At 18:00 Beijing time on December 26, 2021, the 19th round of the Chinese Super League (the fifth round of the championship group) began, Shanghai Harbor vs Shenzhen team. In the first half, the two teams were 1-1, and in the second half, Hong Kong scored two more goals. In the end, they defeated Shenzhen 3-1, and Haigang won their first victory after 2 rounds of 1 loss and 1 draw.
Shanghai Harbour is currently ranked 3rd in the championship group with 35 points, while Shenzhen is 5th with 29 points. In the history of Harbor, the previous five times against Shenzhen, two of which were in the 2012 season of the Chinese League A, Harbor remained unbeaten.
First, let's take a look at the starting lineup, the Harbor team lined up a 4231 formation, goalkeeper Yan Junling; the four defenders were Li Shenyuan, He Xi, Wei Zhen and Yu Hai; the 2 backs were Mu Yi and Wang Shenchao; the 3 defenders were Lu Wenjun, Paulinho and Oscar, and the forward was U21 youngster Liu Zhurun. The total value of this starting line-up reached 29.65 million euros, ranking first among the Chinese Super League teams.
The Shenzhen team lined up in a 442 formation, goalkeeper Zhang Lu; in the four-guard system, Pei Shuai and Yuan Mincheng were in the center, Jiang Zhipeng and Ye Lijiang were left and right; the four midfielders were Achim Peng, Zhang Yuan, Li Yuanyi and Zheng Dalun; and the two forwards were Caldek and Juan Quintero. The total value of this starting lineup is 14.82 million euros, with an average age of 28.1 years.
After the game began, the Harbor team attacked fiercely, and in the 3rd minute, Lu Wenjun completed a header that was blocked by the goalkeeper; in the 8th minute, the Harbor youngster Liu Zhurun completed his first goal in the Chinese Super League. At that time, Oscar in the middle of the road received Mui's oblique pass to the right side of the front, Li Shenyuan countered the offside pressure on the easy cross, the front point Liu Zhurun followed up with the head hammer to break the goal, SIPG 1-0 Shenzhen!
After the Shenzhen team lost the goal, it also quickly stabilized its position and played a high-quality counterattack in succession. In the 17th minute, Shenzhen equalized. At that time, Achim Peng burst into the left side of the harbor team penalty area and scored from a small angle, and the Shenzhen team made it 1-1 to Shanghai Harbor.
In the 61st minute of the second half, Oscar sent a wonderful pass! Li Shenyuan on the back of the insertion of a volley pad to shoot through the goal! Shanghai Harbor 2-1 Shenzhen team.
In the 68th minute, Harbor's Paulinho broke into the penalty area and was tripped by a Shenzhen player, the referee judged it to be a penalty after personally inspecting the VAR, Oscar scored the penalty, and Harbor took a 3-1 lead.
In the end, the Harbor team defeated the Shenzhen team 3-1. Bring the team's points to 38 points, temporarily ranking second. Of course, even winning three consecutive games basically means that The Harbour team has no chance of winning this season.
This game also set 3 new records. First, Harbor youngster Liu Zhurun scored his debut goal in the Chinese Super League, he scored at the age of 20 years and 81 days, he set the youngest goal record holder in the history of Harbor; second, Harbor held a 9-year unbeaten record against Shenzhen, the first time the two teams met in the second round of the Chinese First Division on March 24, 2012, and the two teams have met five times since then;
Third, as of this game, the number of assists for the harbor foreign player Oscar has reached 11, thus leading the assist list. Last season, Oscar had just eight assists.