On November 18th, the second final day of the 2022 FA Cup, three exciting matches were played. Shanghai Port beat Nanjing City with an overwhelming 5-0 victory. Suzhou Dongwu, on the other hand, narrowly beat Wuhan Changjiang 7-6 in a penalty shootout. Zhejiang narrowly beat Dalian by 1-0 in another Chinese Super League match. After this round of matches, Changchun Yatai, Hebei, Beijing Guoan, Shenzhen, Wuhan Changjiang and Dalian six Super League teams to stop, the Super League team as a whole "round trip", the top 16 list is vacant.
On the afternoon of the 18th, in the grand finale of the second round of the FA Cup, Shanghai Harbour Team showed their respect for the game and their rivals with a full-strength lineup. With the "warning" that Guoan had been eliminated by Jingchuan Wenhui the day before, Harbor head coach Leco put out a strong lineup including international players such as Wu Lei, Wang Shenchao, and Yan Junling, and ended up with a 5-0 win over Nanjing City.
On the same day, Wuhan Changjiang drew 2-2 with Suzhou Dongwu in the regular season, but lost 6-7 on penalties. Zhejiang, on the other hand, knocked out Dalian 1-0 with relative ease. The 18 teams in the Chinese Super League have been competing for this season's FA Cup since the second round, but due to the intensive schedule, some clubs faced various difficulties and had to play young players or substitutes. Although individual clubs intend to use this opportunity to train their young players, they still need to remain vigilant against the middle and lower level teams.
The second round of fixtures came to an end and the FA Cup 1/8 finalists were revealed. In the first half, there are strong dialogues between Shandong Taishan and Zibo Cuju, Wuhan Sanzhen and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, Guangzhou team and Cangzhou Lions, Shanghai Shenhua and Henan Songshan Longmen. In the second half of the zone, there are Shanghai Harbor against Suzhou Dongwu, Chengdu Chengdu against Meizhou Hakka, Jinan Xingzhou against Jingchuan Wenhui, Guangzhou City against Zhejiang team and other exciting matchups.
