At 8:30 p.m. Beijing time on July 28, the 9th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) final battle between Shanghai Shenhua and Wuhan began. In this fierce battle, Moreno's two goals were blown, Lopez's shot hit the post, Li Chao's handball in the penalty area gave a penalty kick, but Yu Hanchao's penalty kick was pounced on, and the two sides ended up with a 0-0 draw.
Shanghai Shenhua has been playing quite brightly this season, with four wins, two draws and one loss, and is temporarily in second place in the league. The team's offense has grown significantly, scoring a total of 13 goals, but the defense is a bit lacking, conceding 8 goals. In contrast, Wuhan's performance has been sluggish this season, ranking seventh in the league with four draws and three losses. The offense has been weak, scoring only four goals in seven matches, and the defense has been equally unstable, conceding as many as nine goals.
In the first half, in the 3rd minute, Yu Hanchao made a breakthrough on the left road and sent a pass, Moreno stepped in the back row to head the goal, but it was too high. In the 20th minute, Yu Hanchao in front of the ball to the left, Ai Di inserted a pass, Wang Zhifeng clearance error, Zhao Mingjian shot by Liu Yun blocked out. In the 25th minute, Zhao Mingjian's right pass to the penalty area, Jin Xinyu's header, Li Chao's clearance but kicked a teammate, the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper. In the 26th minute, Shenhua won the penalty area on the left side of the positioning ball, Yu Hanchao free kick direct shot, the ball around the wall was Wang Zhifeng pounced out of the bottom line.
In the 30th minute, Sun Shilin yanked Artemis Junmin in midfield and received a yellow card. In the 33rd minute, Aidi crossed the ball from the left, and Kim Shin-wook's header went wide. In the 37th minute, Basogo right inverted triangle pass to the top of the arc, Zhao Mingjian peripheral shot was touched out of the bottom line. In the 42nd minute, Wuhan won the positional ball on the right side of the field, Artemisia Junmin punished to the middle of the penalty area, Li Shuai flew to hit the ball out. The first half ended with Shanghai Shenhua 0-0 Wuhan.
In the second half, in the 46th minute, Cao Yunding sent a direct pass from the left, Eddie inserted and passed, but unfortunately no one followed up in the middle. In the 48th minute, Adrian's right corner kick to the penalty area, Jonic header was parried by Wang Zhifeng. In the 55th minute, Adrian was shot from the outside of the penalty area, and Wang Zhifeng pounced on the ball. In the 71st minute, Huang Zichang in front of the middle of the road after the distribution of the ball to the right side, Lopez took the ball into the left side of the penalty area to the left foot, played a shot, the ball hit the left side of the post popped out.
In the 80th minute, Luo Yi was brought down by Adrian in front of the penalty area, Adrian received a yellow card, Wuhan was awarded a set piece, Lopez shot was cleared off the line. In the 85th minute, Zhao Mingjian outside the right side of the cross to the back point, Moreno flying header, but offside first, the goal is invalid. In the 90th minute, Li Chao and Moreno scrambled for a handball in the penalty area, the referee communicated with the video referee and personally watched the video replay, and determined that Li Chao had committed a handball foul, the referee awarded Shenhua a penalty kick, Yu Hanchao punished by playing the left side of the goal, which was pounced on by Wang Zhifeng. In the end, the whole game, Shanghai Shenhua 0-0 Wuhan.
Shanghai Shenhua starting line-up: 27-Li Shuai (66'1-Ma Zhen (U23)), 2-Aidi, 5-Zhu Chenjie (U23) (66'6-Feng Xiaoting), 13-Zhao Mingjian, 22-Jonic, 10-Moreno, 11-Yu Hanchao, 12-Wu Xi, 37-Sun Shilin (45 '9-Adrian), 17-Bassogo, 20-Jin Xinyu (45'28-Cao Yunding)
Wuhan starting lineup: 1-Wang Zhifeng, 3-Zhao Hongliu (45'7-Luo Yi), 5-Tian Yinong, 6-Li Chao, 22-Liao Junjian, 27-Yang Boyu, 28-Artemisia Artemisia Artemisia, 32-Chen Yuhao (U23), 20-Li Xing (76'33-Ye Chongqiu), 26-Liu Yun, 44-Anderson Lopez
