The 24th round of the Chinese Super League started today, with four consecutive championship battles. As a result, Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua fell behind, Chengdu Rongcheng and Shanghai Harbour continued to move forward. Beijing Guoan lost to Henan 0:2 away, failed to perform the preview of the FA Cup final, and fell behind the top 5 points after two consecutive losses. Shanghai Shenhua was tied 3:3 by Shandong Taishan at home. Kazai Shivili scored with a hat-trick and scored seven consecutive rounds of goals, scoring the 22nd goal of the season. Chengdu Rongcheng defeated Changchun Yatai 1-0 at home, and continued to lead the way with three consecutive victories. Shanghai Harbour defeated Yunnan Yukun 4-2 at home, chasing Chengdu closely, retaining hope of defending the title.
Shanghai Shenhua draws Shandong Taishan 3:3, both teams play with three foreign players, Shenhua lacks Amadu and Louis, and Taishan lacks Zeka and Cresan. In the first half, there were two controversial punishments. Liu Yang made a cross and Manafa’s handball was not awarded in the penalty area. Then Shenhua’s corner kick opportunity, Li Ke pushed Wang Dalei with his hand, causing Wang Haijian to score directly, and the goal was counted as valid. After that, Wang Dalei pounced on Liu Chengyu and gave him a point, Wu Xi took the penalty kick in a normal quality, and Wang Dalei made a mistake in saving and conceded the ball. Fortunately, Kazaishvili was in a hot state, scoring twice, scoring seven consecutive rounds of games, helping Taishan team fall behind twice and tie it twice.
In the second half, in the 64th minute, Chen Jinyi assisted, Xu Haoyang scored a header, and Shenhua took the lead again 3:2. However, in the 87th minute, Kazaishvili completed a hat-trick again, and Tarzan tied again 3:3.
Henan defeated Beijing Guoan 2:0. The healthy Henan team has this strength. Once again, it specializes in treating all kinds of dissatisfaction, which also laid confidence in the FA Cup final. Guoan is the only team to lose in this round. After suffering two consecutive losses, it continues to rank fourth and has been left by 5 points at the top. In the first half, Guoan team Cao Yongjing shot and bounced out of the crossbar. Zhong Yihao scored in the chaos. Henan team took the lead 1:0. In the second half, Bai Yang kicked Kadoso down and gave a point. Kadoso personally took the penalty kick and scored, and Henan expanded the lead 2:0. In the whole game, Henan team shot 23 and 9 shots on the right side, while Guoan team only had 7 shots and 2 shots on the right side.
Chengdu Rongcheng defeated Changchun Yatai 1:0 and won an economical victory. He did not pursue big scores and kept his strength in the away game of the AFC elite in 5 days later. In the 4th minute, Wei Shihao scored directly with a free kick to break the deadlock on the court. After that, seeing Yatai unable to counterattack, Rongcheng also focused on control and easily scored 3 points, continuing to lead the standings. Yatai not only lost the game, but also injured Omoy Juanfu in this game, plus Camillo, the two major forwards had no injuries, and the relegation situation was a bit serious.
Haiharbor defeated Yukun 4:2. Before this round of the game, both teams were unable to win in two rounds. The five foreign players of the Harbor team started, while Yukun responded with four foreign players. In the first half, in the 6th minute, Liu Ruofan was kicked down while grabbing a shot in the penalty area. Harbour got a penalty kick, Gabriel took the penalty and then missed a good opportunity to empty the goal. He was completely in a state in this game. Then Leonardo turned around and scored in the penalty area. Hou Yongyong assisted Oscar to tie the equalizer. In the half game, the two teams drew 1:1.
In the second half, Harbour quickly got into the state, scoring three goals in a row within 13 minutes, Liu Ruofan scored twice, Vital scored a penalty, Harbour secured the victory 4:1. After that, Tang Miao scored a goal for Yukun, and Harbour defeated Yukun 4:2, and scored three points as he wished. In the whole game, Hai Harbor's ball possession rate was 63%, with 29 shots and 11 shots on the right side. Yukun only had 10 shots and 4 shots on the right side.
