In the 24th round of the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan played away against Shanghai Shenhua. Since both sides had their main players suspended due to injury, both sides played in the game with residual teams. Although the Football Association sent a referee group composed of Mai Mai Tijiang and Gu Chunhan to try to help Shanghai Shenhua win, the "13-man" Shanghai Shenhua still drew 3-3 with Shandong Taishan. The tenacious and tenacious Shandong Taishan did not fear the obstruction of the Football Association, which completely shattered Shanghai Shenhua's dream of winning the championship.
In this game, Shandong Taishan, Zeka, Kresan, Gao Zhunyi and Huang Zhengyu were absent, while in Shanghai Shenhua, Louis, Gao Tianyi and Manafa were absent, so both sides played with 3 foreign players. In the 18th minute, Shanghai Shenhua, who played at home, took the lead in scoring the goal. Wang Haijian took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to score directly, but it can be seen that before the corner kick scored, Shenhua player Li Ke made a foul move to push Wang Dalei, but the referee Mai Maitijiang had no statement. Afterwards, the two sides scored goals in an interactive manner, and Shanghai Shenhua won a penalty without surprise, but the indomitable Shandong Taishan did not give up. In the end, relying on Wako's "hat trick" to shake hands with Shanghai Shenhua 3-3.
From the entire game progress, just as the fans were worried before the game, referee Mai Mai Tijiang and VAR referee Gu Chunhan completely became the "12th man" and "13th man" of Shanghai Shenhua, and there were many controversial punishments in the game. For example, in the 8th minute of the game, Liu Yang made a cross in the Shanghai Shenhua penalty area, Manafa blocked the ball with his arm, and Mai Mai Tijiang turned a blind eye. When Shandong Taishan players complained, Mai Mai Tijiang refused to watch VAR. Objectively speaking, the referee combination between Mai Mai Tijiang and Gu Chunhan was entirely intentional by the Football Association, and the purpose was to help Shanghai Shenhua win. Unfortunately, they failed to complete the tasks assigned by the Football Association.
Man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Even if Shanghai Shenhua dealt with 13 people against Taishan, Shandong, which was 11 people, it still failed to do so. After the draw with Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Shenhua has already 2 points behind Chengdu Rongcheng, which is the top spot. With 6 rounds left in the league and having to face Chengdu Rongcheng in the next round, Shanghai Shenhua's dream of winning the championship has actually been completely shattered by Shandong Taishan. Judging from the process of this game, if Chairman Gu did not have Chairman Gu, Shanghai Shenhua will at most be at the level of the mid-range team in the Chinese Super League this season. Fans know the reason why they can rank third in the standings.
