Meizhou Hakka celebrated their first four consecutive home wins since their promotion to the Chinese Super League in the 21st round. Rodriguez scored within 15 seconds, Conrad deftly shot in front of the goal, and newcomer Kotelnik created an oolong. The Meizhou Hakka team relied on the outstanding performance of their three foreign players to beat Changchun Yatai 4-2. The team managed to shake off the gloom after a tough loss to Shandong Taishan in the previous round, and after one more round of matches, they have improved to 11th place and are seven points ahead of the relegation zone, making their relegation prospects brighter.
Meizhou Hakka celebrates a goal
Changchun Yatai traveled 11 hours from Changchun to Wuhua, Meizhou. After the opening, the whole team's physical condition and mental fighting spirit are not online, four foreign aiders of the powerful attack Meizhou team in the front of the high pressure is very in place, the opponent in the opening stage is difficult to resist.
Maejo blitzed through the goal in the opening 15 seconds as Evergreen made a mistake on defense and passing. Conrad started the attack from the left side. Rodriguez managed to get a shot on goal to set the fastest goal in the CCL this season. Meizhou's offense was very silky in this game, and the left side of Rodriguez and Conrad became explosive. After successive failed attacks by Rodrigo and Conrad, Ru Zinan's header in front of the goal extended the lead to 2-0, and in the 41st minute, Kosovic's long pass from the left led to confusion in the Changchun defense.
In the second half, foreigner Zui hit the left post with a free kick world wave as Changchun Yatai went into the net in the opening period. In the 78th minute, Meizhou team made a wonderful cooperation on the left. Rodriguez and Conrad had an exquisite wall-to-wall partnership against the opposing six-man defense. Conrad scored his fifth goal after joining the team.
The 3-1 scoreline didn't put the game out of reach as Changchun's Zhang Yufeng equalized again in the 90th minute with a brilliant long-distance shot. In the last moment of the game, Meizhou's new foreigner Kotelnik did a great job on the left side of the field and managed to get rid of two defenders through continuous dribbling and dunking. He finished with a pass that looked like a pass and a shot, but was unfortunately misdirected into his own goal by the opposing defender Won Min-Seong. The final score of the goal feast was 4-2.
