As night fell, the clock struck 20:00 on September 25th in Beijing, a much-anticipated bye match in the 17th round of the Chinese Super League kicked off between Chengdu Rongcheng and Henan Songshan Longmen. After a fierce battle, both sides finally shook hands to make peace, Chengdu Rongcheng and Henan Songshan Longmen drew 0-0, each gaining one point. Chengdu Rongcheng stayed at the 8th place in the table, while Henan Songshan Longmen climbed to the 4th place.
[Battlefield Express]
Both Chengdu Rongcheng and Henan Songshan Longmen have been impressive this season. After a rough start to the season, Chengdu Rongcheng won 5 consecutive rounds, and despite having their winning streak ended by Taishan, they followed it up with 2 consecutive victories to finish 8th in the table with 27 points. Henan Songshan Longmen, on the other hand, has been in a slight slump due to the red coloring of several players and the cancellation of Dorado's registration, and is currently in the 5th place of the table with 30 points.
[Highlight Review]
In the 26th minute, a corner kick opportunity from the left side of Henan Songshan Longmen, Wang Shangyuan's header was valiantly parried out by Chengdu Rongcheng goalkeeper Zhang Yan.
In the 28th minute, Romulo took a left-footed shot from the front of the box, which was solidly blocked by Wang Guoming.
In the 39th minute, Dang-woo Kim received the ball and took a shot, but it went wide.
In the 51st minute, Henan Songshan Longmen positional ball opportunity, Wang Shangyuan pass, Huang Zichang stop the ball is not stable, Carrillo attack goal, but the video assistant referee reminded, Wang Shangyuan offside, the goal is invalid.
In the 58th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng broke the ball, Jin Dangyou passed to Gan Chao, who took a shot that was blocked.
In the 68th minute, Chen Keqiang received a pass from Huang Zichang and his shot was confiscated by Zhang Yan.
In the 79th minute, Romulo's corner kick was lifted into the penalty area, Felipe's header was on target, and Wang Guoming reacted quickly to parry the ball on the goal line.
Both sides went back and forth, but neither side was able to break the deadlock, and in the end Chengdu Rongcheng and Henan Songshan Longmen shook hands 0-0.
[Lineup]
Chengdu Rongcheng: 33-Zhang Yan; 3-Tang Xin (72′ 27-Liu Bin), 26-Liu Tao, 40-Richard, 5-Hu Ruibao; 11-Jin Dangyou, 15-Wu Guichao (61′ 20-Abdu Hemiti), 10-Romulo, 29-Mutalifu (U23) (88′ 21-Meng Junjie (U23)); 39-Gan Chao, 12-Sardania (61′ 9- Felipe)
Substitutes: 24-Xing Yu, 13-Hu Jing, 14-Han Guanghui, 28-Wang Hanlin, 31-Yang Ting, 36-Gou Junchen, 18-Min Junlin, 19-Hang Baixu
Henan Songshan Longmen: 19-Wang Guoming; 22-Wang Haoran (U23) (61′ 21-Chen Keqiang (U23)), 3-Yang Shuai, 23-Shuniqi, 27-Niu Ziyi (U23) (72′ 2-Liu Yixin,); 6-Wang Shangyuan, 17-Piña, 20-Feng Boxuan, 29-Zhong Yihao (77′ 5-Gu Cao); 8-Huang Zichang (72′ 16-Palmangjiang K Youmu (U23)); 32-Han Dong (U23) (46′ 25-Carrillo)
Substitutes not on the pitch: 24-Shi Xiaotian, 4-Ro Xin, 11-Ke Zhao, 26-Liu Jiahui (U23), 28-Ma Xingyu, 15-Du Zhixuan (U23), 37-Zheng Junwei (U23)
