Chengdu Rongcheng hosted Wuhan Changjiang in the 33rd round of the Chinese Super League at 15:00 GMT on December 27th. Hu Ruibao's goal was struck in the 34th minute, Forbes broke the deadlock before the end of the first half, Romulo equalized in the 57th minute, and Romulo was ineffective in the 71st minute. Felipe scored back-to-back goals in the 79th and 81st minutes. In the end, Chengdu won 3-1 and Wuhan Changjiang was relegated in the early round.
Competition Overview
The referee is Shen Yinhao and the VAR is Liu Zhao. Chengdu Rongcheng, who won twice in a row before, are fifth with 59 points, while Wuhan Changjiang, who beat Dalian Ren 3-0 in the last round, are third from bottom with 19 points.
Moments of Excitement
In the 18th minute, Romulo passed the ball to South Korean foreigner Kim Woo, who took the ball just outside the top of the arc and fired a low left-footed shot that was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 34th minute, Ganery's cross from outside the penalty area to the right side of the goal was not scored by the keeper, Saldaña grabbed the ball offside to create confusion, and Hu Ruibao put the ball into the goal in the melee, and the referee signaled that the first goal was invalidated.VAR intervened, and the referee ran to the sidelines to watch the replay, confirming that the goal was invalidated.
In the 44th minute, Saldanha crossed the ball and Mutalifu's left-footed shot from near the top of the arc went just over the crossbar.
In the first minute of first half added time, Hu Jintian sent a free kick from the right into the penalty area. Li Peng jumped high and hit the left post with a header that bounced back to the feet of Forbes in front of the goal. The latter easily pushed out the empty net to give Wuhan Changjiang a 1-0 lead.
In the 55th minute, Chengdu's penalty corner was played out of the box by the keeper, Gan met the ball and shot straight to the top corner of the goal, the ball was flown off the crossbar by the goalkeeper.
In the 57th minute, Hu Ho Tao crossed the ball inside the penalty area. Romulo took the ball, kept getting away and dodged the air, and curled a right-footed shot into the dead center of the right side of the goal. It was Romulo's 12th goal of the season and Chengdu Rongcheng equalized 1-1.
In the 65th minute, Han Xuan missed a clearance in the box and Kim You erupted above the left side of the box.
In the 71st minute, Saldaña direct from the left, Kim You entered the left side of the box before the cross, Romulo followed up too slowly, the last shot was blocked by the defender, Felipe flew to shoot, but Kim You first offside, the goal is invalid.
In the 79th minute, Chengdu got a free kick just outside the arc. Felipe used the free kick to hit the goal directly with his left foot. The ball went through the wall and directly into the right corner of the goal. The keeper didn't react. Chengdu went beyond the score 2-1.
In the 81st minute, Hu Horto's furious shot from outside the area was almost parried by the keeper. Jin You near the left baseline of the penalty area put the ball in front of the goal. The follow-up Felipe scored easily to give Chengdu a 3-1 lead.
In the end, Chengdu won 3-1.
Chengdu Rongcheng: 33-Zhang Yan, 36-Gou Junchen, 4-Li Jianbin (32-29-Mutalifu (U23), 5-Hu Ruibao, 11-Jin You, 39-Gan Chao (46-9-Felipe), 8-Zhou Dingyang, 17-Gan Rui, 2-Hu Huotao (U23), 12-Sardania, 10-Romulo
Substitutes: 3-Tang Xin, 13-Hu Jing, 19-Xiang Baixu, 21-Meng Junjie (U22) (U23), 24-Xing Yu, 27-Liu Bin, 28-Wang Hanlin
Wuhan Changjiang: 22-Zhang Zhenqiang, 12-Liu Shangkun, 28-Xu Dong, 2-Li Peng, 3-Han Xuan (84-21-Wang Jingbin) (U23), 19-Hu Jinghang, 33-Ye Chongqiu, 18-Nie Aoshuang, 11-Hu Rentian (84-17-Zhang Huajun) (U23)
Substitutes: 6 - Li Chao, 23 - Gao Xiang (U23), 27 - Liu Junxian (U9 - Nihaiti Nihebuaiti (U40 - Pi Ziyang (U23), 42 - Li Da (U23)
