There are 2 key battles in this round of the Chinese Super League, one is the Beijing-Shanghai battle between Shanghai Shenhua and Guoan, and the other is the Luhu battle between Shanghai Port and Shandong Taishan. The match between Shenhua and Guoan ended in a 1-1 draw, while Shanghai Port came back from home to beat Shandong Taishan 4-3 after being 2 goals down.
In this game, all 5 foreign aides of Harbour started, while the Taishan team only had 3 foreign aids. At the beginning of the game, Shanghai Port quickly entered the state and controlled the rhythm of the field with the advantage of home advantage and overall strength. Leao and Gustavo broke the deadlock in the sixth minute and gave the team the lead.
But Shandong Taishan responded quickly and quickly equalized with Zhang Linpeng's own goal. Soon after, Brazilian striker Pato was injured again, and substitute Delgado soon scored to help Shandong Taishan take the lead, and this series of goals made the game extremely intense and tense.
Shandong Taishan did not stop after taking a 2-1 lead, and they continued to launch fierce attacks. Judson scored with a header in the 29th minute to extend the score to 3-1. Faced with difficulties, Shanghai Port launched a Jedi counterattack, and Leao scored in the 34th minute to recover a goal for the team. At half-time, Shanghai Port was 2-3 down.
After the start of the second half, Shanghai Port took the lead in making personnel adjustments, and Zhang Linpeng was replaced. The two sides once again engaged in a fierce offensive battle. In the 53rd minute, Wu Lei finally scored 1 goal and rewrote the score to a 3-3 draw. However, the doom of Shandong Taishan is not over. In the 57th minute, Choi Kang-hee was sent off with a red card due to dissatisfaction with the penalty. To make matters worse, in the 62nd minute, Judson was also substituted due to injury, which was even worse for the Shandong Taishan team.
Shortly thereafter, super foreign aid Oscar assisted Wu Lei's header to score, and Shanghai Port took the lead again in the 73rd minute, and finally won with a score of 4-3. The victory of this game is not only an affirmation of the strength of Shanghai Port, but also a tribute to their will and team spirit.
In this game, the Taishan team can be described as unlucky, Pato and Judson two foreign aides were injured and went off, and head coach Choi Kang-hee was sent off again. But Shandong Taishan, who lost 3 people in a row, did not give up, and they even took the lead in the game for a while, but finally lost the game. After two rounds of winlessness, the Taishan team only has 8 points and is temporarily ranked 7th.
For Shanghai Port, the win not only boosted the team's morale, but also earned them a valuable three points. At present, the Harbour team has reached 14 points, only two points behind the league leader Shanghai Shenhua. It seems that this season's Chinese Super League title is likely to be produced between Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Port.