At 15:30 on January 8, Beijing time, the first round of the promotion and relegation playoff of the Chinese Super League, Qingdao of the Chinese Super League played against Zhejiang. In the first half, Frank added a shot to help Zhejiang take the lead, and both sides failed to score in the second half. In the end, Zhejiang took the lead in the first round with a 1-0 lead over Qingdao.
As the Chinese Super League will be expanded to 18 teams next season, Qingdao, who are at the bottom of the Chinese Super League, will play against Zhejiang, who are in third place. The two teams will play two rounds of play-offs, with the winners advancing to the Super League and the losers playing in next season's Super League.
Moments of Excitement
In the fourth minute, Zhejiang took the lead in the attack, Frank side pass in front of the goal, Gaudi in the box header back to the top of the high.
In the 17th minute, Matthews was put down on the right side by Liu, then the free kick was taken to the front point by Liu, and the next right corner went straight over the line.
In the 25th minute, Zhejiang crashed into the wall on the right, Matthews took the ball outside the box on the right, took a few steps inside and hit the ball slightly wide.
In the 30th minute, Zhejiang launched a rapid counterattack, Matthews went straight through the defense, Gaudi's small-angle shot was pounced on by Li Zhizhao, and then Frank added a shot to give Zhejiang a 1-0 lead over Qingdao!
In the 43rd minute, Qingdao's corner kick was punished into the penalty area by Zhejiang, who counterattacked with a 3-1 in front of the field, but Matthews made a bad pass and Qingdao players worked hard on defense to destroy the ball.
In the 45th minute, Zhejiang started from the right and the goal was blocked by Li Zhizhao, Zhong Haoran followed up with another supplementary shot slightly off the mark.
In the 52nd minute, Zhejiang's foreign aid Matthews got a chance from the periphery and fired a powerful shot that slightly missed the goal frame.
In the 60th minute, Zhejiang's midfield side two-on-one, Gu Bin took the ball and passed diagonally in front of the goal, and Matthews took a low shot off the post.
In the 69th minute, Qingdao attacked, Wang Hao fell to the ground in a single cut against Gu Chao's defense, the referee was refereeing, and the VAR reminded himself to go down to the field to watch the video, and then made sure there was no penalty kick.
In the 73rd minute, Qingdao kicked the ball from the left side, Wang Hao and Gu Chao jumped for the ball at the same time, Gu Chao confiscated the ball under the interference.
In the 82nd minute, Zhejiang team got the opportunity of positioning ball in front of the field, Gu Bin punished the free kick directly hit the goal, was Li Zhizhao pounced out of the bottom line.
At the end of the match, Zhejiang led Qingdao 1-0 in the first round.
Lineups
Qingdao starting lineup: 1-Li Zhizhao (U23), 21-Wang Wei, 23-Liu Jiaxun, 25-Zou Zheng, 4-Wang Hao, 29-Ruan Zhexiang, 28-Badu, 31-Liu Jian, 16-Lv Peng, 19-Zhu Ting, 17-Zhou Junchen (U23)
Substitutes: 2-Jiang Weipeng, 3-Fang Xinfeng (U5-Li Peng, 10-Alexandrini, 14-Song Run Tong Tong (U23), 18-Zhao Shi, 24-Hu Jiajiakasa (U23), 26-Vukovic, 27-Ju Jianrong, 30-Memeti Abdullah, 32-Yang Yu, 33-Ji Snapchatuan
Zhejiang start: 1-Gu Chao, 28-Yue Xin, 2-Liang Nuoheng, 4-Sun Zheng Ao, 26-Gao Tianyi (U23), 22-Cheng Jin, 7-Frank, 8-Zhong Haoran, 10-Gu Bin, 9-Gao Di, 44-Matthews
