On July 27th, nightfall, the 9th round of the Guangzhou Super League was a passionate battle between Guangzhou and Shandong Taishan, the top of the table. Guangzhou faced Shandong Taishan in a top-of-the-table battle, and the match started at 20:00 sharp. In the first half, Yang Liyu broke the deadlock for Guangzhou with an excellent goal against the offside. In the second half, Eckerson scored a header to seal the win. Although Delgado recovered a goal in injury time, Guangzhou still won 2-1 against Taishan, undefeated in the last 7 rounds, and gave Taishan their first defeat of the season. In the standings, Guangzhou is equal with Taishan, but leads the Guangzhou Division by a small margin.
Prior to the game, Taishan was at the top of the Guangzhou division with 18 points, while Guangzhou was only 3 points behind in second place. This match is undoubtedly a fight for the top spot in the division. In the last round of matches, Guangzhou failed to win back-to-back matches in the derby with their citymates, while Taishan won 2 consecutive matches and remains the only undefeated team in the Guangzhou Region. Despite Artemisia's return to her hometown of Wuhan, Taishan still has a strong fighting spirit.
The game was exciting. In the 5th minute, Liu Binbin received a diagonal pass from Xu Xin and fired a low shot, but unfortunately the ball passed between Deng Hanwen's legs and scuffed out. In the 9th minute, Gao Zhunyi pressed Zheng Zheng and Wang Tong, header attack, the ball rubbed Wang Tong's hair flew out of the bottom line. In the 10th minute, Ickerson grabbed the ball, Shi Ke shoveled the ball in time to destroy, avoiding his own mistake.
In the 18th minute, Yang Liyu header in the penalty area to the door, Gaolat header to catch the goal, captain Zheng Zheng goal line break out, Taishan escaped a robbery. In the 22nd minute, Wang Tong right with the ball, Qi Tianyu shot, the ball was Liu Dianzuo out of the bottom line. In the 25th minute, Qi Tianyu right pass, Wu Shaochong header in the penalty area, top to Leonardo, who shot low, Jiang Guangtai stretched his legs to block the ball out of the line.
In the 30th minute, Zhang Linpeng right cross, Shi Ke header out, Ickerson stopped the ball at the top of the penalty area, left-footed shot, the ball slightly deflected off the left post. In the 32nd minute, Taishan threw the ball out of bounds on the left side of the field, Leonardo knocked back, Song Long left-footed pass, Guo Tianyu header in the penalty area, a little far away from the goal, did not top the power, the ball was easily confiscated by Liu Dianzuo.
In the 38th minute, Zhang Linpeng's pass from the right road was too powerful, Yang Liyu took the ball from the left side and then passed it to the center, and Golat, who was unguarded in front of the goal, headed the ball over the crossbar and onto the roof of the net.
In the 39th minute, Yan Dinghao passed the ball over the top of the midfield, Yang Liyu took the ball in front of the penalty area and formed a single knife, broke into the penalty area and shot low, the ball rolled into the goal of Taishan. However, referee Wang Zhe whistled that Yang Liyu was offside first and the penalty was invalid. The video assistant referee confirmed through replay that there was no offside, and Wang Zhe changed the decision to a valid goal, giving Guangzhou a 1-0 lead over Taishan.
In the 44th minute, Qi Tianyu shoveled down Gao Junyi from the side and received a yellow card. Guangzhou's free kick went directly to the goal, Shi Ke's header burst off the line. Liao Lixiang's corner kick from the right side was deflected by Eckerson at the back post. Half time, Guangzhou 1-0 lead Taishan.
The second half of the game, Taishan team replaced two people, Fellaini and Liu Yang into the field. At the beginning of the second half, Wu Shaocong broke through and Guo Tianyu collided with Leonardo took the ball into the penalty area, Jiang Guangtai grabbed the destruction, Fellaini followed up with a shot, the ball slightly deflected out of the right side of the post.
