On July 29th, by Beijing time, the Chinese Super League saw the 19th round of the focus game: Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Harbour, both of which are in the top two in the league ranking. After 90 minutes of intense confrontation, Shanghai Shenhua suffered a terrible defeat at home, finally 0-5, and Zhu Chenjie was completely crushed by the opponent after a poor performance in this game.
In the first half of the game, the possession of both teams was almost equal, which is not common for Shanghai Shenhua. Due to Jiang Shenglong's injury, Wu Jingui arranged Eddie to play as a center back, which became a breakthrough for Shanghai Seaport. Facing Aidi, Wu Lei clearly dominated the game, and in several attacks, his rapid breakthroughs threw Shenhua's defense into chaos.
Shanghai Seaport burst into life at the end of the first half when Vargas created an Oscar penalty kick goal. Although Wu Lei scored on a counterattack with a broken ball in front of him, Shanghai Seaport took a 2-0 lead in the first half.
Zhu Chenjie is currently the best center back in China, but Shanghai Shenhua's first goal was conceded because Zhu Chenjie's reckless foul gave the opponents a chance to take a penalty kick.
In the second half, Shanghai Seaport scored consecutive goals in a short period of time to take a 4-0 lead. The third goal conceded stemmed from Yann Xinli's handling of the ball being delayed and robbed, and the fourth was a slow release by a defender. They were launched by Oscar and then punctured.
The goal conceded also had to do with Zhu Chenjie's defense. It turned out that Zhu Chenjie's position was ahead of Oscar's and had at least a positional advantage. However, Zhu Chenjie started too slowly and failed to block the route. Oscar was the first to catch the ball in the back row, which has a more sensitive sense of smell, and finished the break.
Zhu Chenjie wore the captain's armband after Wu Xi went off. The 23-year-old international center back is currently the best homegrown defender in the Chinese Super League. However, Zhu Chenjie's gap still looks wide when facing higher level foreigners such as Vargas and Oscar. Despite his excellent physical qualities, he clearly has problems with the rhythm of handling the ball in defense, which is also due to his lack of ability to read the game.
According to Sofascore, Zhu Chenjie had a full game rating of 5.9, slightly higher than Ma Zhen, who conceded five goals. It was the second lowest rating in the entire field, including substitutes. Oscar, on the other hand, earned a superb 9.9 rating.
