On May 11, 2021, at 7:35 p.m., the Central
national soccer team
In the 4th round of the Dalian Division of the Association of First Division League, Chengdu Rongcheng and Beijing North Sports University faced off. In the 27th minute, Gan Rui assisted Liu Ruofan with a header to break the opponent's goal. Leonardo scored another goal in the 42nd minute to give Chengdu Rongcheng a 2-0 lead at halftime. However, in the 56th minute, Leonardo completed his hat-trick with another header to extend the lead to 3-0, and in the 78th minute, Gou Junchen capitalized on a free kick opportunity and scored a header to seal the win. In the final stages of the match, Ji Shengpan showed his courage at the back of the penalty area and blasted a shot into the goal to make the score 4-1. Chengdu Rongcheng continued their unbeaten run with this victory, winning 3 and drawing 1 in the first three rounds of the tournament. After the match, Liu Ruofan was honored as the best player.
Zhang Xu, the head coach of Beijing North Sports University, said frankly in the post-match press conference that there was indeed a gap between the team's strength and Chengdu Rongcheng's. Despite the big deficit, the players didn't give up. Despite being behind by a large margin, the players did not give up and finally managed to get back a point at the end of the game. He expects the team to summarize seriously after returning to the base and try to play better in the next game.
