On April 8, 2023, Hangzhou's Huanglong Sports Center was in the spotlight as the Chinese Football Association Super Cup was staged here. The tournament was rekindled after a three-year absence. In the end, under the watchful eyes of 26,998 enthusiastic fans, Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen beat Shandong Taishan 2-0 to win the Super Cup, achieving the tenth title in the team's history.
In the Super Cup showdown between last year's Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen and AFC Cup winners Shandong Taishan, the matchup also pits last season's league champions against each other.
In the new season, both teams have made a lot of moves in the transfer market to strengthen their shortcomings. Wuhan Three Town brought in eight former Guangzhou players, including Liu Dianzheng, Gao Junyi, Wei Shihao, Liu Yiming, He Chao, Deng Hanwen, Li Yang and Yan Dinghao.
Despite the departure of last season's golden boot Malcolm, Wuhan Sanzhen's athleticism and team understanding far exceeded that of Shandong's and firmly suppressed their opponents throughout the match.
After only 10 minutes of the game, Wuhan Three Town showed a wonderful new aid connection: Wei Shihao successfully broke through in the face of a fourfold siege on the left road and crossed the ball, and Yakubu's header opened the first record. And in the 56th minute, Wuhan's midfield core Stanchou sent a precise direct, Xie Pengfei low shot to lock the victory.
However, in the 84th minute, Shandong Taishan took advantage of the goalkeeper Liu Dianzha out of the ball error, Liu Binbin shot to score, but Sun Guowen pass offside, the goal is invalid. In the 88th minute of the game, South Korean foreign aid Sun Junho was sent off with a red card for flying and shoveling Wuhan striker Davidson, and Shandong's situation became more and more difficult, unable to reverse the defeat.
