Chinese Super League Spotlight: Taishan 3-1 Guangzhou City to end rival's three-game winning streak
In the 13th round of the 2021 Chinese Super League, Guangzhou City and Shandong Taishan started a fierce competition at Yuexiushan Stadium at 18:00 on August 8, Beijing time. In the first half of the match, Sun Junhao broke the deadlock with a header from Fellaini, assisted by a corner kick. In the second half, Taishan's "Masked Warrior" Jadson made further efforts to extend the lead with a corner kick. At the end of the game, substitute Guilherme and Qi Tianyu scored respectively, and finally Taishan won 3-1 against Guangzhou City, ushering in a fourth consecutive victory and ending Guangzhou City's momentum of three consecutive wins.
Both teams come into this match with three consecutive wins under their belts. Guangzhou City needed only one more point to lock up a spot in the Champions League group, but unfortunately, captain Tang Miao will undergo surgery due to an injury and will miss the league and national team matches. Taishan leads not only the Guangzhou division, but the entire Chinese Super League. In order to prepare for the Champions League, Taishan will still give their best in the last two matches of the first stage.
In the 12th minute of the game, Taishan corner kick, Li Tixiang header clearance, Wen Yongjun take the ball counterattack was Ji Xiang fell, referee Shi Zhenlu to show a yellow card to Ji Xiang. In the 14th minute, Han Jiaqi long pass, Ye Chugui direct pass, Wen Yongjun low shot in the penalty area, the ball was blocked by the defenders. In the 21st minute, Fellaini left diagonal pass, Ji Xiang header, Eagle top out of the bottom line, Sun Junhao corner kick, Fellaini header, slightly higher than the right side of the post.
In the 24th minute, Liu Binbin right cross, Guo Tianyu header, Han Jiaqi out of the bottom line. In the 25th minute, Sun Jun Hao right corner kick, Liu Binbin pass, Jia Desong rushed to the top, over the crossbar. In the 28th minute, Ye Chugui picked behind the Taishan defense, Jia Desong grabbed the first clearance, to avoid the formation of Wen Yongjun single knife. In the 31st minute, Ji Xiang right diagonal pass, Fellaini header, Han Jiaqi fish leap to put the ball out.
In the 37th minute, Xu Xin, straight in front of the penalty area, Guo Tianyu down to the ground shovel shot, Zhang Gong fell to the ground to block. In the 38th minute, Fellaini transferred to the left, Liu Yang cross, Guo Tianyu header, Han Jiaqi confiscated. In the 40th minute, Wen Yongjun took the ball on the right line, breaking through Liu Yang and Xu Xin's defense, facing the replacement Shi Ke shot, the ball was blocked out of the bottom line. In the 42nd minute, Wu Xinghan received a pass from a teammate on the left side, cut inside and shot low, Han Jiaqi fell to the ground to get the ball.
In the second minute of first half injury time, Sun Junho's corner kick from the right side was driven near the penalty spot and Fellaini leapt high to head the ball into the far side of the net, sending Taishan back to the locker room with a 1-0 score.
The side again, the 55th minute, Eagle backfield pass error, Duan Liu Yu break breakthrough to the penalty area low ball pass, Guo Tianyu did not touch the ball, Liu Binbin follow up a little slower, the ball was released by the defenders. In the 58th minute, Liu Binbin cut the ball to the right, pulled to the side of the Fellaini pass, Guo Tianyu header, over the crossbar. 1 minute later, Liu Binbin front right diagonal pass to the back point, Sun Zhunhao cushion shot deflection.
In the 64th minute, Guangzhou City sent out both Guilherme and Thiago. In the 65th minute, Ye Chugui grabbed a long pass from the center circle to find Guilherme, who pushed it to Caldona, who sent a precise direct pass to Guilherme, who formed a one-two punch, which was blocked by Wang Dalei's body.
In the 70th minute, Qi Tianyu left corner kick to the back point to find Fellaini, Hu Rui Bao header clearance did not go far, the ball fell to the penalty area, Jadson grabbed the shot, the ball rolled into the net from the left side of the post, Taishan 2-0 to extend the lead.
Jadson, who suffered a facial injury in the last game, took the initiative to wear a protective mask and scored his first goal since representing the Taishan team.
In the 76th minute, Wu Xinghan got the ball on the left corner of the penalty area, continuous disk, failed to get rid of the defense, encountered a triple attack, but fortunately in time to pick the ball out, Duan Liuyu penalty area line shot, Han Jiaqi struggled to put the ball out. In the 79th minute, Guangzhou City counterattacked, Guilherme took the ball to the right, Huang Zhengyu direct diagonal pass inside the penalty area, Jiang Jihong header over the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Guilherme took the ball to the top of the penalty area, and Thiago met the ball with a long-distance shot off the goal.
In the 85th minute, Caldona and Thiago completed a collision with the wall on the left side of the road and then passed straight to the top of the penalty area, Jiang Jihong back to the ball smoothly, Guilherme killed into the penalty area pushed the ball into the goal, Guangzhou City will be the score to 1-2.
In the 87th minute, Ji Xiang picked the ball inside the penalty area, the ball was tipped out by Han Pengfei, Sun Junhao got the ball and rolled the pass to the right ribs, Li Tixiang failed to shovel, Qi Tianyu shot from close range, assisting the Taishan team to win 3-1 over Guangzhou City.
(Yang Hee-hee)
Guangzhou City starting lineup (541): 22-Han Jiaqi (U23); 10-Li Tixiang, 5-Hu Ruibao, 4-Zhang Gong, 18-Yi Teng (76'15-Han Pengfei), 35-Wang Huapeng (U23) (69'36-Huang Zhengyu); 7-Cardona, 16-Chen Junle (64 '9-Tiago), 6-Fan Yunlong, 11-Ye Chugui (76'19'Jiang Jihong); 37-Wen Yongjun (U23) (64'12-Guilherme);
Substitutes: 1 Cheng Yuelei, 23 Zhou Yuchen, 8 Dembele, 9 Thiago, 12 Guilherme, 15 Han Pengfei, 19 Jiang Jihong, 27 Yang Xiaotian, 31 Zhang Jinliang (U23), 32 Chen Zhizhao, 36 Huang Zhengyu, 39 Su Yuliang (U23);
Shandong Taishan starting lineup (4231): 14-Wang Dalei; 11-Liu Yang, 4-Jadason, 27-Shi Ke, 37-Ji Xiang; 25-Felaini, 28-Sun Junhao; 17-Wu Xinghan (90+2'5-Zheng Zheng), 8-Xu Xin (51'36-Duan Liuyu (U23)), 21-Liu Binbin ( 63'15-Qi Tianyu); 7-Guo Tianyu (U23) (90+2'19-Delgado);
Substitutes: 18-Han Rongze, 5-Zheng Zheng, 6-Wang Tong, 15-Qi Tianyu, 16-Li Hailong, 19-Delgado, 20-Chen Zhechao, 31-Zhao Jianfei (U23), 32-Tian Xin (U23), 35-Dai Lin, 36-Duan Liuyu (U23), 39-Song Long.
Yellow card: Taishan: 12' Ji Xiang. Referee: Shi Zhenlu.
