suspension, and even a little frustrated, "The next game is a top competition in the Chinese Super League. Unfortunately, in such a game, Paulinho could not play without being suspended. Over the course of a year, we have experienced foreign player absences and injuries, and we have worked hard for a long time. Very good and very important players can not play, my personal feeling is very regretful, very sad, this is a very difficult situation. ”