On July 18th, Shenzhen and Cangzhou Lions had a fierce battle in the 6th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL). In the first half, Muric scored first and then Caldecott scored from the penalty spot, but Shenzhen completed the turnaround in the 90th minute after Zhang Yuan came on as a substitute and beat Cangzhou Lions 2-1.
The two teams had vastly different records in the first five rounds of the match. The Shenzhen team showed a good strength with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. On the contrary, Cangzhou Lions, despite their efforts to fight hard, are still in the doldrums with 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses after 5 rounds.
The first half of the game was exciting. Only one minute into the game, Achimpen tried to shoot from the right side of the penalty area, but was blocked by a defender. In the 12th minute, Quintero sent a low cross from the left, and Achimpen shot from a small angle, but unfortunately missed the ball. In the 14th minute, Oscar shoved over Zhang Yuan in a scramble and received a yellow card.
Cangzhou Lions broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute. The team passed the ball continuously from the periphery, Oscar inverted triangular pass to the right side of the penalty area to the middle, Muriqi received the ball to get rid of the defense, and then stabbed the ball with the back of the outside foot to break through the goal, and Cangzhou Lions 1-0 lead over Shenzhen.
In the 32nd minute, Cangzhou Lions passed the ball to the left side of the field, Ye Lijiang and Zheng Zhiyun had a head-to-head fight, and after a short treatment, both of them returned to the field. In the 34th minute, Zheng Zhiyun left down the bottom of the pick pass to the top of the arc, Muriqi without stopping the ball directly shot, but over the crossbar. In the 40th minute, Shenzhen corner kick to the penalty area, was destroyed by the defenders, peripheral Li Yuanyi meet the ball shot, but was blocked out of the line.
In the 44th minute, Jintro's long pass from the backfield was picked up by Achimpen, the ball went past Shao Protactinium Ryo who attacked, and Yang Yun in front of the goal line cleared the ball. In stoppage time, Dai Weijun's cross from the left was destroyed, and Jintro fired a powerful shot near the penalty area, which was saved by Shao Protactinium Liang.
