On the evening of May 12, Beijing time, the eleventh round of the 2024 Chinese Super League season was all over. In the two matches played on the final matchday of this round, last season's dark horse Zhejiang finally won the game, beating the Cangzhou Lions 1-0 away from home. In the last round of the game, the Zhejiang team lost 0-4 to the Shanghai Shenhua team away from home, and returned to the home field to face the Cangzhou Lions in this round.
In the whole game, the Zhejiang team had the advantage, with a whopping 31 shots on goal, but it was the Cangzhou Lions who almost took the lead. In the 47th minute of the game, Oscar, a naturalized popular player of the national football team, got a single chance, but unfortunately he was too hesitant and wanted to shake off goalkeeper Dong Chunyu, but was resolved by the latter and missed the opportunity. In the 76th minute of the game, Frank went straight through the middle, and Leonardo, the golden boot of last season's Chinese Super League, scored with a single push. With this key goal, the Zhejiang team defeated the Cangzhou Lions 1-0, and ranked 6th in the Chinese Super League with 16 points after this round. Cangzhou Lions have been winless for 5 rounds after losing this round, and currently rank 8th in the Chinese Super League with 14 points.
Shenzhen Xinpeng City's home match against Qingdao West Coast has also attracted much attention, and naturalized international Alan is in excellent form in this game. In the 15th minute of the game, the Qingdao team quickly counterattacked, Alan formed a single knife against offside, he burst into the penalty area with the ball and calmly crossed, helping Ryazkos to break the goal and take the lead. In the 17th minute, Thiago reversed the triangle and Almenteros scored to help Shenzhen equalize. In the 67th minute, Duan Liuyu sent a cross, and Alan scored with a header. In the end, Qingdao West Coast defeated Shenzhen Xinpeng City 2-1 with Alain's outstanding performance. After 11 rounds, it ranks 10th with 12 points, Shenzhen Xinpeng City team has a hard to win at home this season, and ranks 13th with 9 points after this round.
At this point, the eleventh round of the Chinese Super League has ended. It is worth mentioning that after 11 rounds of matches, the situation of this season's Chinese Super League championship and relegation has begun to emerge. In this round of matches, only Shanghai Shenhua drew 0-0 with Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, while the remaining four teams Shanghai Port, Beijing Guoan, Chengdu Rongcheng and Shandong Taishan all won. At present, Shandong Taishan, which ranks fifth, is only 3 points behind the top 3, but is already 5 points ahead of the 6th place Zhejiang team.
It is not difficult to see from the standings that Shanghai Shenhua, SIPG SIPG, Beijing Guoan, Chengdu Rongcheng and Shandong Taishan are the first group to compete for the championship. Behind him, the Zhejiang team, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, and Cangzhou Lions played more of the role of spoilers. There is only a 2-point gap between the 11th-place Henan team and the last Changchun Yatai team, and 6 teams including Henan, Nantong Zhiyun, Shenzhen Xinpengcheng, Meizhou Hakka, Qingdao Manatee and Changchun Yatai are deep in the relegation circle, and they will all fight to get out of the relegation zone.
It is worth mentioning that after the 3-2 reversal of the Meizhou Hakka team in this round, the Beijing Guoan team won 5 consecutive victories, after experiencing the stumbles at the beginning of the season, the Beijing Guoan team is full of stamina, and is currently ranked 3rd in the Chinese Super League, 3 points behind the top of the list, and the same points as SIPG. It is not difficult to see that this season's Super League champions will be produced from the top 5 teams, so let's wait and see. (Xiong Yixuan)