This season Dalian soccer is in second place at the bottom of the relegation group with only 19 points from 6 wins, 1 draw and 15 losses in the fierce Chinese Super League (CSL). In the final round, despite a 4-1 win against Qingdao, the victory was a drop in the bucket for Dalian, as relegation rivals Chongqing and Tianjin both won. Meanwhile, Chengdu Rongcheng, with 21 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, finished fourth in the Chinese Super League (CSL) with 71 points and qualified for the play-offs with Zhejiang. With the expansion of the Chinese Super League to 18 teams next season, the two teams will play a two-legged playoff, with the winner advancing to the Chinese Super League and the loser playing in next season's Chinese League One.
At the beginning of the game, in the 4th minute, Leonardo forced a breakthrough on the left and crossed the box, but his teammates failed to seize the opportunity to shoot. In the 10th minute, Larson sent a precise direct feed, Shan Huanhuan received the ball in the box and crossed the ball, Tao Qianglong did not have the first time to shoot from a small angle, and the shot was blocked by the opposing defenders. In the 16th minute, Marcus Danielson pushed Leonardo in his own penalty area, but the referee did not blow the foul. In the 19th minute, Sun Guowen was shown a yellow card for lifting his leg too high. In the 24th minute, Liu Ruofan made a quick break along the side after breaking the ball at the back, and blasted a heavy shot from outside the box from a long distance, but unfortunately it missed.
In the 28th minute, Zhe's pass to Larson was broken by Gan Rui. In the 30th minute, Dalian People got a chance to get a set piece in front of the field, Zhao Xuri passed the ball to the back point, Danielson grabbed the header and goalkeeper Zhang Yan reacted in time to pounce on the ball. In the 33rd minute, Chengdu Rongcheng had a corner kick opportunity on the left side, the corner kick was passed to the front point and was cleared by Danielson. In the 35th minute, Tao Qianglong picked the center of the left side of the penalty area, Shan Huanhuan jumped up to take a header, but unfortunately failed to hit the target. In the 39th minute, Dalian continued to attack, Liu Ruofan peripheral distribution to the left side of the penalty area, Liu Bin inserted the ball and hit the goal was blocked by the opposing defenders out of the bottom line.
In the 42nd minute, Larson took the left corner kick, the first point was broken by Leonardo's header, Larson got the ball in the second point and passed it to the penalty area, the header scrambled and fell to the back point, Sun Guowen met the ball and scored, Dalian People led Chengdu Rongcheng by 1-0. At the end of the first half, Dalian People temporarily led 1-0.
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and played again. In the 49th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng got a free kick opportunity, Romulo drove the free kick to the front point of the penalty area, Liu Tao stooped down to take a header on the goal, but unfortunately it was off the mark. In the 53rd minute, Sun Guowen was sent off for a second yellow card, turning two yellows into one red. In the 77th minute, Liu Ruowan vanadium outside the perimeter of the cross, right-footed chopping attack on goal, the ball bounced to the ground and hit the post popped out. Zhao Xuri then tripped Feng Zhuoyi in the penalty area, the referee, after watching the video replay, awarded a penalty kick, Felipe took the penalty kick into the lower left corner of the goal, Chengdu Rongcheng to 1-1 draw with Dalian people.
In the 84th minute, Gan Chao was shown a yellow card after lifting his foot too high during a backfield scramble. In the 88th minute, Wang Jinxian was shown a yellow card for scrambling on the sideline. Zheng Long was then shown a red card on the sidelines for dissatisfaction with the referee's decision. In the 92nd minute, Gan Rui was shown a yellow card for shoveling after 4 minutes of extra time. Larson took a free kick to the penalty area and Huang Jiahui's header was parried out by the goalkeeper. At the end of the game, both players clashed and the scene was once chaotic. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Chengdu Rongcheng Starting XI: 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)
