At 15:30 Beijing time on January 1, the 21st round of the Chinese Super League Championship Group was played twice, Shanghai Harbor drew 2-2 with Shandong Taishan, and Guangzhou defeated Changchun Yatai 2-0. The three AFC Champions League regular tournament places have been officially confirmed, and Changchun Yatai can only qualify for one AFC Champions League play-off.
Before this battle, Shanghai Harbor suffered three consecutive defeats against Shandong Taishan. Less than 8 minutes after the opening, the Shanghai harbor where the all-Chinese class started was attacked by Duan Liuyu, and fell behind 0-1 in an instant. In the second half, Shanghai Harbor was continuously replaced by Two foreign aides of Moi and Oscar, coupled with the outbreak of local striker Hu Jinghang, Shanghai Harbor scored 2 goals in a row to complete the 2-1 counterattack, but did not expect that in the final stage, Wang Shen overpressed the whistle to send points, so that Moises used penalties to draw 2-2, and finally Shanghai Harbor got 3 points to 1 point. However, because Changchun Yatai lost this round, Shanghai Harbor locked the top three in the Chinese Super League in advance, plus the two participating teams in the FA Cup final were the top three teams in the Chinese Super League (Harbor VS Taishan), so the top three of the Chinese Super League directly qualified for the AFC Champions League next season.
At the same time, the Guangzhou team, with the goals of two Evergrande football schools after 00 Ling Jie and Tan Kaiyuan, finally won 2-0 against Changchun Yatai, which also locked the top three positions in the Chinese Super League. At the same time, they extended their lead to 2 points with the Shanghai seaport behind them. Now there is only one suspense left in the Chinese Super League championship group, that is, is the chinese super league runner-up Guangzhou team or Shanghai Harbor? In the last round of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Harbor and Guangzhou team directly confronted each other, Guangzhou team tied to get the runner-up, and Shanghai Harbor must win to complete the sentry counter-overtaking.
After losing 2-0 to Guangzhou, Changchun Yatai trailed Shanghai Haigang, who was third in the Chinese Super League, by four points with only one round left, so they withdrew from the top three of the Chinese Super League one round earlier. However, they have already locked in the top four in advance in the last round, qualifying for the AFC Champions League play-offs as a promoted horse, and are already the biggest dark horse in the Chinese Super League this season.