On April 8th, Hangzhou's Huanglong Sports Center welcomed the Chinese Football Association Super Cup event after three years of silence. That night, 26,998 enthusiastic fans gathered to witness Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen successfully defending their title with a 2-0 win over Shandong Taishan, honoring them as the 10th winner in the history of the Super Cup.
This is a summit match between last season's Chinese Super League kings Wuhan Sanzhen and AFC Cup champions Shandong Taishan, and a rematch of last season's league champions.
At the beginning of the new season, both teams have made a deep layout in the large-scale transfer market, targeted to strengthen their short boards. Wuhan three town lineup, not only has the former Guangzhou team eight will join - Liu Dianzheng, Gao Junyi, Wei Shihao, Liu Yiming, He Chao, Deng Hanwen, Li Yang and Yan Dinghao - is a new look to meet the challenge.
Despite the departure of Malcolm, the golden boot of last season, Wuhan Sanzhen's overall athleticism and tacit understanding were significantly better than their opponents and firmly suppressed Shandong throughout the match.
Only in the 10th minute of the game, Wuhan opened the door to victory with the tacit understanding of the new recruits: Wei Shihao made a brilliant breakthrough on the left side in the face of a four-player pack, and then crossed a clever pass to Yakubu for a header to break through the goal. In the 56th minute, Wuhan midfielder Stanciu sent a precise direct feed, and Xie Pengfei followed up with a low shot to seal the victory.
However, in the 84th minute, a mistake by Shandong Taishan goalkeeper Liu Dianzha was seized by Liu Binbin to form a threat, but Sun Guowen's pass was offside first and the goal was invalid. Immediately after, South Korean foreign aid Sun Junhao in the 88th minute shovel Wuhan striker Davidson, received a red card, making the situation in Shandong even worse.
