With Luiz's goal, Shanghai Shenhua drew at home to Beijing Guoan, failing to extend their opening winning streak and suffering their first draw of the season.
After defeating Wuhan Three Towns in the fifth round, Shenhua created the best start in the Super League in team history with five consecutive wins. Coupled with the 1-0 victory over Harbour in the Super Cup, Shenhua won all the first six games of the season, scoring 14 goals and conceding only 2 goals, which was a perfect performance.
Despite the victory over Shandong Taishan in the third round, the home game against Guoan is seen as the biggest test for Shenhua in the Chinese Super League this season. The reason is that the Beijing-Shanghai derby has a special significance.
Shenhua has 13 wins, 7 draws and 19 losses against Guoan, but since 2017, Shenhua has only won 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in 11 matches against Guoan.
In the away game against Guoan last season, Shenhua failed to keep the win after taking an early lead and Guoan goalkeeper Hou Sen was sent off, and Fabio scored twice to help Guoan win the comeback. In fact, after winning 2-0 away on 26 August 2022, Shenhua have never won three times against Guoan.
In the 5th minute, Zhang Yuning forced a breakthrough in front of the field and scored with a right-footed shot, and Guoan took the lead. In the 24th minute, Lin Liangming, who was unmarked in the small penalty area, pushed the shot wide and missed a good opportunity to score. Just one minute later, Luis cut inside and scored with a left-footed volley to equalize for Shenhua.
In the 81st minute, He Yupeng elbowed Teixeira, referee Li Haixin showed him a second yellow card, and He Yupeng left the field in red.
After the draw with Guoan, a series of records for Shenhua were broken. First of all, Shenhua's five-game winning streak in the Chinese Super League this season was ended, and it failed to continue to refresh the longest opening winning streak in team history.
Secondly, Shenhua's six-game winning streak ended its season start. Third, Shenhua's eight-game winning streak across the season was ended, the first time Shenhua has failed to win since November 4, 2023.
Fourth, Shenhua continued their winless run against Guoan since August 26, 2022, with 2 draws and 2 losses in 4 games. Fifth, Shenhua also continued their winless run against Guoan at home since April 23, 2021.
Before the match against Guoan, Slutsky said that he would play one game at a time and would not consider competing for the championship at present. The draw at home by Guoan also proves Slutsky's point of view, after all, the league has just begun, and Shenhua still has 24 games to play.