In the 17th round of the Chinese Super League, Shenhua temporarily left the rainy Shanghai and challenged the west coast of Qingdao, which is currently at the bottom of the standings. The match attracted a large number of Shenhua fans, and Qingdao West Coast Club specially opened a separate stand for Shenhua fans.
The 17th round of the Chinese Super League
Qingdao West Coast 0-1 Shanghai Shenhua
Malele, who was unwell after the last round of the match against Meizhou Hakka, once again showed his strong recovery ability and continued to start in this game. Slutsky completely followed the formation of the previous round of the game, Xu Haoyang also continued to appear in the left wing-back position, and Yang Zexiang was on standby.
Qingdao West Coast, which conceded 34 goals in the previous 16 rounds, played with Shenhua in this game. Had it not been for Nelson Luz missing two headers in a row, they might have even taken the lead over Shenhua. On Shenhua's side, in addition to Malele and Xie Pengfei, who each scored a goal in the second half, there were many good opportunities that they failed to grasp. The 0-0 deadlock was not broken until full-time stoppage time, when Xie Pengfei, who came on as a substitute in midfield, took a corner kick and Wu Xi shook his head to attack the goal, Shenhua 1-0 Qingdao West Coast, bringing back three points. Compared with the difficulty of this game, what makes Shenhua sweat even more is that Jiang Shenglong has accumulated four yellows and will be suspended in the next round of home games against Shandong Taishan.
Highlights of the competition
The whistle at the start of the game still echoed over the stadium, and Shenhua played a good opportunity through continuous transmission on the right side. It's a pity that after receiving the ball, Malele hesitated between passing and shooting, and couldn't get the ball to Luis, who was in a better position, and was cleared by the defenders who rushed to Qingdao West Coast.
In the 18th minute, the west coast of Qingdao gave Shenhua a bit of intensity. Lei Wenjie transferred the ball to the right, Chen Yuhao followed to catch the ball, Xu Haoyang hurriedly rushed back to the left side from the middle to defend, but he couldn't stop Chen Yuhao's high-quality cross without interference, and Nelson Lus in front of the goal hit the top of the goal with a header, if this goal was not for Nelson Lus's own poor performance, Bao Yaxiong may be difficult to crack.
In the 20th minute, Gao Tianyi shot from a distance in the middle of the periphery, which was saved by Shi Xiaotian, and Malele followed up with a follow-up shot, and the ball went in, but it was offside.
Two minutes later, Jiang Shenglong received a yellow card for a foul on Alan and accumulated four yellow cards, and he will not be able to play in the next round of Shenhua's home game against Shandong Taishan.
Qingdao West Coast, which saw the opportunity to threaten the Shenhua goal, but frequently missed the must-score due to its own inaccurate shooting skills, seemed a little anxious, and the defensive actions of the Shenhua players became bigger and bigger.
In the 35th minute, Manafa cut off the ball and passed it forward to Luis, who crossed Malele and accurately passed the ball to Teixeira, who was unmarked next to him, Teixeira's arch nudged and Shi Xiaotian successfully blocked it with his foot.
The two sides went into the dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline. After halftime, Shenhua took the lead in making substitution adjustments, and Xie Pengfei came on to replace Luis. At the beginning of the second half, Gao Tianyi got the ball on the periphery, Xu Haoyang crossed, and Xie Pengfei followed up to hit the goal. But the ball was determined by VAR, and before Xu Haoyang's cross, the ball went out of the bottom line and the goal was invalid. This is the second time that Shenhua has been disallowed so far in this game.
In the 67th minute, Xu Haoyang crossed, and Malele shook his head to attack the goal! Helplessly, Qingdao West Coast Shi Xiaotian continued to play well, defending the goal line and holding the ball.
In the 80th minute, Xie Pengfei was whistled for a foul when he was fighting for the ball with the opponent's substitute foreign aid Riascos, and the head coach Slutsky was rarely very excited!
In the 84th minute, the closest chance to the goal so far in this game, this is the real goal! Malele, didn't score.
It's not over yet!! So much happened in seven minutes of stoppage time!!
First of all, Yu Hanchao slipped in front of the goal and didn't kick the ball, Shi Xiaotian didn't kick the ball far, Zhu Chenjie followed up and was blocked by Shi Xiaotian, Amadou took the ball on the periphery and then passed to the middle, Jiang Shenglong shot with a very freehand hook foot, which was held up by Shi Xiaotian with one hand! In this game, Shi Xiaotian made a great contribution to the west coast of Qingdao!
In the 93rd minute, Xie Pengfei, who came on as a substitute at halftime, took a corner kick, and Wu Xi shook his head in front of the goal! The ball finally went in!! Shenhua was able to bring back a valuable three points on the road!!