China Super League (soccer league)
The fourth round of the league climaxed with a marquee match between top-ranked Shanghai Harbour (SIPG) and promoted Changchun Yatai. Despite Shanghai Harbor's impressive performance last season, they started the new season with only 7 points from 2 wins and 1 draw, while Yatai remained undefeated with 1 win and 2 draws. What's worse, Yatai has a lot of experience in the Chinese Super League, which makes the prediction of this match confusing. Meanwhile, Shandong Taishan managed to win this round and lead the standings with 10 points, so Hong Kong will have to beat Yatai if they want to keep their position.
In this game, the Hong Kong boss Lecco lined up the strongest lineup, Oscar led Arnautovic, Lopez, Muy to start, the strength of the midfield is still strong. Faced with the strength of the opponent, Changchun Yatai manager Chen Yang did not choose to defend, but put on the posture of attacking with Shanghai Hong Kong, which fully demonstrated the confidence of Yatai.
In the fourth minute of the game, Oscar straight to the penalty area, Muy back to get the ball, clever turn and shoot, the ball speed is not fast, but the angle is tricky, Shi Xiaotian failed to pounce on the ball, the ball rubbed out.
In the 17th minute, Changchun Yatai player Eric shot the ball strongly inside the penalty area, the ball speed is very fast, the angle is accurate, fortunately Yan Junling saved in time to solve the crisis.
In the 37th minute, Eric broke through with the ball, Wei Zhen stepped forward to shovel, the referee decisively showed a yellow card.
In the end, Hong Kong and Yatai played to 0-0, both sides take 1 point. SIPG won 2, drew 2 and accumulated 8 points, now 2 points behind the top Shandong Luneng. After the last round of draw Shanghai Shenhua, Shanghai Harbor again suffered a draw, such a performance obviously can not let the outside world satisfied. After all, Hong Kong's goal is to compete for the title, while Changchun Yatai has 6 points with 1 win and 3 draws, and at least remains undefeated despite more draws. As a promoted horse, such a result is already enough for the outside world to accept, and with the team's integration, Yatai's performance is expected to further improve.
