At 20:00 Beijing time on August 8, the 13th round of the 2021 Chinese Super League was staged at the Guangzhou University City Sports Center, Qingdao played against Henan Songshan Longmen. In the 22nd minute, Qingdao player Li Peng handballed in the penalty area, Henan team was awarded a penalty kick, and Dorado hit the ball. In the end, Qingdao lost 0-1 to Henan, suffering 8 consecutive defeats, equaling the longest losing streak in the Chinese Super League.
Qingdao has lost all 7 matches since the restart of the league, scoring only 3 goals and conceding a whopping 24, with an average of over 3 goals conceded per match, making it almost impossible to win with such a defensive situation. Unfortunately, Qingdao's core player Alessandrini was substituted after only 14 minutes in the last round against Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic due to an injury, and will be out for the last two matches of the first phase. Henan, on the other hand, has not won a single match in the first four rounds of the league, but has won three, drawn three and lost two of its eight matches since the resumption of the tournament, accumulating 12 points. If Henan wins this game, they still have a chance to enter the championship group.
In the 6th minute, Wang Shangyuan crossed the ball near the right baseline, Dorado pushed down the defender and headed the ball right at the center of the goal, Liu Zhenli confiscated the ball. The referee also whistled Dorado for a pushing foul. In the 8th minute, Zhou Junchen received Liu Jian's ball from the right side and swept the ball across the goal, and Wang Guoming was the first one to fall on the ground and pounce on the ball. In the 11th minute, former Qingdao team captain Ma Xingyu broke the ball in the backfield to Zhou Dingyang, who sent a precise long pass, Karanja left beyond the defense of Li Peng, and when he was about to form a one-touch, Liu Zhenli rushed out of the penalty area to kick the ball away. In the 13th minute, Chen Pu left corner kick to the back, Li Peng in the defense of Dorado fell to the ground, the referee did not say, Feng Boxuan outside the penalty area far shot deflected off the far side of the goal. In the 15th minute, Liu Jian drove a free kick from the left side of the field to the penalty area, Radonic in the center of the header, Wang Guoming got the ball on the goal line.
In the 20th minute, Ma Xingyu's long pass to the front field, Li Peng missed the position, Karanga grabbed the header before Liu Zhenli's counterattack, and the ball rolled towards the goal, Li Peng chased back to destroy the ball. From the slow-motion camera, Ma Xingyu's pass to Kalanga was suspected to be offside, and Liu Zhenli's counter-attack was also a foul on Kalanga, but the video assistant referee did not indicate anything. In the 22nd minute, Wang Shangyuan's free kick from the left corner of the penalty area was directed to the far corner, Liu Zhenli punched the ball out of the bottom line. Chen Pu left corner kick looking for Karanga, Li Peng in the confrontation with the arm open touched the ball, referee Gu Chunhan decisive penalty kick. Dorado took the penalty and added a jumping step, tricked Liu Zhenli and put the ball into the goal, Henan took the lead 1-0.
In the 32nd minute, Karanga split the ball to the left in the corner of the penalty area, Dorado crossed the ball, Wang Shangyuan in front of the goal deflected the header. In the 36th minute, Ma Xingyu sent a precise pass after breaking the ball, Karanga formed a one-touch ball, facing the counterattacking Liu Zhenli pushed the ball, the ball grazed the left post and rolled out of the bottom line. In the 39th minute, Chen Pu and Zhou Dingyang completed a two-on-two cooperation on the left side, the former cross near the penalty spot, Karanja ready to shoot, Wang Hao sliding shovel first destroyed the ball. 1 minute later, Wang Shangyuan picked up a pass inside the penalty area, Karanja stopped and turned around, the ball was destroyed by Li Peng out of the bottom line. Qingdao trailed Henan 0-1 at halftime.
