At 15:30 on January 3, the 22nd round of the 2021 Chinese Super League relegation group match was played at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center, and after 90 minutes of fighting, Dalian Renren defeated Qingdao 4-1. In the other two games at the same time, Wuhan lost 1-2 to Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers beat Cangzhou Lions 1-0, and Dalian will play a two-legged Chinese Super League play-off with Chengdu Rongcheng.
In terms of starting lineups, Boateng and Danielson were absent due to injury in this game, Tong Lei was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, and Lin Liangming returned from injury to stand on the bench. The goalkeeper position is Zhang Chong, and on the back line, Sun Guowen, Wang Yaopeng, Dong Yanfeng and He Yupeng are lined up. Zhao Xuri and Huang Jiahui partnered at the back, Tao Qianglong, Larson and Wang Jinxian formed an attacking midfielder, and Shan Huanhuan played the single arrow of the front. In qingdao, a number of U23 players were given the opportunity to play.
After the opening, dalian people had the advantage on the field. In the 10th minute, Dalian's long pass near the center line, Tao Qianglong got the ball and knocked it back, Shan Huan welcomed the ball and shot at the crossbar.
In the 25th minute, He Yupeng swung past the opposing defender in the penalty area, and a shot was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper. In the 36th minute, Sun Guowen crossed from the left, Tao Qianglong's outside foot pocket was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, and Shan Huanhuan astutely scored in front of the goal, which was also the first goal of his career in the Chinese Super League.
In the 42nd minute, Tao Qianglong's low shot was blocked off the line.
At half-time, Dalian led 1-0.
Yi Bian fought again, and in the 46th minute, Larson cleverly passed Tao Qianglong, who swung past the goalkeeper and pushed the empty goal out of the way.
In the 52nd minute, Qingdao Team Wang Hao single-handedly pushed and broke the goal to equalize the score.
In the 55th minute, Tao Qianglong received Larson's pass and shot into the far corner of the penalty area, giving Dalian another lead.
In the 73rd minute, Qingdao's Abdullah was fouled for handball in the penalty area, and Larson was able to do it.
In the 84th minute, Shan Huanhuan clipped the defender twice in the penalty area.
After 2 minutes of injury time, Dalian finally won 4-1.
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Dalian will then play the first leg of the Chinese Super League play-offs with Chengdu Rongcheng on January 8.
Dalian Renren team
1-Zhang Chong, 13-Wang Yaopeng, 14-Huang Jiahui (U23), 22-Dong Yanfeng (80'33-Wang Xianjun (U23)), 7-Zhao Xuri (66'26-Cui Ming'an), 10-Sam Larson (80'29-Sun Bo), 11-Sun Guowen, 18-He Yupeng (U23) (66'4-Li Shuai), 20-Wang Jinxian (55'28-Lin Liangming), 9-Shan Huanhuan (U23), 24-Tao Qianglong (U23)
Qingdao team
1- Li Zhizhao (U23), 2-Jiang Weipeng, 3-Fang Xinfeng (U23), 5-Li Peng, 24-Hu Jiajia (U23), 35-Zhang Haochen (U23), 7-Gao Xiang (35'13 Yang Likai (U23), 21-Wang Wei (46'4 Wang Hao), 29-Ruan Zhexiang, 32-Yang Yu, 30-Abdullah
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