Chinese Super League Spotlight: Guoan's home shocker, Taishan's resilient equalizer
Beijing time on October 9, the night is low, the 22nd round of the Chinese Super League, a focus of the battle in the Rizhao International Football Center staged. Beijing Guoan hosted Shandong Taishan. Toward the end of the game, Guoan was down by two goals, 1-3, but Moises stepped up and scored two goals in a row to give his team a chance of survival.
The atmosphere of the match at the Rizhao International Football Center became more and more tense, and Guoan's performance on this battlefield became more and more exciting. Gao Tianyi opened the scoring with a long-distance shot. Although Cressan then equalized, Guoan did not get discouraged and took advantage of Shandong Taishan's defensive breakdown at the back and scored on consecutive set-piece chances to take a 3-1 lead in the 74th minute.
Shandong Taishan faced a 20-minute time for a desperate comeback. At the crucial moment, Taishan won a free kick in the 89th minute. Sun Junho's free kick flew towards the penalty area, and Moises jumped up to head in the goal to make the score 2-3. 34-year-old Moises inspired his teammates to keep fighting after the goal, and Taishan kept the pressure on Guoan.
The game went into injury time, Zheng Zheng picked the ball near the bottom line of the penalty area, Wang Gang's arm accidentally touched the ball, VAR intervention, referee Shi Zhenlu personally to the sidelines to watch the replay, and finally awarded a penalty kick. Moises took the penalty in the 95th minute to make the score 3-3, Shandong Taishan equalized.
In just 6 minutes, Taishan scored two goals to equalize the score. Despite Taishan's chances to overtake the score, referee Shi Zhenlu blew the whistle for the end of the game early, and the Taishan players were very unhappy with the referee's performance after the game.
Shandong Taishan completed a shutout in their last game, and in this game, after falling behind by two goals in an unfavorable situation, they tenaciously equalized the score and put in a hard effort to defend their title.
