The 17th round of the Chinese Super League began, and the relegation group showdown intensified, and the Dalian people, who had won two consecutive victories, came out of the trough and have now scored 13 points, 2 points away from the relegation zone. In this round, Dalian people against Cangzhou Lions, who originally had the advantage of relegation, but in the opening 2 rounds, 1 draw and 1 loss, has fallen to the second-to-last position, of course, after the last draw with Shenhua, morale was greatly boosted. This confrontation can be described as a game worth 6 points, dalian people as long as they win, the relegation hope is greatly increased, and if the Cangzhou lions can get 3 points, they will achieve a counterattack and regain the initiative in their hands.
Dalian coach Jose platoon is more conservative, the starting lineup sent out the all-Chinese class, and the two foreign aid Larsson and Boateng on the bench, and the use of two U23 forwards on the front line, Shan Huanhuan and Wang Zhen'ao joined hands to start, it seems that the confidence accumulated in the first two games is bursting, of course, Dalian people also hope to train young players; on the contrary, cangzhou lions, Suzu sits on the defensive line, and the two major fronts will Senghor and Oscar are suspended, so the outside world is not too optimistic about the Cangzhou lions to get points.
In the 3rd minute, the Cangzhou Lions shifted the ball to the left, Zheng Zhiyun looked up after getting the ball to observe the position in the penalty area, quickly crossed, Xie Pengfei jumped in the middle of the road to head the ball to break the goal, although the referee signaled the ball from the first out of the bottom line, but after VAR's prompt, the goal was valid, and the Cangzhou Lions scored a goal, leading 1-0.
In the 39th minute, Cangzhou Lions backfield big foot long pass, it is Xie Pengfei again, high-speed insertion to get a single knife opportunity, Dalian goalkeeper attack, but hesitate, Xie Pengfei easily pushed the far corner to win, Cangzhou Lions expanded the advantage, 2-0 lead. After the goal, Xie Pengfei made a celebratory gesture of wearing glasses.
In the 49th minute, Dalian advanced into the penalty area, Park Se-ho was fouled for handball while defending, the referee blew a penalty, and The substitute Boateng scored the ball, dalian people fell behind 1-2.
In the end, the Cangzhou Lions held the fruits of victory, 2-1 to win dalian, Xie Pengfei state broke out, opened twice, helped the team to achieve the first victory in the second stage, the points also surpassed Dalianren, rose to the 4th place, temporarily got rid of the relegation zone, but if you want to completely go out, you need to go further.
In contrast, after Dalian was replaced by foreign aid in the second half, the strength of the team improved, but the time was limited, there were many opportunities but did not translate into goals, and finally swallowed the first defeat of the second stage after 2 consecutive wins, and the current lead was also reduced, and the relegation situation was once again severe.