In the 4th round of the Chinese Super League, the championship team began to open the gap, Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Port played a 2-2 draw, Shandong Taishan 1-0 Qingdao Manatee, Shanghai Shenhua defeated Changchun Yatai 2-1, the standings show that Shanghai Shenhua has shown the stability of the only gear, leading alone with 12 points, the defending champion Shanghai Port and Beijing Guoan in second place have only 2 wins and 2 draws, each accumulating 8 points, Shandong Taishan team 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss 7 points.
After bidding farewell to Wu Jingui, Shanghai Shenhua's squad potential has been fully released, and the new coach Slutsky pursues a balance between offense and defense, and will not be overly conservative to play defensive counterattacks. In this campaign, facing Changchun Yatai, one of the champion teams of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua showed a strong formation of 4231, Andre Luiz as a single arrow, Xu Haoyang, Joao Teixeira, Xie Pengfei partnered with three forwards, Wu Xi, Ibrahim Amadou partnered with double backs, Yang Zexiang, Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie, Manafa partnered with four defenders, and goalkeeper Bao Yaxiong. Cao Yunding and Malele are substitutes. Changchun Yatai coach Chen Yang chose the 541 formation, and Tan Long, Guilherme, Zoey, Rosic and others led the starters.
In the game, Changchun Yatai at home played very tenacious, Shanghai Shenhua took the lead in the 25th minute of the game, when the right side of the front court was given a corner kick opportunity, Xie Pengfei took a corner kick, and the central defender Jiang Shenglong scored with a direct header, Shanghai Shenhua 1-0 Changchun Yatai. In the 37th minute of the game, Changchun Yatai tore through the Shenhua defense line through a fast attack, Tan Long completed the outflanking header in the penalty area, and Shanghai Shenhua 1-1 Changchun Yatai.
The two teams played very closely, until the last moment of the game to decide the winner, the game 90 + 9 minutes, Shanghai Shenhua difficult to complete the stunner, by Teixeira near the top of the penalty area near the end of the blast shot, Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 beat Changchun Yatai. Changchun Yatai, who lost, only had 1 win and 3 losses, and its form was sluggish at the beginning of the season, falling to 13th place in the Chinese Super League with 3 points.
In the whole game, Shanghai Shenhua had 55% possession, and the shot contrast with Changchun Yatai was 21-6, and the shot on target ratio was 6-2, which finally turned into a 2-1 stunner. Shanghai Shenhua's overall state is relatively stable, 8 of the starting 11 have a game rating of at least 7.0, Jiang Shenglong can be said to be MVP, got a rating of 8.0, the highest in the game, he completed 1 goal, while contributing 64 passes, 55 accurate passes, 4 steals, 5 interceptions, offensive and defensive integration, becoming the absolute hero of Shenhua's victory.
Due to the progress of the team's replacement of the old and new in the Super League, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Xu Haoyang and others have grown rapidly, the overall strength of Shanghai Shenhua has been in the rising stage, the results of statistics, Shenhua has recently won 5 consecutive victories on both fronts, starting from the Super Cup final 1-0 defeat of the Super League champion Shanghai Port, until this round of the Super League 2-1 lore Changchun Yatai, 5 wins are high enough, won 3 Super League champion teams, respectively, 2-1 veteran Chinese Super League champion Changchun Yatai, 1-0 Chinese Super League defending champion Shanghai Port, 3-0 Chinese Super League 5 champions Shandong Taishan. What's even more rare is that only 1 goal has been conceded in 5 consecutive wins, and the offensive and defensive ends are balanced. In addition, Shanghai Shenhua also set a new record in team history, winning four consecutive victories in the opening season of the Chinese Super League for the first time.