On January 4, Beijing time, the Chinese Super League ushered in the final battle, Taishan team faced Yatai team, in the first half Yatai was led by Li Guangwen to break the goal, and Taishan team fell behind 0-1 in the half. In the second half, Taishan made consecutive substitutions to strengthen the attack, young goalkeeper Lee Guanxi made his league debut, Delgado equalized, and the two teams finally shook hands 1-1 and each scored a point.
Before this game, the Taishan team won the championship in advance, and Yatai also locked the 4th place in advance and qualified for the AFC Champions League play-offs, and the result of the game was irrelevant. In the first leg of this season's two teams, the Tarzans won 2-1.
In this game, Hao Wei continued to rotate the lineup, only Sun Zhunhao started with one foreign aid, but Zheng Zheng, Wang Dalei, Xu Xin, Liu Binbin, Guo Tianyu, Jin Jingdao, etc. all started, Zheng Zheng and Wang Tong partnered in the center back, which is a new combination, there are Moises, Fellaini, Delgado, Zhang Chi and others on the bench, leaving enough backhand. Yatai is almost the main lineup, with Junior, Eric, Oak ray, Tan Long and so on all starting.
After the opening, both teams were mainly stable, did not rush to attack, and competed more in the midfield. In the 7th minute, Liu Binbin crossed from the right, and Guo Tianyu failed to compete for the ball. In the 12th minute, Taishan won a free kick on the right side of the front, Ji Xiang drove into the penalty area, Oakley's header was released first, and Sun Junhao's long-range shot from outside the area was deflected. In the 20th minute, Song Long's cross was directly obtained by Wu Yake.
Twenty minutes later, the Tarzan team played a wonderful match in the front court to create a threat. In the 26th minute, Sun Zhunhao made a mistake in carrying the ball at the back and was robbed, and then Wang Tong's release failed to kick far, Li Guangwen scored a long-range shot from the top of the arc on the right side of the penalty area, and The Taishan team fell behind 0-1. In the 30th minute, Oakley brought down Guo Tianyu and received a yellow card.
Yatai's pressing was very fierce, and the counterattack was also sharp. In the 34th minute, Yatai's corner kick opportunity, Cui Qi's shot was knocked out by Wang Dalei. In the 42nd minute, Sun Junhao fired a free kick and Oaklay grabbed the first point to destroy the ball. At the end of the half, the Taishan team temporarily fell behind 0-1, and the Taishan team had a clear advantage in possession rate, but there were not many threatening shots.
At halftime, The Taishan team made four consecutive substitutions, Delgado, Moises, Shi Ke and Li Guanxi came on, replacing Guo Tianyu, Ji Xiang, Zheng Zheng and Wang Dalei, Kim Kyung-do put on the captain's armband, and the 23-year-old Li Guanxi made his league debut, having previously appeared in the FA Cup. Just 2 minutes into the opening, Tarzan had a great chance, Moises received a clever pass from Tianyu to form a single knife, but his shot was too right by the opposing goalkeeper.
In the 49th minute, The Tarzan team won a free kick opportunity, and Sun Junhao's shot was suspected to hit the arm of the opposing defender, but the video referee did not intervene. In the 58th minute, Liu Binbin's cross from the left was deflected off Moises' header. In the 61st minute, Junior fell to the ground after physical contact with Wang Tong, and the video referee intervened, and there was no penalty.
In the 65th minute, Fellaini came out to replace Kim Kyung-doo, and the Tarzan team ran out of substitutions early, and the captain's armband came to Fellaini. A minute later, The Tarzan team equalized, Moises reversed the triangle to return the pass, Delgado dodged the angle and shot hard to make the score 1-1.
In the 69th minute, Eric's small-angle shot was blocked by Li Guanxi, and this save was crucial. In the 75th minute, Yatai free kick out, Sun Jie snatched a point in front of the goal, the referee first signaled offside, VAR intervened first to confirm that the goal was valid, and then intervened again, this time to confirm that the offside was first, the goal was invalid, the score was still 1-1, this operation is rare.
In the 81st minute, Wang Tong received a yellow card for a defensive foul. In the last 10 minutes, both teams were not conservative, the scene was very open, and both created some chances, but failed to rewrite the score. At the end of the match, Taishan drew 1-1 with Yatai, ending the season with a draw, and taishan will participate in the FA Cup final.