Source: Soda Soccer
In a tense duel on June 19, the 5th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) came to an end, with Wuhan Sanzhen narrowly defeating Shanghai Seaport by a score of 2-1 thanks to the goals of Malcolm and Renhang, continuing to maintain an undefeated season and staying at the top of the CSL rankings. However, in this marquee match, the mistakes of two players became the center of attention.
Liu Zhurun, a 20-year-old midfielder, was unmarked when he received a long pass from Wang Shenchao in midfield and stopped the ball 5 meters away, directly giving the ball to the opponent Wuhan Sanzhen.
Although Liu Zhurun performed reasonably well as a substitute last season, contributing two goals, he was promoted to starting striker this season due to the departure of Lopez, the team's only foreign center forward. However, judging from the current situation, this promotion seems to be a bit hasty, and it is clear that he has not yet reached the level of a starting striker in terms of physical fitness and ball skills.
Liu Zhurun had missed a great one-two chance in the Shanghai derby, and failed to make a mark against Wuhan Sanzhen in this round, making another stoppage time error.
Although Liu Zhurun's stoppage time miss was better than Shi Ke's 20-meter stoppage time miss, it was equally embarrassing.
In addition, international midfielder Xie Pengfei also made a surprising stopping mistake in the game, stopping the ball as high as 5 meters.
Fans have said, "I didn't expect to see two top players miss at the same time in such an ordinary Chinese Super League game!"
