In the 20th round of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Harbor welcomed Nantong Zhiyun at home. The match not only tested the strength of the two teams, but was also an important battle for the league ranking.
Shanghai Seaport showed a strong desire to win as soon as the match started. In the 6th minute of the first half, Nantong Zhiyun's goalkeeper Xue Qinghao made a mistake in a clearance and sent the ball directly to Shanghai Seaport's striker Gustavo, who nonchalantly cleared the ball into the goal, giving Seaport a fantastic start. Just 8 minutes later, the Harbour's attack worked again, as Chitardini sent a precise direct ball to Gustavo, who once again showed his talent as a goal-scorer, carrying the defender and scoring twice to extend the score to 2-0.
The Harbor's offensive wave did not stop there. In the 39th minute, Chitadini held the ball on his back in the penalty area and set up a "turret" for his teammate Ruiza, who followed up with a long-distance shot and scored his first goal of the season, giving Harbour Team a 3-0 lead. After that, Wu Lei broke through on the right side of the field and finished a wonderful cooperation with Wang Shenchao, and then passed the ball back to Vargas, who easily pushed the ball into the middle of the field, making the score 4-0, and Harbour Team went into the halftime break with a huge advantage.
Shanghai Seaport still maintained a strong offensive force at the start of the second half. In the 51st minute, Oscar's shot was parried by the goalkeeper after a series of cooperation in the Nantong Zhiyun penalty area, but Wu Lei scored his 23rd goal of the season with a smart supplementary shot, continuing to maintain his amazing goal-scoring efficiency. However, Nantong Zhiyun did not give up the resistance. In the 55th minute, Zheng Haoqian, who used to play for Seaport's youth training team, equalized the goal for his team with a wonderful teasing shot with the back of the outside foot, but it was only a short respite.
Shanghai Seaport then continued to expand the results. In the 79th minute, substitute Xu Xin took a long-distance shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was refracted into the net by the opponent's defender; in the 88th minute, Oscar's pass from the right road was assisted by Feng Jin, who scored in front of the goal; and in the 90th minute, Oscar made a breakthrough in the middle of the field, and then fired a shot into the goal with his teammates, which was a perfect end to the game. In the end, Shanghai Seaport beat Nantong Zhiyun 8-1, creating the biggest score difference of the season.
