On the 3rd, the first round of the 2024 season of the Chinese Super League, after 1583 days to return to the Huanglong Sports Center, Zhejiang ushered in the first opponent of the new season - "the new promoted horse" Shenzhen New Pengcheng. In this game, Zhejiang team in the opening 20 minutes to 10 people in the game, by virtue of the captain Frank's goal 10 people. : 0 to beat the opponent, in the new season to achieve "red".
The picture is the scene of the competition. Photography by Guo Tianqi.
The visiting team of this match, Shenzhen Xinpengcheng, changed its name after the approval of the Chinese Football Association in February this year to represent Shenzhen in the Chinese Super League. At present, Shenzhen Xinpengcheng has injected a lot of fresh blood, including former Meizhou Hakka foreign aid Dugaliqi and other players with good strength.
Before the game, Zhejiang head coach Jordy confessed:Â "All the Super League teams have strengthened this year. We watched yesterday's game and all the teams are good, and Shenzhen will show this momentum."
In this match, Zhejiang's four foreigners teamed up to start, with Lucas sitting in the backline and captain Frank leading the midfield. Leonardo, the top scorer in the Chinese Super League last season, and newcomer Owusu top the list. In addition, debutant Sun Guowen made his Zhejiang debut. Shenzhen Xinpengcheng also sent four foreigners for a rigorous battle, with Zhu Baojie captaining the pitch.
Only 2 minutes into the first half, Zhejiang had a great opportunity to attack. Owusu broke into the penalty area with a single shot, and the ball was pounced on by rival goalkeeper Peng Peng. In the 8th minute, Zhejiang goalkeeper Zhao Bo confiscated Shenzhen New Pengcheng's shot in front of the goal; in the 20th minute, the referee, after watching the video replay, judged that Sun Guowen had obviously destroyed the scoring opportunity, and showed a red card to send him off; however, in the 26th minute of the game, Frank shot at the goal, and the 10-player Zhejiang took the first lead; then Shenzhen New Pengcheng had many adventures in front of Zhejiang's goal, but none of them scored a goal. At the end of the first half, Zhejiang was leading 11:0.
Easy to fight again, the 57th minute, Shenzhen New Pengcheng attacked a very threatening header, Zhao Bo staged a successful pounce on the danger; 62nd minute, Zhejiang Lucas free kick directly hit the goal, the ball deflected out of the goalposts; 71st minute, Shenzhen New Pengcheng's shot hit the goalposts; Subsequently, Shenzhen New Pengcheng continued to attack, and ultimately, the Zhejiang team withstood the onslaught of the score of 1:0 to end the game, and won a new season! The first victory of the new season.
After the game, Shenzhen Xinpengcheng head coach Jesús Tato said:Â "Soccer is sometimes like this. Although we played an extra man, our opponent is also a team that is very good at the game, and our opponent's goalkeeper made many great saves." Zhejiang head coach Jordy said:Â "We did well in controlling the ball at the beginning, but we lacked some means to push into the opponent's penalty area. Three points in the first home game is very important for us, congratulations to our team."
It is worth mentioning that as the first official game of Zhejiang team's return to their old home field, Huanglong Sports Center, the game was warmly supported by a large number of fans, with 25,337 people attending the game. "I've seen many Zhejiang team games at Huanglong Sports Center and had a great experience. Now the team I support can come back here to continue the fight, and I'm excited about that too." Fan Chen Lin said.
In the next round, Zhejiang will continue to host Shanghai Seaport and Shenzhen Xinpengcheng will face Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. (End)
