In this season's fierce battle, Dalian Ren Football Club has accumulated 19 points with a record of 6 wins, 1 draw and 15 losses, unfortunately placing them at the end of the relegation group in the Chinese Super League, only the second last. Despite a 4-1 win over Qingdao in the final round, the victory was futile for Dalian Ren as relegation rivals Chongqing and Tianjin both won. Meanwhile, Chengdu Rongcheng, with an outstanding record of 21 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, accumulated 71 points and ranked fourth in the Chinese Super League, hand in hand with Zhejiang to qualify for the Super League play-offs. With the upcoming expansion of the Chinese Super League to 18 teams, next season's play-offs will be a two-legged affair, with the winners moving up to the Chinese Super League and the losers continuing to play in next season's Chinese League One.
At the beginning of the match, in the 4th minute, Leonardo forced a breakthrough on the left and crossed the ball to the penalty area, but unfortunately, his teammates were unable to capitalize on the chance to shoot. In the 10th minute, Larson sent a precise direct ball, Shan Huanhuan received the ball in the penalty area and crossed the ball, Tao Qianglong hesitated when he shot from a small angle, and finally the shot was blocked. In the 16th minute, Marcus Danielson pushed Leonardo in the penalty area, but the referee did not call a penalty. In the 19th minute, Sun Guowen received a yellow card for lifting his leg too high. In the 24th minute, Liu Ruofan broke the ball in the backfield and ran along the side road at high speed and blasted a heavy shot from a long distance, but it went slightly wide.
In the 28th minute, Zhe looked for Larson but was broken by Gan Rui. In the 30th minute, Dalianjin got a set piece in front of them, Zhao Xuri passed straight to the back point, Danielson grabbed the chance, but goalkeeper Zhang Yan made a timely save to confiscate the ball. In the 33rd minute, Chengdu Rongcheng got a corner kick from the left side, the corner kick was passed to the front point, Danielson managed to break through. In the 35th minute, Tao Qianglong picked the center of the left side of the penalty area, Shan Huanhuan jumped up to head the ball, but failed to hit the target accurately. In the 39th minute, Dalian people continued to attack, Liu Ruofan peripheral distribution to the left side of the penalty area, Liu Bin received the ball after the shot was blocked out of the bottom line.
In the 42nd minute, Larson took a corner kick from the left side, Leonardo jumped up to clear the ball, Larson got the ball at the second point and passed it to the penalty area again, after some headers, Sun Guowen met the ball and shot the ball to break the goal, Dalian People led Chengdu Rongcheng 1-0. At the end of the first half, Dalian People had a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and played again. In the 49th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng won a free kick, Romulo kicked the ball to the front point of the penalty area, Liu Tao jumped up to head the ball on goal, but it was slightly off. In the 53rd minute, Sun Guowen was shown a second yellow card for a deliberate kicking offense and was sent off. In the 77th minute, Liu Ruofan took a shot from outside the area, but the ball bounced off the ground and hit the post. Zhao Xuri then kicked down Feng Zhuoyi in the penalty area, after video replay, the referee awarded a penalty kick, Felipe hit the penalty, Chengdu Rongcheng equalized the score to 1-1.
In the 84th minute, Gan Chao received a yellow card for lifting his foot too high during a scramble at the back of the field. In the 88th minute, Wang Jinxian also received a yellow card when he was scrambling on the side. Zheng Long was shown a red card for dissatisfaction with the referee's decision. After 4 minutes of extra time, Gan Rui received another yellow card in the 92nd minute. Larson took a free kick to the penalty area and Huang Jiahui's header was confiscated by the goalkeeper. At the end of the match, both sides clashed and the scene was once chaotic. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Chengdu Rongcheng starting lineup: 1-Zhang Yan, 3-Tang Xin (64' 11-Hu Mingming), 39-Gan Chao, 26-Liu Tao, 27-Liu Bin (U23), 36-Gou Junchen, 6-Feng Zhuoyi, 17-Gan Rui, 10-Romulo (70' 28-Felipe), 8-Liu Ruofan (U23), 9- Leonardo.
Chengdu Rongcheng substitutes not played: 24-Xing Yu, 25-Min Junlin, 2-Hu Yongfa, 4-Yang Zexiang, 5-Liu Yu, 12-Li Zhi, 15-Wu Guichao, 18-Xiang Baixu, 20-Wang Hanlin, 21-Meng Haojie (U23)
Dalian People Starting XI: 1-Zhang Chong, 4-Li Shuai, 14-Huang Jiahui (U23), 16-Tong Lei, 22-Dong Yanfeng, 30-Marcus Danielson, 7-Zhao Xu Ri (88' 40-Zhu Jiaxuan (U23)), 10-Sam Larsen, 11-Sun Guowen, 9-Shan Huanhuan (U23) (82 ' 15 - Zhao Jianbo (U23)), 24 - Tao Qianglong (U23) (82' 20 - Wang Jinxian)
Dalian substitutes who did not play: 32-Kudizheti Abulaiti, 13-Wang Yaopeng, 33-Wang Xianjun (U23), 18-He Yupeng (U23), 26-Cui Ming'an, 66-Wang Yu (U23), 34-Wang Zhen'ao (U23), 39-Wang Tengda (U23)