In the 48th minute, Sun Jun Hao free kick to the penalty area, Leonardo chest stops the ball back to slap the door, Liu Dianzuo pounced on the ball off, good Yan Dinghao timely breakout. In the 56th minute, Liao Lixiang right corner kick, Guo Tianyu header in front of the point of clearance, Yang Liyu interval goal 25 meters away from the side of the aerial shot, the ball bounced Han Rongze steadily hold the ball.
In the 60th minute, Luo Guofu, who had been on the bench for less than a minute, took a long shot from outside the penalty area past Xu Xin, and the ball went over the crossbar. In the 62nd minute, Zhang Linpeng knocked on the right side, Luo Guofu straight, Golat got the ball lateral disk to the center of the low shot, Han Rongze confiscated the ball.
In the 67th minute, Guangzhou counterattacked, Eckerson passed to the left rib of Taishan team diagonally, Zhang Linpeng passed directly to the other side of the sideline, Gao Zhunyi took the ball and adjusted the right-footed pass, Eckerson rear inserted on the line of the penalty area header, the ball over Han Rongze's ten-finger pass, fell into the ball net, Guangzhou 2-0 to extend the lead.
In the 69th minute, Liu Yang left diagonal pass in the penalty area, Guo Tianyu header hanging goal, Liu Dianzuo judgment deviation, want to pick the ball he did not touch the ball, the ball hit the crossbar. In the 77th minute, Guangzhou counterattacked, Zhang Xiuwei, who had just come on the field, took the ball in front of the field and sent a direct pass after stepping on the bicycle, Luo Guofu stepped forward to get the ball and was about to form a one-touch, Xu Xin, who was back to the defense, shoved the ball and destroyed it.
In the 87th minute, Gao Junyi passed directly to Luo Guofu, who stopped the ball in the penalty area and handed it to Aixon, who shook the ball one after another and tapped the ball, which was blocked by Shi Ke, the opposite defender.
In the third minute of injury time, Zhang Linpeng made a mistake in the backfield stop and Delgado grabbed the ball and pushed it back to equalize a point. In the end, Guangzhou beat Taishan 2-1.
(Yang Hee-hee)
Guangzhou starting lineup (343): 32-Liu Dianzheng; 27-Wu Shaochong (U23), 2-Jiang Guangtai, 25-Deng Hanwen; 21-Gao Zhunyi, 15-Yan Dinghao (U23) (60'36-He Chao), 6-Liao Lixiang, 5-Zhang Linpeng; 17-Yang Liyu (60'37-Lo Guofu), 11 -Golart (74'22-Zhang Xiuwei), 9-Aixon;
Substitutes: 1-Liu Shibo, 13-Liu Weiguo, 7-Wei Shihao, 18-Alan, 22-Zhang Xiuwei, 28-Ling Jie (U23), 33-Zhong Yihao, 35-Li Xuepeng, 36-He Chao, 37-Lo Guofu, 39-Tan Kaiyuan (U23);
Shandong Taishan starting lineup (442): 18-Han Rongze; 39-Song Long (46'11-Liu Yang), 5-Zheng Zheng, 27-Shi Ke, 6-Wang Tong (81'19-Delgado); 21-Liu Binbin (59'17-Wu Xinghan), 28-Sun Junhao, 8-Xu Xin (79'36-Duan Liuyu (U23)), 15-Qi Tianyu (46'25-Fellaini); 7-Guo Tianyu (U23), 9-Leonardo;
Substitutes: 1-Li Guanxi (U23), 14-Wang Dalei, 11-Liu Yang, 16-Li Hailong, 17-Wu Xinghan, 19-Delgado, 25-Fellaini, 31-Zhao Jianfei (U23), 32-Tian Xin (U23), 35-Dailein, 36-Duan Liuyu (U23), 37-Ji Xiang.
Yellow cards: Guangzhou: 63' He Chao, 80' Liu Dianzheng, 82' Gao Zhunyi; Taishan: 44' Qi Tianyu, 82' Delgado, 94' Fellaini.
Referee: Wang Zhe.
