On June 18th in Beijing time zone, the third round of the Chinese League A matches saw its finale. The Kunshan Division beat Qingdao Hainiu by a single goal, while Beijing Polytechnic, who originally missed the first two rounds due to an epidemic, lost their first match against Nanjing City. Below is a detailed summary of the matches.
Kunshan 1-0 Qingdao Manatees
In the first half of the game, Kunshan team dominated in possession, but failed to make a breakthrough in offense. In the second half, Berto made a precise direct pass to Kovic in the 61st minute, which was met by Ruan Yang with a push to give Kunshan the first goal and a 1-0 lead. The goal also became the first goal of the new season for Kunshan, and finally won the first victory of the new season with a score of 1-0.
Beijing Institute of Technology 0-2 Nanjing City
Early in the game, Nanjing City player Han Xu's header nearly broke the goal, the ball hit the crossbar but bounced out. Toward the end of the first half, Messi was given a chance to take a single shot, but the shot missed the net. In the second half, NJC strengthened its offense, and in the 46th minute, Messi took a pass from a teammate and fired a wonderful low shot to take a 0-1 lead. Just 3 minutes later, Messi showed his killer character again, scoring his second goal with an easy shot from the left side of the penalty area. In the end, BIT was defeated by Nanjing City 0-2.
Here are the standings for the third round of the 2022 season in the Central League.
(Note that Messi is labeled here only to emphasize the prominence of his goal-scoring streak, not to refer to the actual player.)