In the 46th minute, substitute Zhu Ting completed a collision with Radonic on the right side of the field, and then crossed the ball in front of the goal, Wang Guoming grabbed the ball in front of Zhu Jianrong and held the ball. In the 50th minute, Li Peng kicked down Dorado in front of the penalty area, Henan was awarded a free kick 17 meters away from the goal, Wang Shangyuan took the penalty and pushed the ball to the lower right corner of the goal, the ball slightly deflected out of the goal. In the 57th minute, Radonic took the ball in front of the left side of the field to face the two unsuccessful forced breakthrough, outside the penalty area, long-distance shot, Wang Guoming easily get the ball. 1 minute later, Zhu Jianrong in front of the penalty area to get rid of the defense of the Shunyiqi, left-footed shot, the ball played in the body of the defender out of the bottom line.
In the 62nd minute, Dorado sent a direct pass near the center line, Karanga took the ball on the left side of the road to form a single knife, killed into the penalty area, low shot, the ball was blocked by the counter-attacking goalkeeper Liu Zhenli, the middle of the road to follow up on Dorado shot, Vukovic fell on the ground and blocked the ball back, Dorado shot again, the ball struck the right-hand side of the post bounced back, and Vukovic fell on the ground and swept the leg to clear the goal. However, the assistant referee raised his flag to indicate that Karanga was offside when Dorado passed the ball. In the 70th minute, Wang Shangyuan drove the ball from the left side of the field to the back point, Dorado shot the ball without kicking the right part of the ball under the interference of Yang Yu, Liu Zhenli confiscated the ball.
In the 82nd minute, Shuniqi assisted on the front, took the ball to the right side of the penalty area line, collided with Yang Yu and fell to the ground, referee Gu Chunhan awarded a free kick. Ke Zhao penalty direct left-footed shot, Radonic header to clear a rub, the ball hit the post bounced out. In the 86th minute, when Radonic stopped the ball in the penalty area and prepared to shoot, there was a handball foul, the referee whistled for a foul, and the latter was dissatisfied with this, and vented loudly, and received a yellow card. Finally, Qingdao team 0-1 defeated Henan team. (Yang Xixi)
Qingdao starting lineup (352): 22-Liu Zhenli; 32-Yang Yu (88'2-Jiang Weipeng), 26-Vukovic, 5-Li Peng; 25-Zou Zheng, 4-Wang Hao (46'27-Zhu Jianrong), 31-Liu Jian, 16-Lv Peng (83'21-Wang Wei), 7 -Gao Xiang (46'19-Zhu Ting); 17-Zhou Junchen (U23) (88'13-Yang Likai (U23)), 9-Radonic;
Substitutes: 18-Zhao Shi, 2-Jiang Weipeng, 3-Fang Xinfeng (U23), 11-Bali, 13-Yang Likai (U23), 19-Zhu Ting, 21-Wang Wei, 27-Zhu Jianrong, 29-Ruan Zhexiang, 30-Abdullah, 33-Ji Snap Xuanyuan, 35-Zhang Hao Chen (U23);
Henan Songshan Longmen starting lineup (352): 19-Wang Guoming; 27-Niu Ziyi (U23), 4-Luo Xin, 23-Shuniqi; 12-Chen Pu (49'11-Ke Zhao), 8-Zhou Dingyang, 28-Ma Xingyu, 6-Wang Shangyuan (86'33-Dilimurati (U23)), 20-Feng Boxuan (86'16-Palman Jiang (U23)); 9-Dorado, 7-Karanga (89'30-Jong Jinbao);
Substitutes: 17-Wu Nano, 5-Gu Cao, 11-Ke Zhao, 13-Abduweli, 16-Palman Jiang (U23), 21-Chen Keqiang (U23), 22-Song Boxuan, 25-Chen Hao, 30-Zhong Jinbao, 32-Handong (U23), 33-Dilimurati (U23) 62-Wang Haoran (U23);
Yellow Cards: Qingdao: 37' Zou Zheng, 86' Radonic. Referee: Gu Chunyan.
