At 15:30 Beijing time on January 1, the 21st round of the Chinese Super League (championship group), Shandong Taishan played against Shanghai Harbor. In the opening 8 minutes, Duan Liu Yu went to the next city first, helping Shandong Taishan to take a 1-0 lead.
In the 8th minute, Liu Yang and Duan Liu Yu played 4 2 on the left side of the penalty area, and finally Duan Liu Yu snatched a low shot in front of Zhang Yi's body, and Shandong Taishan took a 1-0 lead.
Shandong Taishan has won the championship three rounds in advance after the 2-0 victory over Hebei, while Shanghai Harbor has locked in the top four of the Chinese Super League, only locked in an AFC Champions League play-off place, but has not yet locked a qualification for the AFC Champions League.
Before this campaign, Shanghai Harbor had lost 3 consecutive games in all competitions against Shandong Taishan. Moreover, this season was originally the best opportunity for Shanghai Harbor to win the championship, and as a result, the championship was snatched away by Shandong Taishan. In all aspects, Shanghai Harbor's battle intention for this game should be stronger than that of Shandong Taishan.
Although Shanghai Harbour is still 3 points ahead of Changchun Yatai, who is no. 4 in the Chinese Super League, with only 2 rounds left, in fact, there is no need to worry too much about falling out of the top three. Just did not expect that the first leg by Shandong Taishan 2-0 defeat of Shanghai Harbor, this round actually sent out the all-Chinese class, the starting lineup is mostly marginal players, even Fu Huan, who has not appeared for a long time, has won the starting appearance, Yan Junling, Lu Wenjun, Oscar, Mu Yi and He Xi, these absolute main players are all on the bench. Although There are also some forces left in Shandong Taishan, Moises, Xu Xin, Guo Tianyu and Jin Jingdao are on the bench, but they still play the main players such as Sun Zhunhao, Duan Liuyu, Shi Ke, Zheng Zheng, Wang Dalei and Liu Yang.
Shandong Taishan has locked in next season's AFC Champions League as the champion of the Chinese Super League, while Shanghai Harbor has two ways to win the AFC Champions League, the first is to keep the top three in the Chinese Super League, and the second is to win the FA Cup. Perhaps, Shanghai Harbor is already considering the FA Cup final with Shandong Taishan in 8 days. Five days before playing the FA Cup final with Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Harbor also played the last round of the Chinese Super League with Guangzhou.
Whether it is from the process or the data, this first half is really boring, the two sides have only 3 shots on goal, and SIPG has 57% of the possession and only 1 shot on goal.