Chengdu Rongcheng hosted Wuhan Changjiang in the 33rd round of the Chinese Super League on December 27th at 3:00pm. Hu Ruibao's goal broke the silence in the 34th minute, but Forbes broke the deadlock late in the first half with a trick shot. Romulo quickly equalized in the 57th minute, but his 71st minute shot was disallowed for offside. Felipe scored in the 79th and 81st minutes to seal a 3-1 win for Chengdu Rongcheng, while Wuhan Changjiang suffered relegation in the early rounds.
The referee in this exciting clash was Shen Yinhao and the VAR system was operated by Liu Zhao. Chengdu Rongcheng, who had previously won two consecutive matches, are in fifth place in the table with 59 points, while Wuhan Changjiang are in the bottom three with 19 points after a 3-0 win over Dalian Ren in the last round of matches.
Highlight moments: in the 18th minute, Romulo's precise pass, South Korean foreign aid Kim You took a clever low shot from outside the arc, but it was deflected by the goalkeeper; in the 34th minute, Ganrui sent a precise pass from outside the box on the right side, Hu Ruibao scored a goal in the confusion, but the side judge ruled offside, and the goal was ruled invalid after the VAR confirmed it; in the 44th minute, Sardanya's pass, and Mutalifu's left-footed shot from near the top of the arc was high over the crossbar.
In the first half of extra time, Hu Rentian sent a free kick from the right into the penalty area, Li Peng's header hit the left post, the ball bounced back to the feet of Forbes, who easily sent the ball into the empty goal, Wuhan Yangtze River 1-0 lead. In the 57th minute, Romulo curved the ball into the goal, Chengdu Rongcheng equalized the score 1-1.
In the second half, Chengdu Rongcheng continued to shine. In the 79th minute, Felipe scored directly from a free kick to give Chengdu a 2-1 lead. In the 81st minute, Hu Huotao nearly broke the goal with a furious shot from the periphery, Jin You passed the ball in front of the goal, Felipe scored easily, Chengdu led 3-1.
Finally, Chengdu Rongcheng ended the match with a 3-1 victory over Wuhan Changjiang.
Chengdu Rongcheng starting lineup: 33-Zhang Yan, 36-Gou Junchen, 4-Li Jianbin (32-29-Mutalifu (U23), 5-Hu Ruibao, 11-Jin You, 39-Gan Chao (46-9-Felipe), 8-Zhou Dingyang, 17-Gan Rui, 2-Hu Huotao (U23), 12-Sardanha, 10-Romulo
Substitutes: 3-Tang Xin, 13-Hu Jing, 19-Xiang Baixu, 21-Meng Junjie (U22) (U23), 24-Xing Yu, 27-Liu Bin, 28-Wang Hanlin
Wuhan Changjiang starting lineup: 22-Zhang Zhenqiang, 12-Liu Shangkun, 28-Xu Dong, 2-Li Peng, 3-Han Xuan (84-21-Wang Jingbin)(U23), 19-Hu Jinghang, 33-Ye Chongqiu, 18-Nie Aoshuang, 11-Hu Rentian (84-17-Zhang Huajun)(U23)
Substitutes: 6 - Li Chao, 23 - Gao Xiang (U23), 27 - Liu Junxian (U9 - Nihaiti Nihebuaiti (U40 - Pi Ziyang (U23), 42 - Li Da (U23)
