At the crack of dawn on August 6, an intense match is about to take place in the 11th round of the Chinese Super League between Dalian People and Shanghai Harbor. Before the curtain goes up, the starting lineups of both teams have been revealed.
For their starting lineup, the Darenians fielded the following lineup: goalkeeper Zhang Chong, defenders Wang Xianjun (U23), Dong Yanfeng, Wu Wei, and Zhu Ting, midfielders Shang Yin, Cui Ming'an, Lv Peng, and Lv Zhuoyi (U23), as well as strikers Lin Liangming and Yan Xianggong.
On the bench, the Darenians also have players on standby such as Kudizheti Abulaiti, Lin Longchang, Shan Pengfei, Zhang Jiansheng (U23), Wang Yaopeng, Tong Lei, Wang Tengda (U23), Feng Zeyuan (U23), Yang Pengju (U23) and Ning Hao.
Shanghai Harbour, on the other hand, started with Yan Junling in goal, defenders Wang Stanley Chiu, Wei Zhen, Li Shenyuan and Yu Hai, midfielders He Hubu, Zhang Huachen and Buytijiang, and forwards Paulinho, Ndiaye and Lu Wenjun.
On the bench, Shanghai Harbour prepared players such as Chen Wei, Du Jia, Zhang Linpeng, Chen Yuhuang (U23), Cai Huikang, Xu Xin, Yang Shiyuan, Feng Jin, Li Shenglong, Chen Chunxin, Liu Bo Yang (U23) and Kalon.