At 20:00 on the night of August 5, the 12th round of the 2021 Chinese Super League season began with a fierce battle between Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Qingdao at Guangzhou University Town Center Stadium. In the first half, Qingdao's center midfielder Alessandrini left the field in the 14th minute due to injury, and Zhou Junchen came on as a substitute. In the 79th minute, Huang Xiyang took a long-distance shot from outside the penalty area and tore through Qingdao's defense, opening the door for Chongqing. At the end of the match, Liu Jiaxun was sent off for a direct red card. In the end, Chongqing beat Qingdao 1-0, bringing Qingdao's losing streak to seven games.
Looking back at the last round of matches, Qingdao's foreign center back Vukovic made his debut but failed to stop the team from continuing their losing streak. Qingdao conceded a whopping 23 goals in the 6 games, averaging 3.8 goals per game, and slipped to the bottom of the Guangzhou division in the standings. Despite scoring only 6 goals on the offensive end, the team conceded 27 goals, making it the most conceded team in the Chinese Super League. In contrast, Chongqing have kept at least one win and one draw in their six matches since the league restarted, accumulating four points. Chongqing's offense and defense have been stable lately, scoring 5 goals and conceding only 2 in their last 3 games.
At the beginning of the match, Hu Jiakasa's header nearly brought Qingdao a scoring chance, and Zhu Jianrong's low shot was blocked by a defender. In the 14th minute, Alessandrini was replaced by Zhou Junchen due to a thigh muscle strain. After that, Zhou Junchen picked up a pass in front of the field, Zhu Jianrong stopped the ball on his chest and tried to shoot, but Tursunov grabbed the ball in time.
In the 28th minute, Qingdao's long pass from the center circle, Zhu Jianrong fought with Yang Shuai in the corner of the penalty area, and Chen Zhao parried the ball away. In the 34th minute, Chongqing head coach Zhang Wailong suddenly replaced foreigners Bolaños and Tursunov with local players Zhang Xiao and Sun Xuelong. Zhou Junchen took the ball on the left side of the field and crossed the ball, Zhu Jianrong took the ball on his back and knocked the ball across the field, Radonic burst into the penalty area and passed the ball, Wang Wei got the ball on the periphery and shot with his right foot, which was firmly held by Chen Zhao.
In the 39th minute, Fernandinho passed the ball to the left, Yin Congyao's right-footed pass, Dong Honglin grabbed the ball in front of the goal, Qingdao's defenders broke through in time. Feng Jin took the ball outside the penalty area and broke through to the line of the penalty area, the ball was confiscated by Liu Zhenli, who was in a good position.
In the 46th minute, Liu Le sent a direct pass, Fernandinho pulled back to take the ball back to the goal back, low shot from a small angle, Liu Zhenli blocked the ball with his legs. In the 55th minute, Zhang school back to take the ball back to do, Fernandinho box arc top was Lu Peng fell down, Chongqing won the free kick in front of the penalty area. Huang Xiyang took the penalty and shot directly at the goal, the ball hit the wall and bounced off the bottom line.
In the 60th minute, Zhou Junchen grabbed the ball from the left side of the field and passed it straight to Radonic, Zhou Junchen got the ball inside the penalty area and fell to the ground after opposing the opponent's feet, referee Ma Li signaled the game to continue. In the 66th minute, Feng Jin took the ball back from the right line and passed it to the front of the penalty area, Huang Xiyang met the ball and shot the ball, which was a high shot.
In the 79th minute, Feng Jin's diagonal pass from the right road to the penalty area, Vukovic failed to break through, Lv Peng shoveled the ball without touching the ball, Huang Xiyang took the ball and aimed at the lower left corner of the goal, the ball bounced off the ground and flew from Liu Zhenli's hand into the net, Chongqing took the lead 1-0. In the 82nd minute, Huang Xiyang, who had just scored a goal, was injured and could not hold on, and was replaced by Luo Hao. In the 83rd minute, Vukovic made a long pass to Zhou Junchen, who stopped the ball in the penalty area and gave the ball to Radonic, who aimed at the lower right corner of the goal and pushed the ball, but it was slightly off.
In the fifth minute of injury time, Liu Jiaxun brought down Dabo near the sideline and was shown a direct red card by referee Ma Li. In the end, Chongqing beat Qingdao 1-0.
(Yang Hee-hee)
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic starting lineup (343): 1-Chen Zhao; 3-Yang Shuai (90'5-Xu Wu), 33-Tursunov (34'19-Sun Xuelong (U23)), 6-Jiang Shenglong (U23); 20-Liu Le, 18-Dong Honglin, 14-Huang Xiyang (82') 4-Luo Hao), 7-Feng Jin (82'11-Wu Qing); 30-Fernandinho, 13-Yin Congyao, 23-Bolaños (34'17-Zhang Xue);
Substitutes: 16-Deng Xiaofei, 36-Fan Weixiang, 4-Luo Hao, 5-Xu Wu, 8-Sun Kai, 11-Wu Qing, 17-Zhang Xuezhu, 19-Sun Xuelong (U23), 24-Baihetyar (U23), 28-Wen Tianpeng, 31-Zhang Xingbo.
Qingdao starting lineup (343): 22-Liu Zhenli; 26-Vukovic, 23-Liu Jiaxun, 5-Li Peng; 21-Wang Wei, 16-Lv Peng, 24-Hu Jiajiakasa (U23) (46'31-Liu Jian), 19-Zhu Ting (76'33-Ji Snu Xuan); 10-Alexandrini (14 ' 17-Zhou Junchen (U23)), 9-Radonic, 27-Zhu Jianrong (60'25-Zou Zheng);
Substitutes: 18-Zhao Shi, 2-Jiang Weipeng, 3-Fang Xinfeng (U23), 4-Wang Hao, 11-Bali, 13-Yang Likai (U23), 17-Zhou Junchen (U23), 25-Zou Zheng, 30-Abdullah, 31-Liu Jian, 32-Yang Yu, 33-Ji Snapchatuan.
Yellow Cards: Chongqing: 28'Dong Honglin, 88'Sun Xuelong; Qingdao: 43'Hu Jiakasa, 45+2'Li Peng, 54'Lv Peng, 62'Zou Zheng. Red card: 90+5' Liu Jiaxun. Referee: Ma Li.
