Summary: In this round, the opponents encountered by Haigang and Shenhua are not strong.
Shanghai fans are happy. On May 1, the Chinese Super League ushered in the ninth round of competition, and the two Shanghai teams continued to remain unbeaten and continued to compete with each other, with Harbour beating Qingdao Manatee 5-0 away and Shenhua beating Cangzhou Lions 4-0 at home. In the standings, Shenhua leads with 23 points from 7 wins and 2 draws, and the Harbour team, which has one less game, has 18 points with 5 wins and 3 draws.
In the last round, Harbour Shenhua played directly and drew 1-1, the scene was fierce and the level of competition was high, reflecting that the two teams are indeed the two strongest teams in the Chinese Super League at present. In this round, the opponents encountered by Haigang and Shenhua are not strong.
Centre-back Wei Zhen made his first start for Harbour this season. Diagram of the Harbour Club
Facing Qingdao Manatee, who had only scored five goals before, Harbour's attacking football was full of firepower, with Wu Lei and Gustavo scoring two goals each, and right-back Wang Shenchao also scoring a goal. On top of that, Oscar and Gustavo also had a goal cancelled out for offside, while Vargas continued his penchant for kicking the woodwork with a powerful shot that bounced off the crossbar.
Since then, Harbour have scored 21 goals in eight games, with top scorer Wu Lei leading the scorer list with nine goals, and Gustavo, who is gradually integrated into Harbour's attacking system, has scored four goals and is becoming another consistent scoring point for Harbour.
Shanghai Shenhua, who then played at home, played against Cangzhou Lions. Cangzhou Lions are a dark horse this season, with a good record of 4 wins and 1 draw from the 2nd to the 6th round. But in the last two rounds, they have lost to Shandong Taishan and Henan teams. In order to cope with the next round of the key battle of relegation with Meizhou Hakka, Cangzhou head coach Zhao Junzhe rotated the lineup, and only one foreign aid was available in the starting 11, and several absolute main players, including Oscar Jr., were placed on the bench.
Cao Yunding ushered in the 300th Chinese Super League game for the Shenhua team. Shenhua Club Diagram
In this case, Shenhua's Xu Haoyang took the lead in the 3rd minute. After that, although the Cangzhou Lions defended very tenaciously, the overall lineup was far behind Shenhua, and after Zhu Chenjie's shocking long-range shot expanded the score to 2-0, Andre Luis scored two goals in a row, and Shenhua won 4-0.
After 9 rounds, Shenhua also scored 21 goals, tied with Harbour as the strongest attacking team, and Andre Luiz's goals increased to 7, closely following Wu Lei, who scored 9 goals. Luiz, meanwhile, has four assists and is the player who has been involved in every game so far this season.
On May 5, Harbour will continue its away trip against promoted Shenzhen Xinpeng City, while Shenhua will continue to sit at home to meet the challenge of Zhejiang.
The header picture shows a Harbour player celebrating a goal. Diagram of the Harbour Club