In the final match of the 24th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League, which ended at 9:20 p.m. tonight, Wuhan Sanzhen continued to defend their top spot honor by defeating Beijing Guoan 2:0 in injury time.
Prior to the war, Shandong Taishan beat Shanghai Shenhua 2:0 with 56 points in the early match of the round, surpassing Wuhan Sanzhen in a number of matches and temporarily occupying the top of the table.
Shandong Taishan took the lead and the pressure immediately came to Wuhan Sanzhen. Beijing Guoan, the team they face in this round, is not a weak team. The team has a lot of international players and has recently achieved a successful "three consecutive wins", showing good form.
Facing the pressure, the three Wuhan towns kept changing. The starting lineup was exactly the same as in the 4-1 win over Guangzhou in the previous round. Edmilson started consecutively and Malcolm, the top scorer who was lifted from the ban, was temporarily on the bench and ready to go, which gave Beijing Guoan a strong deterrent.
In only the 8th minute of the opening match, Wuhan Sanzhen launched an attack with a set piece in front of the goal. Wallace's header from inside the box hit the goal and bounced off the crossbar. Five minutes later, Davidson took a shot from the penalty area that went over the bar.
In the 24th minute, Deng Hanwen cut into the right side, Beijing Guoan goalkeeper Housen flew to save the ball out of the bottom line. In the 32nd minute, Wuhan Sanzhen rapid counterattack, Gao Junyi left pass, Davidson flying sweeping shot, hit high again.
In the first half of injury time, Wuhan's three towns finally broke the deadlock. Gao Zhunyi's left side pass to the direction of the back post, Xie Pengfei faced the attacking Housen, flicked the goal and Deng Hanwen pushed the empty net to score his first goal of the season. Three Towns of Wuhan also ended the half with a 1-0 lead.
Fighting again at the change of sides, Beijing Guoan came up with a fierce counter-attack and Adebenelo was shocked when his snatched shot in the box was blocked by a defender.
In the 59th minute, Adebenelo rolled in a knife that connected two defenders from three Wuhan towns. Xie Pengfei dove to shovel the ball to the attacking goalkeeper before Adebenro could shoot. Davidson also forced Housen to fly off the line with a long-range shot in the 70th minute. A tactical corner kick opened up and Wallace, with his back to goal, flicked his heel and Husson again flew to save the danger.
In the 92nd minute, Davidson inserted a penalty kick at high speed and Edmilson hit the spot kick to make it 2-0.With this goal, Wuhan Sanzhen locked up the victory and ranked ahead of Shandong Taishan once again, continuing to occupy the first place in the Chinese Super League table.
