On January 1, Beijing time, the 21st round of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou defeated Changchun Yatai 2-0, and Shanghai Harbor sent points in the 94th minute, drawing 2-2 with Shandong Taishan. Three days later, Shanghai Harbor played a direct match against Guangzhou and decided to be the runner-up in the Chinese Super League, with Guangzhou currently leading by 2 points. It is worth mentioning that guangzhou has never fallen out of the top two in the past 10 seasons after being promoted to the Chinese Super League.
Facing Yatai, who has performed well this season, Guangzhou took the lead in the 73rd minute, He Chao sent a straight plug in the middle, Yan Dinghao knocked back, and then Yang Liyu assisted, and the young player Ling Jie inserted a swing to open the goal to complete the goal. After scoring, Tan Kaiyuan replaced Ling Jie, who had cramps in his legs. In the 83rd minute, Deng Hanwen crossed the top with a long pass, and the young player Tan Kaiyuan inserted a volley to break the goal, and finally Guangzhou scored 3 points 2-0. Guangzhou has won three consecutive games, and is unbeaten in the last 6 rounds, and has completed clean sheets in the last 5 games. Coach Zheng Zhi started and played the whole field, and he was also very happy after the game.
In another game, in the 8th minute, Taishan took the lead, Duan Liu Yu led the ball in the penalty area and shot low into the far corner, Taishan 1-0 harbor. In the 69th minute, Li Shenglong cleverly returned with his heels, Hu Jinghang scored a strong shot, and the harbor was tied 1-1. In the 76th minute, Moi counter-attacked with the ball, Hu Jingxing knocked back, and Mui qiao scored. Time passed by minute by minute, time passed 94 minutes to the second reading stage, Wang Shenchao interfered with Moises behind the eating of the red package, and finally Wang Shenchao was sent off, and the Taishan team relied on Moises' 96th minute penalty to draw, and the two sides shook hands 2-2.
In this way, Guangzhou team 13 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses accumulated 44 points, Shanghai Harbor 12 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses accumulated 42 points, the two sides entered the final round. Perhaps no one thought that the Guangzhou team still had a good chance to win the second place in the Chinese Super League in the final round in the case of the all-Chinese class. In the history of the Chinese Super League, since dominating the Chinese Super League in 2011, Guangzhou has won 8 championships and 2 runners-up in the past 10 seasons, that is to say, Guangzhou has never fallen out of the top two.
Today, the Guangzhou team is not what it used to be, but the team led by Zheng Zhi still has a good chance to end up in the second place. Of course, on paper, the Shanghai seaport has surpassed the Guangzhou team, but the Guangzhou team of the all-China class cannot be ignored! All in all, who can win the second place in the Chinese Super League in the final round, we will wait and see.