In the 41st minute, Dalian started a clever move in the middle of the field and Larson was unlucky to go down after grabbing the ball. The team took this opportunity to get a free kick, but his shot hit the wall. In the 44th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng passed the ball to Liu Ruowan, who was all alone in the penalty area, but lost control of the ball due to defenders surrounding him. In the 45th minute, Tao Qianglong attempted a long range shot from outside the area, but the ball flew over the crossbar. At the end of the first half, both sides failed to break through and the score remained at 0-0.
Into the second half, Dalian Ren attacked again in the 46th minute when Shan Huanhuan passed the ball to the right and Wang Jinxian's shot was just off target. In the 47th minute, Dalianjin tried to pick a pass looking for Tao Qianglong, but goalkeeper Zhang Yan quickly counterattacked and confiscated the ball. Chengdu Rongcheng had a free kick opportunity in the 54th minute and Romulo's shot was of good quality, but Zhang Chong dived to parry it away. The immediately following corner kick was cleared off the line by Zhao Xuri.
In the 57th minute, Romulo's low shot was knocked out by Zhang Chong with both fists. In the 62nd minute, Shan Huanhuan made a mistake in stopping the ball and Liu Ruofan's shot was parried by Zhang Chong. In the 67th minute, Huang Jiahui's header from Dalian's left corner was parried by Zhang Yan in the chaos. In the 71st minute, Liu Tao made a break and organized an attack, Liu Ruofan passed back to Romulo in the box, Romulo shot from outside the box, the ball was refracted into the net, Chengdu Rongcheng took a 1-0 lead over Dalian Ren. In the 81st minute, the Dalianese were suspected of handball in the box, but after a VAR cue, the referee ruled that there was no foul. In the 87th minute, Li Shuai received a yellow card for a kicking offense. In the end, the match ended with Dalian People defeated Chengdu Rongcheng 0-1.
Dalian People line-up: 1-Zhang Chong, 4-Li Shuai, 7-Zhao Xuri (78' 26-Cui Mingan), 9-Shan Huanhuan (U23), 10-Larsen, 14-Huang Jiahui (U23), 16-Tong Lei, 20-Wang Jinxian (78' 13-Wang Yaopeng), 22-Dong Yanfeng, 24-Tao Qianglong (U23), 30-Danielsen.
Unattached substitutes: 15 - Zhao Jianbo (U23), 18 - He Yupeng (U23), 29 - Sun Bao, 32 - Kudizheti, 33 - Wang Xianjun (U23), 34 - Wang Zhen'ao (U23), 35 - Wan Yu (U23), 39 - Wang Tengda (U23), 40 - Zhu Jiaxuan (U23), 66 - Wang Yu (U23).
Chengdu Rongcheng line-up: 1-Zhang Yan, 3-Tang Xin, 6-Feng Zhuoyi, 8-Liu Ruowanadium (U23) (79' 11-Hu Mingri), 9-Leonardo, 10-Romulo (79' 28-Felipe), 17-Gan Rui (87' 2-Hu Yongfa), 26-Liu Tao, 27-Liu Bin (U23), 36-Gou Junchen, 39-Gan Chao (92' 25-Min Junnlin).
Unattached substitutes: 4-Yang Zexiang, 5-Liu Yu, 12-Li Zhi, 15-Wu Guichao, 18-Xiang Baixu, 20-Wang Hanlin, 21-Meng Junjie (U23), 24-Xing Yu.
