On the afternoon of January 3, Beijing time, in the final round of the relegation group of the second stage of the 2021 Chinese Super League, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic defeated Wuhan 2-1 and declared the relegation success in the final round. Anderson López scored for Wuhan in the first half, and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic scored two goals in the 63rd and 65th minutes in the second half to achieve a comeback.
Competition Highlights:
Chongqing Thrilling Relegation Success: After reversing the defeat of Wuhan, Chongqing Thrill announced the success of relegation. In the last three rounds of the Chinese Super League this season, Chongqing won 2 wins and 1 draw unbeaten record, and finally secured its own Place in the Chinese Super League.
Wuhan's last 6 rounds without a win are still relegated: After losing to Chongqing, Wuhan team ended the season's Chinese Super League with 6 consecutive rounds of no wins (3 draws and 3 losses), but they still succeeded in early relegation.
Yao Hanlin 8 minutes of touching farewell: Wuhan team captain Yao Hanlin ushered in a farewell battle, after this game, the 37-year-old veteran will officially retire. Yao Hanlin started the game, and the Wuhan team also held a brief farewell ceremony for him before the game. In the 8th minute, No. 8 Yao Hanlin was replaced, and the players from both sides lined up to applaud him, and the scene was touching.
Critical Moments:
In the 36th minute, Anderson Lopez and Dong Xuesheng made a wonderful kick-wall combination, and then he burst into the box and shot calmly and lowly into the bottom left corner, giving Wuhan a 1-0 lead over Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic.
In the 63rd minute, Huang Xiyang's cross from the right corner was met by Luo Hao, who nodded the ball and hit the goal, and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic pulled the score to a 1-1 draw.
In the 65th minute, Huang Xiyang's cross from the right corner, Xu Wu grabbed the first nodding ball to ferry, Sun Kai plugged in the stop ball and shot at the goal, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic 2-1 overtook the lead over Wuhan.
Highlights:
In the opening 4th minute, Feng Jin was injured in a fight with Lin Guoyu and was subsequently replaced by Zhang Xiao. In the 8th minute, Wuhan replaced The No. 8 captain Yao Hanlin.
In the 18th minute, Huang Xiyang's cross from the right corner was blocked by Zhang Xue's header.
In the 27th minute, Zhang Xue's header crossed, Liu Le suddenly fell into the penalty area, but because it was Wuhan defender Li Chao who broke the ball in advance, the referee did not award a penalty.
In the 34th minute, Li Xing's header was crossed, Anderson Lopez stopped the ball in the arc of the penalty arc and turned to shoot, and the ball was saved by Deng Xiaofei.
In the 39th minute, Huang Xiyang's free-kick cross was met by Dong Honglin, who grabbed a nod and the goal was saved by Wang Zhifeng.
In the 48th minute, Wu Qing's cross from the right was pushed out, and Liu Le's volley was saved by Wang Zhifeng.
In the 54th minute, Wu Qing's cross from the right was met by Yin Congyao, who leaned forward and flicked his head to attack the goal outside the right post.
In the 60th minute, Yin Congyao crossed from the right and Wu Qing's header from the back post was saved by Wang Zhifeng on the goal line.
Statistics:
Player Ratings:
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic's Huang Xiyang scored 8 points and Yin Congyao scored 7.6 points.
List of appearances:
Wuhan (3-5-2):
Goalkeeper: 1-Wang Zhifeng;
Defenders: 45 - Lin Guoyu (U23), 6 - Li Chao, 21 - Li Yang (90 minutes, 14 - Zhang Yulong (U23));
Midfielders: 32-Chen Yuhao (U23), 20-Li Xing, 8-Yao Hanlin (8 minutes, 26-Liu Yun), 33-Ye Chongqiu, 7-Luo Yi;
Forwards: 44-Anderson Lopez (54 minutes, 37-Liu Junxian (U23)), 13-Dong Xuesheng
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics (3-4-3):
Goalkeeper: 16-Deng Xiaofei;
Defenders: 6- Jiang Shenglong (U23), 5- Xu Wu, 3- Yang Shuai;
Midfielders: 11-Wu Qing, 24-Baihetiar-Paizila (U23) (38 mins, 4-Luo Hao), 14-Huang Xiyang, 20-Liu Le (55 mins, 31-Zhang Xingbo);
Forwards: 18-Dong Honglin (55 minutes, 19-Sun Xuelong (U23)), 13-Yin Congyao, 7-Feng Jin (8 minutes, 17-Zhang Xiao; 55 minutes, 8-Sun Kai)