Just two minutes into the game, Locadia split the ball upfield to the right, Oscar broke through to cross the ball near the end line and the wrapped up Owusu hit the ball with his heel and it went wide of the far post. Referee McMichael McMichael suspended the game for nearly three minutes due to under-inflation of the ball.
Finally, a suitable selection from several balls. In the seventh minute, Jong Yi Ho took the ball on the left and pedaled his bike to bobble in a back pass. Unfortunately, two teammates grabbed it and the ball was deflected over the top. In the ninth minute, Cangzhou went straight down the left and when Locadia got the ball to break through in the box, Henan captain Gu Cao decisively fell to the ground and shoveled the ball off the line.
In the 12th minute, Adrian's ball from outside the box on the left side was lifted like a cross. Cangzhou captain Shao Pu-liang hit the ball onto the crossbar with one hand and he defiantly hit the post. Fortunately, the problem was minor. In the 15th minute, Lin Chuangyi sent a cross straight down the middle and Oscar was left unmarked on the right side of the box. Locadia header attack, but the near ball deflected off the back post. 1 minute later, Oscar head kick on the right side of the road to force through the defense of Gu Cao, broke through the penalty area, small angle explosion, the ball put a high shot.
In the 17th minute, Zhao Hongliu broke through on the left side and handed the ball to Owusu. Outside the penalty area, the ball was confiscated by Henan goalkeeper Wang Guoming. In the 20th minute, Locadia took the ball on the left side of the road, pedaled and rocked Luo Xin. After a left-footed diagonal shot, the ball rolled out of the bottom line against the far post. In the 28th minute, Oscar's right side of the road shifted long to the left. Zhao Hongliu got a low shot near the post in the corner of the penalty area and Wang Guoming fell to the ground to confiscate the ball. In the 33rd minute, Henan's left corner kick, Feng Boyuan header attack, did not top square, Shao Pu-liang confiscated the ball.
In the 41st minute, Owusu inverted a triangle pass from the left post, Oscar shot low near the penalty spot, Lokadia in front of the goal touched the ball, and Wang Guoming sealed the ball on the bottom line. Cangzhou left corner kick, Li Peng header attack, the ball was blocked by Henan defenders standing in front of the goal. In the fourth minute of first half injury time, Lokadia long-distance shot from outside the penalty area, Zheng Kaimu goalkeeper intercepted the turn and hit the goal, Wang Guoming down to the ground quickly made a brilliant save, to keep the goal. At the end of the half, both sides exchanged words with each other.
In the 50th minute, referee Mai Mai Tijiang blew a foul on Pina by Locadia, and Zhao Hongliu expressed his dissatisfaction, and Mai Mai Tijiang showed the latter a yellow card. 58 minutes, Lin Chuangyi's right corner kick, and Zheng Kaimu's header was unattended in the penalty area, which was higher than the crossbar. 62 minutes, Locadia's center outside the back of the foot was divided to the left, and Zhao Hongliu's downward pass was shoveled down by Luo Xin, and the referee ruled that the foul was committed, and the latter was shown a yellow card. The referee called a foul and showed a yellow card to the latter. 65 minutes, Locadia divided the ball in front of the penalty area to the left, Zhao Hongliu did not stop the ball directly to the center, Wang Guoming pounced on the ball, Oscar intended to make up for the shot, the ball was robbed by Luo Xin.
In the 70th minute, Gao Tianyi, who just came on as a substitute, fouled Owusu too much in midfield and got a yellow card. In the 73rd minute, Oscar took the ball back from the left side and Owusu shot from the line of the box, which Wang Guoming parried away. Cangzhou picked up a pass before Lokadia got the ball again in the penalty area, Oscar stopped the ball on the left side of the chest and hit the ball, the ball will be above the crossbar. In the 75th minute, after Adrian took the ball from the right side and cut across the field, Kovic bent a header in front of the goal, and Shao Pu-liang put the ball out with one hand. Kovic got up to add a shot to break the balance of the field, Henan team away from home 1-0 lead. Kovic scored in six consecutive rounds and he got a goal in these six games.
In the 79th minute, Owusu hit the ball from a small angle in the left side of the box and Wang Guoming blocked the ball on the bottom line. Lin Chuangyi drove a left corner kick to the goal mouth and Locadia threw his head to the goal. In the 89th minute, Cangzhou lifted the ball into the box and Locadia's first shot came up empty. Then he took the ball and shot again. The ball was blocked by Luo Xin. In the last minute of injury time, Luo Xin collapsed on the pitch. When the stretcher came in, the medical staff rushed to drag Luo Xin onto the stretcher, and Gao Tianyi expressed his displeasure at this, almost starting a clash. Finally Cangzhou 0-1 defeat Henan.
Cangzhou Lions starting lineup (343): 14-Shao Pu-liang; 15-Wang Peng, 16-Zheng Kai-mu, 2-Li Peng (86'20-Liu Xin-yu); Zhao Hong-liu, 8-Lin Chuang-yi (86'33-Zhang Xiang-suk), 19-Zhukov, 13-Sun Qin-han (70'17-Park Shi-hao); 31-Owusu, 9-Lokadia, 10-Oscar;
Substitutes: 29 - Han Feng, 6 - Yang Yun, 17 - Park Shi Hao, 18 - Xu Chen, 20 - Liu Xin Yu, 21 - Školich, 22 - Wu Fear, 24 - He You Clan, 25 - Zhang Yue, 27 - Ma Fuyu, 28 - Yang Xiaotian, 33 - Zhang Xiangshuo;
Henan starting lineup (4231): 19 - Wang Guoming; 11 - Ke Zhao (68' 33 - Dilimurati), 5 - Gu Cao, 23 - Shunyiqi, 4 - Luo Xin; 24 - Li Songyi, 17 - Pina; 29 - Zhong Yihao (79' 32 - Han Dong), 20 - Kovic (85' 3 - Yang Shuai), 10 - Adrian (79' 8 - Huang Zichang); 9 - Feng Boyuan (68' 14-Gao Tianyi);
Substitutes: 13-Peng Peng, 2-Liu Yixin, 3-Yang Shuai, 8-Huang Zichang, 12-Yang Minjie, 14-Gao Tianyi, 16-Diliyimiti, 18-Zhao Yuhao, 26-Liu Jiahui, 27-Niu Ziyi, 32-Handong, 33-Diliyimurati.
