The drums of war were beating and Shanghai Shenhua, who had the advantage of home ground, quickly launched an offensive.
In the second minute, Andre Luis failed to attract the referee's attention when he was tackled in the box by Cangzhou Lions goalkeeper Donghang.
In the third minute, Shanghai Shenhua cleverly used a right corner and Gao Tianyi's precise pass caught the Cangzhou Lions defense off guard. Wu Xi curled in a shot, Donghang made a save but Xu Haoyang's follow-up shot managed to break through! Shanghai Shenhua leads Cangzhou Lions 1:0, and the fire of dream starts to burn.
Xie Pengfei's cross from the left in the 12th minute saw Zhu Chenjie's overhead kick graze the net.
In the 14th minute, Gao Tianyi took a cross from a teammate at the top of the arc and fired a shot that was valiantly parried away by Donghang.
On 21 minutes, Andre Luis' shot from inside the box went wide.
Andre Luiz's header went wide again on 22 minutes.
In the 23rd minute, André Luis stopped the ball on his chest in the box and took a shot, but unfortunately the ball flew over the line.
In 28 minutes, Cangzhou Lions got a free kick in front of the goal, Zheng Dalun shot was blocked, Zhukov shot from outside the box was high again.
In the 31st minute, Xie Pengfei took a long shot from outside the box that Donghang easily parried.
35 minutes, Shanghai Shenhua won a free kick in front of the field, Xie Pengfei shot off the mark.
In the 50th minute, Zhu Chenjie controlled the ball in front of the field and fired a stunning world wave to extend Shanghai Shenhua's lead 2:0.
In the 63rd minute, Teixeira cut inside from the left and shot, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.
In the 76th minute, Dai Weijun advanced through the middle, Donghang pounced and Andre Luis added a shot. Shanghai Shenhua led Cangzhou Lions 3:0.
In full-time extra time until the 95th minute, Cao Jieding cut a pass inside from the right and André Luis scored on a shot to seal Shanghai Shenhua's 4:0 win.
Shanghai Shenhua continued to lead the Chinese Super League standings with 23 points after winning seven and drawing two of their nine matches, with Chengdu Rongcheng in second place with a four-point gap.
