On the night of August 19th, a key battle in the 14th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) started on the training ground of Mission Hills Soccer Base in Haikou. Hebei and Changchun Yatai met each other in a tight match.
Hebei's Sergio threatened in the opening minutes of the match, but his goal was disallowed. Immediately after, in the 20th minute, Wang Jinxian seized the opportunity and scored with a brilliant blast to give Ateneo an early lead. Just before halftime, Junior scored a header to give Yatai a 2-0 lead going into the halftime break.
In the 55th minute, Tan Long added a goal to extend the lead of Yatai. In the 60th minute, Wang Jinxian scored twice to give Yatai a 4-0 lead. In the 67th minute, Serginho scored a header to extend Atay's lead to 5-0. Junior scored two consecutive goals in the final stage of the game to complete the hat-trick, and finally Atay thrashed Hebei 7-1, who suffered seven consecutive defeats and conceded 14 goals in the last two games.
Prior to the match, Hebei was at the bottom of the Chinese Super League with a record of 1 win and 13 losses, while Changchun Yatai was in 13th place with 2 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses.
The highlights of the game also include: in the 9th minute, Sergio header, VAR intervention ruled Yan Zhiyu offside in the first, the goal is invalid; in the 17th minute, Zhang Wei was injured and replaced, Zhao Ziye emergency substitution; in the 20th minute, Wang Jinxian left-footed shot inside the penalty area broke the goal, Yatai team 1-0 lead; in the 44th minute, Joonior kicked the ball seems to be a pass or a shot straight to the far end of the goal, Tan Long followed up! Tan Long followed up on the ground shovel shot on the side net; 82 minutes, Junior completed a hat trick, Yatai team 7-0 lead.
In the end, Ateneo thrashed Hebei 7-1, adding an exciting matchup to the Chinese Super League.
Hebei: 34-Pang Jiajun (U23), 4-Pan Ximing, 6-Zhang Junzhe, 8-Yao Daogang, 19-Wei Yuren (46'22-Ren Wei), 21-Cui Lin, 24-Zhang Yu (46'39-Luo Shipeng (U23)), 32-Ding Haifeng, 17-Song Xintao (U23), 20-Gao Huaze ( 46'11-Mao Xuchen (U23)), 38-Zhang Wei (18'45-Zhao Ziye (60'25-Liao Wei (U23))
Unattached substitutes: 18 - Guo Hanru (U23), 3 - Luan Hodong, 14 - Chen Yunhua (U23), 16 - Liu Gang, 29 - Yang Chenyu (U23), 23 - Zhang Jiahui (U23), 42 - Gao Yu Nan (U23)
Changchun Yatai: 23-Wu Yakhorn, 4-Okere, 21-Cui Qi, 24-Yan Zhiyu (72'26-Dong Honglin), 31-Rao Weihui (72'25-Wang Huapeng (U23)), 8-Wang Jinxian (66'15-Diliyimiti Land (U23)), 10 -Serginho (72'34-He Yiran (U23)), 11-Erik, 20-Zhang Yufeng, 9-Junior (83'16-Zheng Zhiyun), 29-Tan Long
Unattached substitutes: 1-Liu Weiguo, 28-Ci Henglong (U23), 3-Han Pengfei, 19-Liao Chengjian, 27-Zhang Li, 32-Li Guangwen, 39-Mao Kaiyu
