In the heavy rain in Shanghai, last night, Shenhua and Chengdu Rongcheng presented a wonderful and fierce match, and Shenhua also gained a numerical advantage in the last 20 minutes, but unfortunately the score of 1-1 was maintained to the end.
For Shenhua, Rongcheng is an opponent he very much wants to take. In the first leg of this season, Shenhua lost 1-2 away to Rongcheng, and in that game, Shenhua was killed by the opponent's foreign aid Axon on a penalty in the final moment, and goalkeeper Ma Zhen was sent off with a red card for uncalm behavior, and Shenhua swallowed his first league defeat.
In the second leg, things changed a little for both teams. Relatively speaking, Rongcheng has changed even more, losing a number of games recently, and slipping to seventh in the ranking. Shenhua is eager to win his opponent, avenge his first round, and continue to increase points in the standings. Some people are worried that there will be the FA Cup 1/4 final in four days, plus He Longhai, Fernando and other 5 players will be transferred to the National Olympic Team for training, can Shenhua play at full strength? Wu Jingui is very positive: "The schedule is indeed intensive, but I am not a manager who will make excuses and difficulties. We will go all out to play the league with Chengdu Rongcheng, and then consider the FA Cup, because against the China Second Division team, we can only play in the whole Chinese class. But in the stands, the fans ran out of patience and shouted "class".
Facing Rongcheng last night, Wu Jingui arranged three central defenders Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie and Jin Yangyang, the two wings were Xu Haoyang and Yan Xinli, midfielders Wu Xi and Amadou were combined, and the strikers were lined up in Hanchao, Malele and Bassogo. In the 19th minute of the game, Bassogo took a corner kick to the back point, Zhu Chenjie jumped up and smashed the ball in front of the goal, Jiang Shenglong shook his head and rushed in front of the opponent's goalkeeper to put the ball in. Shenhua took a 1-0 lead. This is Jiang Shenglong's fourth goal for Shenhua this season. It's just that as Wu Jingui said, although Chengdu Rongcheng's results have ups and downs, its offensive strength is still strong, and Shenhua cannot have a trace of slack, otherwise it will pay the price. Less than ten minutes behind, Rongcheng found an opportunity in the front court, and Andrigo, a foreign aid joined by the summer window, shot hard from the penalty area to break the ten fingers of Ma Zhen. The scoreboard becomes 1 to 1.
Subsequently, Shenhua threatened the other party's gate many times. After receiving Xu Haoyang's breakthrough on the left side, Bassogo turned around in the penalty area and kicked high; The Rongcheng defender was not far away, and Amadou shot straight into the dead corner outside the penalty area, but unfortunately was saved by the opposing goalkeeper; Cao Yunding, who came off the bench, broke through to the goal with his left rib, but was blocked by the opponent. In the second half of the game, Teixeira was trampled to the ground by the opponent Deng Zhuoyi, and after being reminded by VAR, the referee sent Deng Zhuoyi off with a red card. But with the advantage of one more person, Shenhua was unable to extend the score in the end.
After being forced to draw by Rongcheng, Shenhua continued to be third in the standings, but was already 2 points behind second-placed Shandong Taishan and 11 points away from Shanghai Port at the top. After the game, Jiang Shenglong said: "This is our home stadium, it is a pity that we did not win the game. We created opportunities, but in the end we couldn't take advantage of them, and we needed to improve our ability to seize them. Wu Jingui commented that the players performed well at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the team quickly made personnel adjustments after the opponent was sent off, creating several chances but unfortunately failed to score goals, "The team played well in the first half of the league and was also favored by luck. The team has obviously lacked in terms of movement so far in the second stage, but I believe we can play at the level of the FA Cup. ”
Xinmin Evening News
Reporter: Jin Lei
Photo: Photo by Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingjun
Source: Xinmin Evening News