In the 51st minute, Liu Ruofan vanadium made a clever break to form a dangerous inverted triangle pass, Peng Xinli was awarded a penalty kick for a foul and Zhu Chenjie scored easily to give Shenhua a 2-0 lead over Hebei.
In the 58th minute, Hebei made a substitution, with Song Xintao and Zhang Wei replacing Gao Yunan and Xu Tianyuan; immediately after, in the 61st minute, Basogo gained possession of the ball on the right side of the penalty area and deftly cut inside to fire a shot, but the ball was slightly off to the left side of the goal.
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Shenhua won another penalty kick in the 65th minute, Liu Ruofan was tripped in the penalty area and Peng Xinli hit the penalty kick to extend Shenhua's lead to 3-0.
Shenhua then made changes to their personnel, with Sun Shilin and Jiang Shenglong replacing Wu Xi and Zhu Chenjie, and Zhu Baojie and Zhao Mingjian replacing Cao Yunding and Bassogo.
In the 82nd minute, Hebei's substitute Zhao Ziye crossed the ball from the left, Zhang Wei followed up with a shot, but the ball went over the goal; in the 91st minute, Zhang Wei received a pass and grabbed a header inside the penalty area to break the goal, and Hebei fell behind 1-3.
Neither side converted for the remainder of the match, with Shanghai Shenhua defeating Hebei 3-1.
Hebei starting lineup: 30-Bao Yaxiong, 6-Zhang Junzhe, 8-Yao Daogang, 16-Liu Gang, 21-Cui Lin, 29-Yang Chenyu (U23) (46' 11-Mao Xuchen (U23)), 32-Ding Haifeng, 7-Xu Tianyuan (58' 38-Zhang Wei (U23)), 22-Ren Wei (68 ' 45-Zhao Ziye (U23)), 25-Liao Wei (U23) (45' 20-Gao Huaze), 42-Gao Yu Nan (U23) (58' 17-Song Xintao (U23))
Substitutes: 34-Pang Jiajun (U23), 4-Pan Ximing, 14-Chen Yunhua (U23), 28-Zhang Yunjun (U23), 31-Sun Hongwei (U23), 33-Yang Yixuan (U23), 37-Jin Xing
Shanghai Shenhua starting lineup: 1-Ma Zhen, 3-Bi Jinhao, 5-Zhu Chenjie (U23) (66' 4-Jiang Shenglong (U23)), 23-Ba Jiajun, 12-Wu Xi (66' 37-Sun Shilin), 18-Wang Yi, 25-Peng Xinli, 28-Cao Yunding (70') 21-Zhu Baojie), 33-Wang Haijian (U23), 17-Basogo (70' 13-Zhao Mingjian), 27-Zhu Jianrong (45' 36-Liu Ruofan (U23))
Substitutes: 19-Zeng Cheng, 2-Sun Qinhan (U23), 8-Zhang Lu, 22-Jin Yangyang, 32-Aidi, 26-Qin Sheng, 29-Zhou Junchen (U23)
