In a tense moment at 19:30 on the evening of August 18, the highlight of the 14th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League was staged at the Puwan Stadium in Dalian. The result of the match was surprising, as Dalian People defeated Cangzhou Lions with a score of 2-0.
The first highlight of the match came in the 5th minute, when Dalianjin gave their team the lead with a blistering shot from Shang Yin amidst the chaos. Immediately after, in the 39th minute, Lin Liangming scored consecutive goals with a precise assist from Yan Xianggong, consolidating Dalianren's advantage. After this game, Dalian Ren won one and drew one in the last two rounds, and climbed to the 14th place in the table with 11 points despite having played two fewer matches. Cangzhou Lions, on the other hand, suffered two consecutive losses and dropped to 15th place with 10 points after one less game.
Looking back at the first 13 rounds of the Chinese Super League (CSL), Dalian Ren ranked 15th with 8 points from 1 win, 5 draws and 5 losses, while Cangzhou Lions ranked 14th with 10 points from 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 1 win, 4 draws and 6 losses, with 1 win and 3 losses from 4 meetings in the CSL history of these two teams. In the last four rounds of matches, Dalian People have 2 draws and 2 losses, while Cangzhou Lions have only one win in the last 11 matches.
In this match, Dalian Ren skipper Xie Hui returned from suspension and made changes to the starting lineup, with players such as Lin Longchang, Tong Lei, Huang Jiahui and Fei Yu replacing Wang Xianjun, Zhu Ting, Wu Wei and Cui Mingan. For Cangzhou Lions, Jiang Zhe and Bugra Khan rotated in for Park Shihao and Liu Xinyu.
[Highlights]
In the fifth minute, Fei Yu's corner kick from the left was met by a header from Lin Liangming at the front of the box, which was blocked, but Shang Yin swept the ball through the melee to give Dalian the lead, his third goal of the season.
In the ninth minute, Bugla Khan missed a scoring opportunity when he made a series of stops on a counterattack but surprisingly hit the ball high in the penalty area when facing an open goal.
In the 39th minute, Lv Zhuo Yi in the middle of the header scramble, Yan Xianggong in front of the top of the arc chest stop the ball, Lin Liangming then even stopping with a cross into the penalty area pushed the goal, consecutive goals, which is also Lin Liangming's fifth goal of the season.
Towards the end of the half, Xie Hui received a yellow card for an altercation.
In the first minute of the half-time extra time, Lin Liangming swung a header from the left side of the penalty area, Yan Xianggong followed up and crashed a shot into the goal, but the referee ruled that Lin Liangming had committed a foul in the first place by pressing a person, and the goal was invalid.
In the 82nd minute, Shan Pengfei shot from a long distance and the ball hit the post and bounced out.
In the end, the Dahlians topped the Cangzhou Lions by a score of 2-0.
[Both lineups]
Dalianjin (433): 1-Zhang Chong; 38-Lv Zhuo Yi (U23), 2-Lin Longchang, 22-Dong Yanfeng, 16-Tong Lei (88'18-He Yupeng (U23)); 31-Lv Peng, 14-Huang Jiahui (U23) (83'13-Wang Yaopeng), 28-Fei Yu; 7-Lin Liangming, 39- Yan Xianggong (78'20-Wang Tengda (U23)), 23-Shang Yin;
Substitutes not on the field: 5-Wu Wei, 6-Wang Xianjun (U23), 8-Ju Ting, 9-Shan Huanhuan (U23), 26-Cui Mingan, 32-Kudizheti
Cangzhou Lions (541): 14-Protactinium Shao; 28-Yang Xiaotian, 30-Liu Yang, 23-Yang Yiming, 31-Chen Zhongliu, 21-Jiang Zhe; 7-Zang Yifeng (62'20-Liu Xinyu), 8-Lin Chuangyi (77'22-Guo Hao), 16-Zheng Kaimu, 11-Bugra Khan (U23) (77 '24-Ho You Clan); 10-Oscar;
Substitutes not on the field: 2-Wang Peng, 3-Cao Haiqing, 4-Chen Zeng, 15-Sabiti, 17-Park Shihao, 18-Li Hong, 25-Zhang Yue (U23), 29-Han Feng, 32-Zhao Xuebin
