At 7:30 p.m. on August 5, the 11th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League was in full swing. Newly promoted team Chengdu Rongcheng faced Hebei at the Mission Hills Soccer Base Stadium in Haikou, Hainan. In the second half, Hebei's Pan Ximing made a successful clearance in front of the goal, while goalkeeper Bao Yaxiong also made a number of brilliant saves, and Felipe scored the winning goal in the 77th minute. In the end, Chengdu Rongcheng won 1-0 against Hebei, realizing a third consecutive victory, while Hebei suffered a fourth consecutive loss.
[Battle review]
The Chinese Super League resumed after a month-long hiatus, and in the first 10 rounds of matches, Hebei, who played with a full Chinese squad, finished at the bottom of the table with only 3 points from 1 win and 9 losses, scoring 5 goals and conceding 22, with their only win coming in the 7th round, when they beat Wuhan Yangtze River by a score of 2-1. Chengdu Rongcheng ranked 12th with 12 points from 2 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, scoring 10 goals and conceding 11. It is worth mentioning that Chengdu Rongcheng scored twice as many goals as Hebei, while conceding only half as many. One of the major attractions of the match is the duel between two Korean head coaches, Kim Jong-woo and Seo Jung-won.
[Highlights]
In the fourth minute, Romulo won a set-piece opportunity in front of the net and took a free kick on goal, which Bao Yaxiong firmly saved.
In the 13th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng's Gan Chao took a long shot from the outside that went wide of the near post.
In the 28th minute, Rongcheng was awarded a set piece in front of the field and Romulo took the free kick, which went wide of the post.
In the 33rd minute, Hebei was awarded a set piece in front of the field and Ding Haifeng took the free kick, which was deflected.
In the 38th minute, Romulo passed the ball to the penalty area, and Kim Dae-jeong-woo adjusted and shot with his left foot, the ball hit Choi Lin's leg and refracted out of the bottom line.
In the 45th minute, Rongcheng crossed the ball from the right side of the road, Wu Guichao swept the ball in the air inside the penalty area, and the goalkeeper confiscated the ball.
In the 50th minute, Rongcheng crossed the ball from the side, Xiang Baixu stopped the ball on his chest and Wu Guichao followed up with a shot over the goal.
In the 58th minute, Hibiscus took a corner kick to the front post and Felipe headed over the bar.
In the 60th minute, Liu Bin's cross to the front of the goal, Kim Dae-jeong-woo dive header, Bao Yaxiong dive out of the way.
In the 61st minute, Romulo took a free kick to the back post, a Rongcheng player swung a header to the near post, Liu Tao grabbed the ball and shot, and Pan Ximing cleared the ball on the goal line.
In the 68th minute, Mutalifu's left-footed shot from outside the goal went straight to the right corner of the goal, and Bao Yaxiong went down to the ground and blocked the ball out of the bottom line.
[Key Goal]
In the 77th minute, Dang-woo Kim passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area, Felipe forced his way into the left side of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot that grazed the left post into the near corner of the goal, which was Felipe's first goal of the season, giving Chengdu Rongcheng a 1-0 lead.
In the end, Chengdu Rongcheng beat Hebei by a score of 1-0, making it three wins in a row.
[Team lineup]
Hebei: 30-Bao Yaxiong, 4-Pan Ximing, 8-Yao Daogang, 21-Cui Lin, 32-Ding Haifeng, 7-Xu Tianyuan (63'17-Song Xintao (U23)), 20-Gao Huazhe (84'19-Wei Yuren (U23)), 22-Ren Wei, 25-Liao Wei (U23), 42-Gao Yu Nan ( U23), 45-Zhao Ziye (63'38-Zhang Wei (U23))
Unattached substitutes: 18 - Guo Hanru (U23), 34 - Pang Jiajun (U23), 3 - Qin Haodong, 14 - Chen Yunhua (U23), 16 - Liu Gang, 29 - Yang Chenyu (U23), 43 - Liu Runnan (U23), 23 - Zhang Jiahui (U23), 39 - Luo Shipeng (U23)
Chengdu Rongcheng: 1-Geng Xiaofeng, 5-Hu Ruibao, 17-Gan Rui (72'3-Tang Xin), 26-Liu Tao, 40-Richard, 10-Romulo (81'6-Feng Zhuoyi), 11-Jin Dajingyou, 15-Wu Guichao (56'27-Liu Bin), 29-Mutalifu (81'18 - Min Junlin), 39 - Gan Chao, 19 - Xiang Baixu (56'9 - Felipe)
Unattached substitutes: 24-Xing Yu, 13-Hu Jing, 14-Han Guanghui, 28-Wang Hanlin, 36-Gou Junchen, 16-Hu Mingming, 21-Meng Junjie (U23)
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