On May 27, Beijing time, in the first match of the 10th round of the Chinese Super League, Chengdu Rongcheng hosted Nantong Zhiyun. In the first half, the two teams attacked and defended each other but failed to score; In the opening minute of the second half, Tang Xin's shot hit the post, and in the 72nd minute, Felipe broke the deadlock for Chengdu Rongcheng, and in the end, Chengdu Rongcheng beat Nantong Zhiyun 1-0 to get a winning streak, and temporarily rose to 2nd place in the standings, while Nantong Zhiyun continued to finish bottom without a win in 7 rounds.
Chengdu Rongcheng are unbeaten in the first 9 rounds with 4 wins and 5 draws, ranking joint 3rd in the standings. Nantong Zhiyun, on the other hand, has gone unwinless for six consecutive rounds and is at the bottom of the standings. The two teams have met twice in the 2021 season of the Chinese League One, and Chengdu Rongcheng achieved a double kill against Nantong Zhiyun.
In the 7th minute, Wang Song hoisted a free kick from midfield directly into the box, and the Rongcheng defender grabbed the first drop point to clear the area, and Romario met the ball with a volley from the front of the box, but deflected off the far post.
In the 16th minute, Romulo sent a free kick into the box, and the defender of Zhiyun snatched the ball to clear the ball and almost swung himself away.
In the 18th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng won consecutive corner kick opportunities, and two final shots were snatched by Axon to score with a nodded header, but they were all missed.
In the 23rd minute, after Romario cooperated with his teammate on the left side of the penalty area, he shot directly from the edge of the box, and the ball grazed the far upright.
In the 25th minute, Zhiyun made a steal in front, Wang Song took the ball to shake the defense, and the final long-range shot was slightly higher than the crossbar.
In the 35th minute, Romulo sent a corner from the left to the front post, and Feng Zhuoyi's header was slightly deflected off the far post.
In the following first half, neither team scored and went into the second half 0-0.
Only one minute into the second half, Felipe made the ball at the front of the penalty area, and Tang Xin took a low shot from the front of the penalty area and hit the post out of the bottom line.
In the 51st minute, Romario broke through from the right and crossed near the bottom line to the back post, and Wang Song unloaded the ball and volleyed, which was confiscated by Zhang Yan.
In the 64th minute, Romulo sent a corner kick from the right to the back post, and Hu Ruibao's header was slightly deflected.
In the 72nd minute, Chengdu Rongcheng penalty area straight forward, Felipe won the ball near the penalty spot, dangled the defense, and the final low shot passed Shi Xiaodong into the dead corner, Chengdu Rongcheng finally broke the deadlock, 1-0.
In the 78th minute, Tang Xin received a long pass, and the inverted triangle in the penalty area returned a pass, and Axen's outflanked push directly sent the ball flying.
In the ensuing match, neither team scored, and Chengdu Rongcheng maintained their 1-0 lead until the end.
Chengdu Rongcheng lineup: 33-Zhang Yan; 3-Tang Xin, 5-Hu Ruibao, 17-Gan Rui (63mins 20-Tang Miao), 26-Liu Tao (24mins 23-Yang Yiming 89' yellow card), 36-Gou Junchen (86mins 13-Hu Jing), 6-Feng Zhuoyi (63mins 7-Palacios), 8-Zhou Dingyang, 10-Romulo, 9-Axon (86mins 4-Zhang Gong), 21-Felipe (87' yellow card)
Nantong Zhiyun lineup: 23-Shi Xiaodong; 4 - Ye Lijiang (66 mins, 2 - Wei Lai), 14 - Bressan, 15 - Liu Wei, 19 - Liu Huan (83 mins 7 - Jiang Zilei), 6 - Yang Mingyang, 8 - Morelato (83 mins 28 - Gui Hong), 25 - Cao Kang (74 mins 30 - Li Xiangbin), 33 - Wang Song (74 mins 17 - Miran), 9 - Castillo, 11 - Romario Balde