At 17:30 on September 29th, Shanghai Harbour Team faced Chengdu Rongcheng at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium in the 18th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL). In the 21st minute of the match, Lu Wenjun made the first goal for the Harbor team with a wonderful long-distance shot. Then, in the 40th minute, Wu Lei, who had returned to the team, scored with a precise shot to increase the score to 2-0, and just 11 minutes later, Wu Lei again showed his true character as a striker and scored twice, which made Seaport seal the victory with a score of 3-0, and then they won three consecutively, and climbed up to the third place in the standings.
[Race Review]
Shanghai Harbour have won two consecutive matches earlier in the campaign, allowing them to jump up to fifth in the table. Wu Lei's return debut also marks his first appearance in the Chinese Super League since November 11, 2018, after a gap of 1,418 days. It is worth mentioning that the last time Wu Lei made his debut in the Chinese Super League was for Shanghai Harbor against Tianjin Quanjian.
[Highlights]
In the 5th minute of the match, Chengdu Rongcheng's Dangyou Jin took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and shot from a small angle, but the ball deflected off the line. In the 7th minute, a long pass from the back of the harbor, Wu Lei broke into the penalty area with the advantage of speed and formed a one-touch goal, but Chengdu goalkeeper Zhang Yan came out in time to solve the danger.
In the 11th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng's Saldanha took a long left-footed shot from outside the box, but the ball went wide. In the 18th minute, Wu Guichao took a long-distance shot in front of the penalty area, the ball was refracted and fell in front of the goal, Haimiti's header went wide.
In the 21st minute, Vargas passed the ball to Paulinho, who sent a precise straight shot from the top position of the arc, and Lv followed up and pushed the shot to the far corner to score, giving Harbour a 1-0 lead.
In the 37th minute, Wu Lei robbed Mutalifu and made a ball to Paulinho, Richard struggled to shovel the ball, and Vargas on the periphery went close with a right-footed shot from long range.
In the 40th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng made a mistake at the back and Wu Lei broke the ball and hoisted a shot into the goal, his first goal in the Chinese Super League since his return, giving Harbour a 2-0 lead.
In the 51st minute, Paulinho sent a precise diagonal plug from the left rib, Wu Lei inserted his right foot in the middle of the penalty area and pushed the shot to open the second time, Seaport was leading 3-0.
In the 60th minute, Felipe, who came on as a second-half substitute, suffered a thigh strain and was unable to stay in the game and was substituted.
Wu Lei, who scored two goals, was replaced by Li Shenglong in the 67th minute.
Chengdu won a well-placed free kick in the 75th minute when Jiang Guangtai brought down Kim Dae-jeong-woo, and Romulo took the free kick, which Yan Junling dived to block.
In the end, Shanghai Seaport beat Chengdu Rongcheng 3-0.
Shanghai Harbour: 1-Yan Junling, 2-Li Ang, 3-Jiang Guangtai, 4-Wang Stanley Chiu, 13-Wei Zhen, 6-Cai Huikang, 16-Xu Xin (67'29-Zhang Huachen), 7-Wu Lei (67'14-Li Shenglong), 9-Paulinho, 11-Lv Wengun (60'15- Li Shenyuan), 24-Vargas (80'25-Buytijiang)
Unattached substitutes: 12-Chen Wei, 22-Dujia, 21-Yu Hai, 32-Li Shuai, 37-Chen Xu Huang (U23), 14-Li Shenglong, 26-Chen Chunxin, 39-Liu Baiyang (U23)
Chengdu Rongcheng: 33-Zhang Yan, 17-Gan Rui, 20-Abdu Hemiti, 26-Liu Tao, 40-Richard, 10-Romulo, 11-Jin Dangyou, 15-Wu Guichao (64'27-Liu Bin), 29-Mutalifu (U23), 39-Gan Chao (79'22-Hu Xingyu (U23)) , 12-Saldanha (46'9-Felipe (60'21-Meng Junjie (U23)))
Unattached substitutes: 24-Xing Yu, 14-Han Guanghui, 18-Min Junlin, 19-Xiang Baixu, 28-Wang Hanlin, 31-Yang Ting, 36-Gou Junchen
