The Shanghai City Derby, known as the "coldest" of all, was full of surprises. In the battle of Dalian, Shenhua and Harbor team shook hands with a score of 1-1. More memorable than the result was what happened in the closing stages of the match. Shenhua and Seaport had one penalty kick each, but the results were very different, and these two penalty kicks became the key turning point of the game.
Harbour, who have been stumbling in the early part of the season, fielded a double foreigner pairing in the attacking line for this match, while Shenhua launched a counterattack with the combination of Basogo and Zhu Jianrong. Coach Wu Jingui intended to counter the yet-to-be fully adapted team of Coach Leko through defensive counterattacks. Throughout most of the match, Coach Wu once again grasped the key to the game - efficiency. Despite Harbour's overall lead in possession, corners and passes, it was Shenhua who broke the deadlock first. Cao Yunding's precise back pass, Basogo's quick reaction after his one-two was parried, and Zhu Jianrong's calmly adjusted shot left international goalkeeper Yan Junling exhausted.
In fact, the suspense of the match could have been over a long time ago had it not been for Yan's outstanding performance and Shenhua's bad luck. Basogo's one-two was parried, Liu Ruowan vanadium's header was blocked by the crossbar, and Li Shenyuan's oolong was disallowed due to Wang Yi's offside....... As long as Wu Jingui's team could seize a chance, Harbour could scarcely salvage the defeat. At the end of the game, a good chance to decide the winner came to Shenhua again: Liu Ruowan van broke into the penalty area and was tripped by Lu Wenjun after a series of crosses, and the referee awarded a penalty kick after being prompted by VAR. However, Zhu Chenjie's shot was magically parried by Yan Junling, and the Shenhua player's follow-up shot was also deflected, and it seemed that from that moment on, the scales of the game began to tilt in favor of the Harbour Team.
Despite the statistical dominance, Harbour had few attacking chances. Then, a cross from the side created a handball by Li Yunqiu, which the referee confirmed again through VAR and pointed to the twelve-yard point. Ndiaye, wearing Harbour's No. 10 jersey, fired the ball into the top corner, and Shenhua goalkeeper Ma Zhen tried his best to keep the ball out. Wu Jingui's almost-victory turned into a draw, while Coach Leko, who had been anxious on the sidelines for the whole game, finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
