In the 24th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua will challenge the Cangzhou male lion. Shenhua are currently unbeaten with 15 wins and 4 draws, and are 5 points behind the top Harbour in 1 round. If Shenhua wants to maintain the pressure on Harbour to compete for the title, they can only go all out to win this round of the league. Cangzhou Male Lion accumulated 17 points from 19 rounds, 4 wins, 5 draws, 10 losses, and are currently in the bottom 2 of the standings, with great pressure to relegate. The two teams have met in the last 112 times, Shenhua has 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, and is in absolute upper hand, winning 4-0 in the first leg of this season.
After the opening, Shenhua, who had the superior strength, had an absolute advantage, and the possession rate was close to 8 percent. In the 2nd minute, Shenhua used a corner kick to create danger, and Xu Haoyang's volley was slightly high; In the 6th minute, Shenhua crossed from the right side of the field, Gao Tianyi seized the opportunity to stab the goal in front of the goal, 1-0, Shenhua made a dream start!
After taking the lead, Shenhua continued to strengthen the attack, and in the 11th minute, Malele stepped forward to receive a pass from his teammates and burst into the penalty area with a low shot, and the ball hit the post and popped up; In the 26th minute, Shenhua rewrote the score again, Manafa hung into the penalty area at 45 degrees on the right side of the front, Wu Xi fell to the ground and headed the ball, and the ball drilled into the far bottom corner, 2-0! In the 45th minute, Xie Pengfei burst into the penalty area on the right side of the front field, and then reversed the triangle pass, and Teixeira followed up and hit the post;
At half-time, Shenhua temporarily led the Cangzhou male lion by 2 goals; Half-time statistics show that Shenhua has a high possession rate of 71%, creating 13 shots on goal and 4 shots on target, Cangzhou has 2 shots on goal and 0 shots on target, and the scene is one-sided;
In the 60th minute, Oscar leaned on the defender's back to take the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and then fell, but the referee did not give a penalty; Shenhua counter-grabbed in the front court after losing the ball, and it was difficult for the Cangzhou male lions to effectively pass the front court after taking the ball; In the 63rd minute, Gao Tianyi burst into the penalty area and shot with his left foot, the ball went around the goal, 3-0, Shenhua basically locked the win;
In the 68th minute, Oscar stepped forward to get a single chance, and Bao Yaxiong's shot was blocked in the face of the attack, but the linesman also raised the flag to signal offside; In the 74th minute, Teixeira was oblique in the middle of the penalty area, and Malele scored with a low shot after taking the ball, 4-0, and the game completely lost suspense; After scoring this goal, Malele also became the first player from Shenhua to score 10+ goals in the Super League for two consecutive seasons since 2012; In the 78th minute, Otabol stepped forward and burst into the penalty area, but unfortunately the final shot was outrageously missed;
After that, Shenhua began to withdraw the main forces such as Malelai, and Xie Pengfei scored in the 92nd minute, 5-0! In the end, Shenhua won 5-0, completing the season double against the Cangzhou male lion, winning five consecutive league games and being unbeaten in 20 rounds. Narrow the gap to 2 points and continue to put pressure on the leader Harbour.