On July 12, Shanghai Seaport hosted Wuhan Sanzhen in the 16th round of the Chinese Super League. Only 31 minutes into the match, Caron made a clever grab inside the penalty area, leading to a foul on Wang Yi, and Maning confirmed the penalty after a super-long VAR review. However, Oscar's spot-kick was valiantly parried away by Liu Dengzheng. Before the end of the half, Ren Hang was red-carded for accumulating two yellow cards, and Wei Shihao applauded sarcastically on the sidelines, resulting in a red-card ejection as well. In the second half, in 63 minutes, Li Shuai sent a precise assist, Li Shenglong header goal. 65 minutes, Li Shuai pass, Gao Zhunyi clearance error, udon goal to help seaport to extend the score. 73 minutes, Jiang Guangtai destruction of Davidson's one-two, but was sentenced to a red card. Finally, in the 78th minute, Wu Lei scored a solo goal to seal the win.
In the first 15 rounds of matches, Shanghai Seaport led the table with 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, but the outside world is not satisfied with Xavier's use of strategy and technical and tactical arrangements, the two foreigners Vargas and Pinko are difficult to get a stable opportunity to play, and the core players Wu Lei and Oscar's form is not the best. The last round of 1-1 draw with Dalian people, but also let Xavier's trust fell to the freezing point.
Wuhan Sanzhen ranked 7th in the league with 5 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses in the first 15 rounds. During the break, meritorious coach Pedro stepped down and Japanese coach Takamimiao took over. In the last round of the league, Sanzhen beat Changchun Yatai 2-1 and finally got their first home win in the middle of the league.
In the starting lineup, Seaport continued to field the double foreigners of Oscar and Caron, Wu Lei, Buytijiang, Xu Xin, Zhang Linmiao and Jiang Guangtai, while Paulinho and Vargas came on as substitutes, and Pinko was left out of the lineup. For San Zhen, Aziz, Davidson and Stancho start, Wei Shihao and Tao Qianglong come on as substitutes, while Edmilson and Wallace miss out due to injury.
Four minutes into the game, seaport midfield left side of the silent cooperation, Lv Wenjun pick pass, Wu Lei and Liu Yiming formed a silent understanding, Maning kicked a free kick. In the sixth minute, Sanzhen midfield ready to launch a free kick, Aziz shot by Yan Junling pounced, the assistant referee at the same time signaling offside. Eight minutes, Stanciu sent a fine pass in front of the penalty area, Wang Yi's downward pass was cleared.
In the 11th minute, Seaport midfield picked up a pass, Wu Lei got a single chance, but he chose to cross the middle, which was destroyed by the limit of Renhang. In the 15th minute, Seaport's quick counterattack, Wu Lei crossed to Oscar, who curved his shot off target. Twenty-two minutes, the left side of the Sanzhen penalty area attack, Yan Dinghao, Davidson formed a partial two-on-one, Yan Dinghao cut inside the arc ball was shot by Yan Junling.
In the 31st minute, Seaport passed to the back point from the right, Caron grabbed the point to finish the shot, Wang Yi was fouled, and Maning confirmed by VAR to award the penalty kick. Oscar's penalty kick was once again pounced by Liu Dengzheng. In the 45th minute, Seaport counterattacked with a long pass, Ren Hang was sent off after a suspected foul in a hand movement in a confrontation with Caron, and Maning showed a yellow card after the dead ball. Wei Shihao applauded sarcastically on the sidelines and ended up being ejected with a red card as well.
In the 47th minute, Oscar's cross from the left to the back post was slightly deflected by Stanley Wong's header.In the 55th minute, Oscar's long pass from the left side of the midfield to the back post was deflected by Stanley Wong's header. Davidson and Aziz worked consecutively in the 58th minute, Davidson shot high from outside the box. Seaport took a 1-0 lead in the 63rd minute when Li Shuai crossed from the left and Lee Shenglong headed home. In the 65th minute, Li Shuai broke through from the left and crossed the ball, Gao Junyi missed the clearance and the urn helped Seaport to a 2-0 lead.
Wuhan Sanzhen counterattacked in the 73rd minute, Davidson got a one-touch chance but was infringed by Jiang Guangtai, who was sent off by Maning through VAR confirmation. In the 78th minute, Seaport quickly counterattacked, Oscar sent a wonderful pass, Wu Lei single-handedly pushed the goal, breaking the first 6 rounds of goal drought, Seaport 3-0 lead. In injury time, Aziz header attack, Yan Junling save error gift, Sanzhen 1-3 seaport. In the end, Shanghai Seaport beat Wuhan Sanzhen 3-1 at home and now leads by 6 points.
Shanghai Harbour lineup: 1-Yan Junling/11-Lv Wenjun (63 mins 32-Li Shuai), 3-Jiang Guangtai, 5-Zhang Linmiao, 4-Wang Shenchao/6-Cai Huikang, 16-Xu Xin (Wei Zhen 75 mins), Baitijiang/8-Oscar (90 mins 28-He Hubu), 34-Carlone (14-Li Shenglong 46 mins), 7-Wu Lei (Liu Xiaolong 90 mins 45-)/
Wuhan Sanzhen lineup: 22 - Liu Dianzuo / 20 - Gao Zhunyi, 18 - Liu Yiming, 23 - Ren Hang, 28 - Wang Yi (66 minutes 17 - Chen Yuhao) / 8 - Yan Dinghao (66 minutes 29 - Tao Qianglong), 21 - He Chao (Luo Jing 74 minutes 14 -), Stanchu, 30 - Xie Pengfei / 11 - Davidson, 9 - Aziz
