On the evening of July 16, the 12th round of the 2021 Chinese League One season continued. The Zhejiang team came to the Wuhua Olympic Sports Center for the first time this season, ushering in the challenge of Nantong Zhiyun.
In the first half, the two teams engaged in a tug-of-war, but did not find too good a chance to break the goal. In the second half, Zhejiang had more initiative, and in the 82nd minute, Frank scored his first goal since joining Zhejiang, which also helped Zhejiang win the first three points of the stage 1-0.
Zhejiang team
1- Gu Chao; 2 - Liang Nuoheng, 3 - Wang Ying, 6 - Long Wei (80th minute, 25 - Jin Rui (u23)), 7 - Frank, 16 - Yao Junsheng (68th minute, 10 - Gu Bin), 19 - Dong Yu (89th minute, 4 - Sun Zheng'ao), 22- Cheng Jin (c) (89th minute, 15 - Zou Yucheng), 28 - Yue Xin, 30 - Mu Xiekui, 37 - Ai Shajiang (u23) (80th minute, 9 - Gao Di)
Nantong Zhiyun
23-Shi Xiaodong; 2-Huang Jiaqiang (81st minute, 4-Li Yikai), 5-Ma Sheng, 6-Yang Mingyang, 8-Fei Yu, 10-Chagas, 11-Correa (46th minute, 7-Jiang Zilei), 13-Song Haoyu (u23), 15-Liu Wei (c), 20-Huang Cong (u23) (86th minute, 19-Zhao Wendi (u23)), 30-Li Xiangbin (86th minute, 17-Yu Jianfeng)
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Game review
After the opening, the gunpowder of the two teams was slightly stronger. In the 6th minute, Aishajan received the ball and cut inside and shot slightly off the bar. In the 7th minute, Yang Mingyang of Nantong team suddenly unleashed a cold arrow outside the penalty area and deflected the ball out of the goal.
The game then went into a stalemate until the 38th minute, when Mushekwi and Cheng Jin hit the wall on the edge of the penalty area, and the opposing goalkeeper rushed to hold the ball before Cheng came in and out of his feet. In the 41st minute, a long pass from the Backfield of zhejiang, Mushekwi and Frank played a wonderful combination, the latter single-handedly entered, was destroyed by the opposing goalkeeper in time. In the 43rd minute, Nantong's free kick directly attacked the goal, and Gu Chao held up his fists. In stoppage time, Zhejiang's cross from the left was met by AiShajiang's volley, which did not hit the force.
In the 52nd minute, Dong Yu's diagonal cross was met and Frank's header was held. In the 55th minute, the Zhejiang team penetrated the middle of the road, and Cheng Jin crossed the low flat ball on the left side, but unfortunately the middle road wrapper did not keep up. In the 67th minute, Nantong's free kick in front of the field shot directly at the goal, and Gu Chao struggled to save the ball.
In the 75th minute, Dong Yu's inverted triangle pass to the edge of the penalty area, Gu Bin followed up with a sudden cold arrow, and the ball hit the side net. In the 77th minute, Aishajan received Frank's pass and fired a long-range shot high from outside the penalty area. The goal came in the 82nd minute – Dakui received the ball on the left and handed the ball to Cheng Jin, who transitioned to the middle and Frank flicked his right foot out of the angle and whipped the goal.
In the 84th minute, Nantong's cross from the left was met by Chagas's pad shot that was saved by Gu Chao in time. In the 88th minute, the Nantong team stumbled into the penalty area, and three consecutive attempts to hit the goal were defused by Gu Chao. After 4 minutes of stoppage time, Zhejiang won 1-0.
【Post-match media conference】
At the post-match press conference, head coach Jody said: "Good evening everyone, I think this game is played according to our way of playing, the opponent level is very high, we are going all out to fight with the opponent. We have a higher possession rate, have more chances to score goals and also take advantage of the opportunity to score a goal. Congratulations to all the players, everyone went all out to score three points.
On frank's topic, Jody said: "Frank has done very well in today's game, he just joined the team, he is probably playing sixty to seventy percent of the form at the moment, he will show more.
【Next Round Match Preview】
Wednesday, July 21 at 17:00
Field 9 of Hengpi Football Town
Zhejiang team vs Heilongjiang Bingcheng