On the evening of October 9, the 22nd round of the 2022 Chinese Super League was played between Wuhan Changjiang and Zhejiang in Wuhan's Fifth Ring Sports Center. The game boiled over with a goal in the 51st minute, Frank's long-distance shot in the 68th minute rekindled the passion, and Mu Xiekui's follow-up shot in the 87th minute put the victory in doubt. In the end, Wuhan Changjiang went down 0-3 to Zhejiang and stayed at the bottom of the table, while Zhejiang moved up to the fifth place with the three points and stayed undefeated in the league.
[Battlefield Express]
In the previous round, Wuhan Changjiang suffered a 0-1 defeat at the feet of Chengdu Rongcheng, a five-game losing streak that dropped the team to the bottom of the table. Although there is still a five-point gap between Wuhan Changjiang and the relegation zone, the relegation alarm has been sounded and the situation is not optimistic for Wuhan Changjiang. On the other hand, Zhejiang's victory over leader Wuhan Sanzhen not only made the Super League title race more confusing, but also climbed to sixth place in the standings (with one less round to play), and the team's undefeated streak of 11 consecutive rounds is even more awe-inspiring.
[Highlights]
At the beginning of the match, Matthews took advantage of a supplementary shot to score, but the goal was disallowed due to offside. In the 6th minute, Zhang Huajun broke through in the penalty area, Forbes missed the goal, but Wang Dongsheng's shoveling was suspected to be a handball, and the referee confirmed that Zhang Huajun had committed a foul after the video replay. In the 12th minute, Cheng Jin's shot was blocked by Zhang Zhenqiang. In the 20th minute, Mathews and Frank cooperated, Frank passed, Mathews shot off the mark. In the 32nd minute, Frank's shot from the center was blocked by Zhang Zhenqiang again. In the 39th minute, Matthews' header went over the crossbar after a cross from Evolo. In the last minute of the first half, Wang Jingbin's header and Forbes' shot were parried out by Gu Chao.
[Key Goal]
In the 51st minute, Wang Dongsheng sent a cross to Matthews' left foot at the back post to give Zhejiang a 1-0 lead. In the 68th minute, Frank brought the ball to the top of the penalty area arc left shot, the ball hit Li Peng's legs into the net, Zhejiang 2-0 to extend the advantage. In the 87th minute, Frank left pass, Mu Xiekui in front of the door to make up for the goal, Zhejiang team 3-0 lock victory.
[Both lineups]
Wuhan Changjiang: 22-Zhang Zhenqiang; 15-Tomorrow, 2-Li Peng, 3-Han Xuan, 32-Chen Yuhao (U23); 16-Kajevic, 18-Nie Aoshuang, 21-Wang Jingbin, 17-Zhang Huajun (U23) (58′ 26-Liu Yun), 19-Hu Jinghang; 10-Forbes (86′ 33-Ye Chongqiu)
Zhejiang: 1-Gu Chao; 20-Wang Dongsheng, 2-Liang Nuoheng, 4-Sun Zheng Ao, 31-Gu Bin; 22-Cheng Jin, 29-Zhang Jiaqi 10-Matthews (82′ 6-Yao Junsheng); 11-Frank, 7-Evolo, 30-Mu Xiekui
