The 21st round of the Chinese Super League is all over, with Guangzhou defeating Yatai 2-0 and winning 3 consecutive games, Guangzhou and Haigang locked in the top 3 in advance and won the AFC Champions League place next season, and Yatai needed to start from the play-offs.
Guangzhou team this round to face Yatai, although it is an all-Chinese class battle, but the recent Guangzhou team is in very good shape, after successive victories over Guoan and Hebei. In the first half, Yan Dinghao hit the upright, and Zheng Zhi and Sun Jie clashed at one point, and the half was tied 0-0. In the 72nd minute of the second half, 18-year-old Ling Jie broke the deadlock, and then Tan Kaiyuan locked the score at 2-0, and Guangzhou won 2-0 against Yatai to win three consecutive games.
18-year-old Ling Jie and 20-year-old Tan Kaiyuan are consecutive goals, although there is no foreign aid, but under the leadership of Zheng Zhi, Guangzhou team still showed a strong fighting ability, 41-year-old Zheng Zhi played the whole round, and the match with Guoan played 61 minutes, the overall performance of guangzhou team is still respectable.
After winning this victory, Guangzhou team ranked 2nd with 44 points, Harbor team ranked 3rd with 42 points, Andatai who was 4th accumulated 38 points, Guangzhou and Harbor locked the top 3 positions in advance and got the main tournament place in next season's AFC Champions League, and Yatai started from the playoffs. In the final round, Guangzhou will play directly against the harbor, and Guangzhou only needs a draw to secure the runner-up.
In the other two matches, Guoan drew 1-1 with Guangzhou City, Zhang Yuning and Li Tixiang scored one goal each, Guoan did not win in 6 consecutive rounds, and Zhang Yuning, who scored a goal, scored 10 personal goals, equalizing Guo Tianyu, and the attribution of the local top scorer is still in suspense. Shenzhen beat Hebei 1-0, And Kaldek scored the only goal of the game, and the number of individual goals reached 11, rising to the second place in the top scorers list.
There is still last suspense left in the relegation group, Qingdao has fallen into the relegation zone ahead of schedule and will participate in the play-offs, and another place will be created between Dalian Renren, Jinmen Tiger and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, Dalian People's situation is the worst, and the initiative is no longer in their own hands.
According to media reports, on the afternoon of January 4, after the match between Taishan and Yatai, a simple award ceremony will be held, and Chen Shuyuan will award the Chinese Super League championship trophy Vulcan Cup to Taishan.