The 1/8 finals of the 2024 Chinese Football Association Cup continued, and Shanghai Shenhua went to challenge Shenzhen Xinpeng City away. Shenhua is in hot form in the new season, and is another team other than the Harbour team to remain unbeaten in the league, with 15 wins and 4 draws, accumulating 49 points, 2 points behind Harbour and ranking second in the standings. They have recently won five in a row, including a 6-0 thrashing of Shandong Taishan. But in the last game, Shenhua showed fatigue and almost capsized at home, and finally narrowly defeated Changchun Yatai 3-2. Shenzhen Xinpeng City is currently ranked 12th in the Chinese Super League, and the first leg of the league between the two teams won 1-0 away, and it was not easy to win.

Sure enough, although Shenhua had the advantage of possession after the opening, there were only a handful of shooting opportunities created. In the 4th minute of the opening game, Shenhua got a set-piece opportunity on the left side of the front, Xie Pengfei drove to the penalty area, and Malele headed the goal; In the 11th minute, Lin Chuangyi sent a set-piece into the Shenhua penalty area, and Dugalic also headed the goal;

In the 14th minute, Xie Pengfei took a set-piece in the middle of the front field and attacked the goal directly, Wei Huangzhe almost made a big mistake when he pounced on the ball, and then confiscated the ball; In the 18th minute, Li Zhi got a single chance to shoot, and Ma Zhen attacked to resolve the danger; In the 30th minute, Wu Xi's shot hit the post and missed a good opportunity to take the lead! In the 34th minute, Zhou Junchen burst into the penalty area and fell, but the referee did not indicate it;

In the 38th minute, Wu Xi received a set-piece from his teammates and dived to head the goal, and Wei Huangzhe struggled to hold the ball out of the bottom line; In the 44th minute, Xu Haoyang hit the side netting with a single chance and missed a good opportunity to break the deadlock; At half-time, the two teams were tied 0-0;

Yibian fought again, Shenzhen Xinpeng City took the lead in substitutions, Baihelam and Kartsev appeared; In the 50th minute, Malele shot with his heel in front of the goal, and Wei Huangzhe saved the goal line to the limit; In the 51st minute, Malele flew in front of the goal with a header in front of the empty goal, and missed a good opportunity again! In the 51st minute, Thiago got rid of the defense and crossed, and Baihramu's volley was blocked;

In the 62nd minute, Xu Haoyang took the ball outside the penalty area and turned to shoot, but the ball was missed; In the 77th minute, Fernando replaced Xie Pengfei and ushered in his debut on behalf of Shenhua; At the end of stoppage time, the score was still 0-0 and the game went into extra time. Heading into extra-time, both teams were on the offensive, but the players' fitness dropped significantly and they barely created threatening shots. In the end, extra time ended, the score was still 0-0, and the game went to penalties.

Wu Xi hit first, Kartsev also had it, 1-1; in the second round Fernando hit, Dugalic also had it, 2-2; in the third round Wang Haijian shot into the upper left corner, and Baihelam hit the middle and advanced steadily, 3-3! In the 4th round, Gao Tianyi hit, Ruan Yang's shot was saved by Ma Zhen, 4-3! Malele won as long as he scored, and there was no accident in the end, Malele scored steadily, and Shenhua eliminated Shenzhen Xinpeng City 5-3 to enter the top 8 of the FA Cup.