On the evening of December 21, 2021, Beijing time, the fourth round of the relegation group of the second stage of the Chinese Super League began, Qingdao vs Dalianren. Towards the end of the first half, Qingdao scored a goal. In the opening three minutes of the second half, Dalian equalized, after which foreign player Larsson scored a counter-goal. In the end, Dalian overtook Qingdao 2-1 and defeated the opponent.
At present, Qingdao is the last place in the relegation group (8th place) and dalian is in 6th place, with a 3-point gap between the two. In the history of the two teams, Dalian has a slight advantage with 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
In the last round, Qingdao beat the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers 2-1, thus ending an 11-game losing streak. Dalian, on the other hand, was defeated 1-2 by the Cangzhou Lions in the previous round, scoring the first defeat in the second stage.
In the starting lineup, Qingdao lined up in a 352 formation, goalkeeper Li Zhizhao; 3 defenders were Liu Jiashen, Wang Hao and Liu Jian; 5 midfielders were Ji Xiaoxuan, Zhu Ting, Lü Peng, Ruan Zhexiang, Mai Mai Ti Abdullah Azimati; two forwards were Gao Xiang and Alexandrini. The total value of this starting line-up is 1.42 million euros, with an average age of 29.6 years.
Dalian's starting formation is 4231, goalkeeper Zhang Chong; 4 defenders are Li Shuai, Wang Yaopeng, Dong Yanfeng and Tong Lei; 2 defenders are Wu Wei and Cui Ming'an; 3 forwards Tao Qianglong, Larson and Sun Guowen, and the single forward is Boateng.
In the 7th minute after the start of the game, Qingdao's No. 10 foreign aid Alexandrini was "injured" by Dalian and was helplessly replaced by Hu Jiajia. In the 12th minute, Dalian's Li Shuai broke through on the left and crossed Boateng, whose shot was a millimeter.
In the 23rd minute, Dalian's Li Shuai shoveled Ji Xiaoxuan and received a yellow card. In the 43rd minute, Qingdao won a corner kick opportunity, Ji Xiaoxuan opened a corner on the right, Liu Jiashen's header broke the deadlock, and Qingdao led Dalianren 1-0.
In the first half, Qingdao temporarily took the lead. From the data of the first half, although the possession rate, the number of attacks and other aspects are not as good as Dalian, but the tactics of Qingdao team are very appropriate and targeted, in terms of the number of shots, Qingdao team has a total of 9 shots and 5 shots on target in the first half, while Dalian team only has 5 shots on goal and 0 shots on target.
At the beginning of the second half, considering Dong Yanfeng's abnormal performance in the first half, Jose replaced Dong Yanfeng with Huang Jiahui. And this substitution also quickly paid off. In the 48th minute, Dalian's Tong Lei broke through on the right and crossed, Boateng's header was scored, and the ball was scored, Dalian people 1-1 Qingdao.
In the 73rd minute, Sun Guowen stepped on the scramble with Lü Peng after passing, and the referee on duty, Niu Minghui, showed Sun Guowen a yellow card after going to the sideline to watch the VAR return defense. Frankly speaking, this action should be a red card, and it can also be regarded as a referee's net.
In the 78th minute, Tong Lei ran to create space for Tao Qianglong, Tao Qianglong crossed from the right, Larson stopped the ball in the penalty area and directly hit the goal, Dalian renren overtook Qingdao 2-1.
In the end, Dalian defeated Qingdao 2-1 to achieve the third victory of the second stage of the Chinese Super League. Dalian also came to 6 points, thus surpassing Chongqing in the 5th place in the Chinese Super League, throwing off the relegation zone by 5 points.
This game also set 3 major records. First, since 2017, Dalian has remained unbeaten against Qingdao three times, counting up, Dalian has remained unbeaten against Qingdao for 4 years; second, Dalian has achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss in 4 rounds of matches, setting the best record in the past two seasons. In the third, 84th minute, Zheng Long came on and replaced Larson, the hero of the goal, but then after two minutes, he was replaced by He Yupeng. It also set the shortest time for a substitute to play.
For this game, Dalian fans still have great doubts about Jose's platoon arrangement. A Dalian fan said: Cui Ming'an is an organizational back organization, refers to organizing teammates to drink and string after the game? Another fan believes: Without a serious forward, not playing on the side of the cross, Jose's brain has broken down? The Dalian team kicked at the flying saucer in the sky? Basically, it is in the front court for half a day and then kick the cannon to fly, don't look at the first two games to win, Dalian's current shooting and sports battle score is basically 0, that Boateng's current shooting, and the local players are no different.