In a six-point battle that no one could afford to lose, promotion horse Qingdao Hainiu had the last laugh, and Henan suffered a fourth consecutive loss.On the evening of July 17, Henan challenged promotion horse Qingdao Hainiu in Qingdao in a key battle of the Chinese Super League. The demoralized soldiers of the Central Plains were still unable to pull themselves together. After 90 minutes of intense fighting, Henan team in the first half and the second half were the opponent scored a goal, and finally to 0 goals. ∶: 2 lost to Qingdao Hainiu, fell into the relegation circle.
In this match, Henan made a big change in their starting lineup. Captain Wang Shangyuan returned from injury and foreigner Berto led youngster Han Dong in the front line, while neither the released Kovic nor the main foreigner Adrian started. Soon after the game started, Henan created a threat. Unfortunately for the youngster, the ball was blocked by a marvelous pass from Huang Zichang in Han Dong's box. From there, the initiative was gradually controlled by Qingdao Hainiu. In the 19th minute, Henan broke the ball at the back. Tabek passed the ball and Saric, who was unmarked in front of the goal, grabbed an aerial shot. Qingdao Sea Bulls 11:0 lead. Behind the Henan team a little impatient, but Qingdao Hainiu home game defense counterattack board has the vision, several sharp counterattack almost succeeded again. In the 45th minute, Peng Xinli corner kick was penalized into the penalty area, Tabek header hit the goal post, bounced off the line. Henan ended the half with 0. ∶:1 down.
After the changeover, Qingdao Hainiu played more smoothly. In the 79th minute, Saric took a free kick in the box and the first point was pushed out. Saric quickly followed up with a goal from outside the box before VAR intervened. Referee Wang Di watched the video replay and ruled that Andrejevic had interfered with the keeper from an offside position, nullifying the goal. Henan escaped. In the 85th minute, Tarbeck burst into the left side of the box with the ball and then knocked in a low cross. Forbes followed up the goal, easy shot to extend the score to 2.:0. 88 minutes, Henan team got a free kick opportunity, Adrian penalty direct attack, the ball hit the post popped out. In the 90th minute, Huang Zichang left side of the penalty area to meet teammates diagonal, small angle with the foot to break the door. The referee ruled that Huang Zichang was offside first and the goal was invalid. Finally, Henan team away from home, to 0 start. ∶: 2 loss to the promotion horse, get four consecutive defeats of the nest.
On the night of July 21, Henan will face another in-form promoted horse Nantong Zhiyun at the Navigation Stadium.
