In the late afternoon of July 22, the curtain went up on two key matches in the 10th round of the Central League, with Jiangsu-based Nantong Zhiyun and Kunshan facing off in the Tangshan and Nanjing divisions, respectively. Both teams beat their opponents with a 4:1 record and stayed in the top two of the Central League standings.
△Jiangsu duo is on a roll in the Central League. Scoreboard moments
Nantong Zhiyun faced Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard in this round, and the team adopted the classic 442 formation. The goalkeeper was Shi Xiaodong, the defense line consisted of Wei Lai, Liu Wei, Ma Sheng and Song Haoyu, the midfield consisted of Lei Wenjie, Yang Mingyang, Wang Jie and Jiang Zilei, and the strikers were Traore and Correa. Traore was the first to break the deadlock in the 27th minute, followed by another in the 32nd minute, giving Nantong Zhiyun a 2:0 halftime lead.
In the second half, Correa put the icing on the cake in the 59th minute, making the score 3:0. Nantong Zhiyun started to adjust their lineup with a three-goal lead, with Gao Dalun replacing Jiang Zilei and Huang Jiaqiang replacing Wei Lai. Although the opponents equalized a goal in the 80th minute, Nantong Zhiyun's player Huang Cong sealed the victory in the 90th minute and finally won 4:1.
Kunshan showed amazing explosive power in this round against Liaoning Shenyang City. In the second half of the first phase of the Central League, Kunshan rose like a dark horse and jumped to the top of the league table. In this game, Kunshan's main players, former Jiangsu star Feng Boyuan, as well as foreigners Kovic and Berto, were all on the field. In the first half, Ruan Yang and Chen Jie scored goals, and in the second half, although Liaoning Shenyang once equalized a goal, foreign aid Kovic exploded at the end of the game and scored two consecutive goals to help Kunshan lock the win, and the final score was 4:1.
