At 15:30 this afternoon, the first leg of the 2021 Chinese Super League promotion and relegation play-off, Qingdao's match against Zhejiang was played at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center. In the first half, Frank's supplementary shot helped Zhejiang team open the record; Yibian fought again, Zhejiang team missed many good opportunities to score goals; finally, the whole game ended, Zhejiang team won 1-0 against Qingdao, taking advantage of the two-legged game.
This season's Qingdao team in the club encountered financial difficulties, there is a large area of salary arrears, the competitive state plummeted, the whole season only won three league games, and finally in the relegation group bottom, to participate in the play-offs, and their offensive core Alessandrini has previously missed the last few rounds of the Chinese Super League due to injury, this game also sat on the bench, which will be a big test for Qingdao's offensive line.
On the Zhejiang side, they regretted missing the direct overtaking qualification in the last round of the Chinese League, which is the second consecutive year that they participated in the promotion play-off, but the Zhejiang team also faced the same problem as the Qingdao team, that is, the core foreign aid was injured, and Mu Xiekui had to sit on the bench temporarily in this game; In addition, The coach of the Zhejiang team, Jody, had previously coached qingdao team and knew the situation of Qingdao team, which would be one of the advantages of Zhejiang team in this game.
In the 24th minute, Matthews cut inside after working with his teammates outside the penalty area and then deflected a long-range shot off the upright;
In the 30th minute, Zhejiang launched an attack, Matthews dribbled continuously and sent a straight plug, Gaudí's powerful shot was saved by Li Zhizhao, and then Frank scored a goal, Zhejiang team opened the record, temporarily 1-0 lead Qingdao team;
At half-time, Zhejiang team 1-0 Qingdao team;
Yi Bian fought again, in the 45th minute, Matthews sent a cross after a continuous breakthrough on the side, and Zhong Haoran, who followed up in the middle, pushed a kick and was saved by Li Zhizhao;
In the 52nd minute, Matthews fired a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was slightly above the crossbar;
In the 55th minute, Qingdao won a free kick opportunity in front of the penalty area, and Zhou Junchen directly attacked the goal with a free kick;
In the 69th minute, Wang Hao fell to the ground after fighting with Gu Chao in the penalty area, and the referee decided that there was no penalty after watching the VAR replay;
In the end, the whole game ended, and Zhejiang team made 1-0 Qingdao team.
Qingdao starters: 1-Li Zhizhao (U23), 4-Wang Hao, 19-Zhu Ting, 23-Liu Jiashen, 25-Zou Zheng, 31-Liu Jian, 16-Lü Peng, 21-Wang Wei, 28-Badu, 29-Ruan Zhexiang, 17-Zhou Junchen (U23)
Qingdao substitutes: 18-Zhao Shi, 2-Jiang Weipeng, 3-Fang Xinfeng (U23), 5-Li Peng, 24-Hu Jiajia (U23), 26-Vukovic, 10-Alessandrini, 32-Yang Yu, 14-Song Runtong (U23), 27-Zhu Jianrong, 30-Abdullah, 33-Ji Xiaoxuan,
Zhejiang team starts: 1- Gu Chao, 2 - Liang Nuoheng, 4 - Sun Zheng'ao, 28 - Yue Xin, 7 - Frank, 8 - Zhong Haoran, 10 - Gu Bin, 22 - Cheng Jin, 26 - Gao Tianyu (U23), 9 - Gaudí, 44 - Matthews
Zhejiang substitutes: 33-Zhao Bo, 18-Tan Yang, 19-Dong Yu, 23-Xu Xiaolong, 3-Wang Ying, 6-Long Wei, 16-Yao Junsheng, 20-Wang Dongsheng, 29-Yixian Long (U23), 37-Aishajiang-Kurban, 13-Shao Renzhe (U23), 30-Mu Xiekui