At 7:30 p.m. on August 16, the 13th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League saw Shanghai Seaport and Shenzhen play at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium. After a fierce battle, Seaport had the last laugh with a score of 2-0. In the 56th minute, Pei Shuai was unlucky to send the ball into his own goal, while in the 72nd minute, Ndiaye sealed the victory with a wonderful long-distance shot. It is worth mentioning that Ndiaye and Lu Wenjun each scored a goal in the second half, but both were ruled invalid, while Ndiaye also hit the crossbar. Seaport has won 1 and drawn 1 in the last two rounds, accumulating 20 points with 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, temporarily jumping to the 6th place in the table, winning all 5 matches against Shenzhen in the Chinese Super League. Shenzhen, on the other hand, suffered two consecutive defeats and slipped to 12th place with a record of five wins, one draw and six losses.
In the first 12 rounds of the Chinese Super League (CSL), Seaport is ranked 9th with 17 points from 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, while Shenzhen is ranked 10th with 16 points from 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from 1 game fewer. Seaport (including Terriers and SIPG) has won 5 wins and drawn 1 out of the 6 matches between Seaport (including Red Diamonds and GZJ) and Shenzhen (including Red Diamonds and GZJ) in both the Chinese Super League (CSL) and the Chinese First Division (CFL). Seaport has won all four of their matches in the Chinese Super League. Seaport failed to win the last two rounds with 1 draw and 1 loss. Shenzhen won two consecutive rounds in the first phase of the tournament system, but lost 0-2 to Zhejiang at home in Haikou in the first round of the second phase of the home-and-away matches. In the starting lineup, Zhang Linpeng, Cai Huikang and Xu Xin of Haikou rotated for He Hubu, Yu Hai and Buy Tijiang, while Lin Caimin and Alessandrini of Shenzhen rotated for Wang Yongpei and Zheng Dalun.
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In the 14th minute, Zhang Huachen followed up with a push shot from the left side of the penalty spot, which Dong Chunyu struggled to parry away. In the 41st minute, Gao Lin fired a powerful shot from the left side of the arc to the near corner, but Yan Junling was on the ground to clear the danger. Only 17 seconds into the second leg, Paulinho split the ball in front of the top of the arc, Li Shenyuan crossed the ball from the right side of the penalty area, and N'Diaye dipped his head on the line of the penalty area to break the goal. Referee Wang Zhe personally checked the video replay and penalized Ndiaye for touching the ball with his arm after the header, making the goal invalid.
In the 56th minute, Lv Wenjun rolled a pass from the left, Pei Shuai was inadvertent in a header fight with N'Diaye on the line of the small area, seaport 1-0 lead! In the 64th minute, Paulinho's free kick from the right side was passed diagonally to the penalty area, Lv Wenjun's header from the left side of the penalty area was penalized by the second assistant Yang Yang for offside and the goal was disallowed. In the 70th minute, Stanley Wong crossed the ball from the left to the front point, Ndiaye threw his head to the goal on the left side of the penalty area, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the field. In the 72nd minute, Lu Wenjun passed near the left sideline, Ndiaye cut to the left side of the penalty area on the left side of the shot, the ball hit Xu Yue body refraction into the far corner of the goal. Ndiaye scored his fifth goal of the season in the Chinese Super League, giving Seaport a 2-0 lead! In the end, Seaport beat Shenzhen 2-0.
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Shanghai Harbour (3151): 1-Yan Junling; 4-Wang Stanley Chiu (88'2-Li Ang), 13-Wei Zhen, 5-Zhang Linpeng; 6-Cai Huikang; 11-Lv Wenjun (86'27-Feng Jin), 16-Xu Xin (77'25-Buytijiang), 9-Paulinho (86 '34-Carron), 29-Zhang Huachen, 15-Li Shenyuan; 10-Ndiaye (88'14-Li Shenglong); Substitutes not playing: 12-Chen Wei, 20-Yang Shiyuan, 21-Yu Hai, 26-Chen Chunxin, 28-He Hubu, 31-Xi Anjie (U23), 39-Liu Baiyang (U23) Shenzhen (343): 24-Dong Chunyu; 6-Pei Shuai, 5-Lin Caimin, 26-Yuan Mincheng (86'16-Zheng Dalun); 25-Mi Haolun (86'2-Ye Lijiang (U23)), 28-Li Yuanyi, 30-Huang Ruifeng (U23) (46'19-Xu Yue (U23)), 21-Jiang Zhipeng; 7-Achimpeng, 29-Gao Lin, 10-Alexandrini (46'8-Dai Weijun (U23)); Substitutes: 11-Zhang Yuan, 13-Xu Haofeng (U23), 15-Wang Peng, 17-Fu Hao (U23), 23-Wu Xingyu (U23), 32-Ji Jiabao (U23), 33-Du Yuezheng (U23), 35-Lu Wentao.
