The score on SIPG's side is still 3-1, and Shanghai Shenhua's side is already completely hilarious! The 28th round of the Chinese Super League was unexpected, and the Shanghai duo who competed for the championship played at the same time. On this side, Shenhua let 1 chase 2 successfully reversed the Henan team, and the points reached 73 points. Over there, SIPG was in poor condition + unlucky, and finally lost to Chengdu Rongcheng 1-3, with 72 points, and gave up the first place in the standings to Shenhua.
Chengdu Rongcheng's match against SIPG played in the 70th minute, and the referee on Shenhua's side blew the final whistle, and with this 2-1 turnaround, Shenhua finally overtook SIPG in the standings again after chasing for nearly half a season. Only this time, they are closer to the podium of the Chinese Super League champions. Winning this game, Shenhua can win the Chinese Super League championship this season as long as they maintain all the remaining 2 games.
After the game, the excitement of the Shenhua coaching staff was like winning the championship! As soon as the final whistle blew, the six members of the coaching staff collectively celebrated the team's points overtaking SIPG, and everyone couldn't help but hug each other tightly. Interestingly, Slutsky, the coach who rarely sees a smile, has a rare happy smile (below).
Over there, it should also be SIPG losing! Chengdu Rongcheng's striker Tang Chuang, who has only started 2 games this season, single-handedly defeated the visiting team. First, in the 21st minute, he grabbed a header in front of the goal and scored, and when SIPG chased the score to 2-1, he once again used a single chance to break the goal, and once again sent the ball into the goal guarded by Yan Junling, expanding the score gap between the two sides to 2 goals again.
In the first half, both sides scored a total of four goals, while the second half was scoreless. SIPG made a series of substitutions in the second half, and almost scored on several occasions, but the home team's goalkeeper Jian Tao performed bravely, with at least four saves, successfully extinguishing SIPG's scoring momentum.
In particular, Li Shuai's header hit the crossbar, Wu Lei's single knife was saved, and several inevitable shots by SIPG players in the penalty area were all rejected by Jian Tao one by one. It can be said that without Jian Tao's magical performance, Chengdu Rongcheng would not have been able to leave these 3 points.
This game belongs to Chengdu Rongcheng and Shanghai Shenhua win-win. After the former wins, he basically locks in an AFC Champions League seat, while the latter has the ability to press Shanghai Hong Kong and climb to the top of the Chinese Super League standings in one fell swoop, and once again firmly grasp the initiative to win the championship in his own hands. It's no wonder that the Shenhua coaching staff is so excited.
Of course, this does not ensure that Shenhua will succeed in winning the championship. They still have two games to play, one against Shenzhen Xinpeng City, and the last game against Chengdu Rongcheng. There is no problem for Shenhua to win Shenzhen Xinpeng City, the key is whether it can defeat Chengdu Rongcheng. The good news is that since the AFC Champions League has been locked in advance and the season task has been completed, Chengdu Rongcheng's resistance will definitely be much weaker than this round. This means that as long as Shenhua does its best, SIPG will not be able to successfully defend its title.