On April 9th, Shanghai Shenhua hosted Wuhan Sanzhen in the 5th round of the Chinese Super League. In the first half, Ma Lailai broke through the side of the cross, Luis pushed the empty net, and Xie Pengfei broke the goal directly from a free kick at the end of the half. In the second half, Jiang Zhipeng scored a goal on a free kick from a small angle, then Renhang made a mistake and Xie Pengfei assisted Gao Tianyi, then Xie Pengfei sent a pass to Teixeira, who made a world wave. Finally, Shenhua won 4-1 against Sanzhen to win 5 consecutive victories to lead the Super League, and create the best start in team history.
At the beginning of the first half, Shanghai Shenhua showed a strong desire to attack. After a breakthrough on the edge of the road, Malelai crossed the ball, Luis pushed the empty goal, the first record for Shenhua, and the score became 1-0. Then, Shenhua continued to attack, Teixeira, Xie Pengfei and others frequently created threats, but failed to extend the score.
However, in the 43rd minute, Shenhua got a free kick opportunity. Xie Pengfei was put down by the opposing player He Chao outside the penalty area, he himself took this free kick and kicked a wonderful elevator kick, directly scored, Shenhua led 2-0.
In the second half, Wuhan Sanzhen gradually found the rhythm of the game. In the 54th minute, they got a free kick opportunity from a small angle, Jiang Zhipeng took a direct kick at the goal, the ball went through the wall and flew into the goal, Sanzhen equalized the score by one goal, 1-2.
However, Shenhua did not panic. In the 63rd minute, Ren Hang made a low-level mistake at the backfield and passed the ball directly to Shenhua's Luis. Xie Pengfei seized the opportunity to cross the penalty area and assisted Gao Tianyi to easily shoot a low shot to the dead center of the goal, Shenhua once again extended the score to 3-1.
Just a few minutes later, Shenhua launched another attack. Teixeira took the ball outside the penalty area, facing a large gap, he slightly adjusted and blasted a world wave, the ball over the goalkeeper's fingertips directly into the net, Shenhua 4-1 lead.
In the following game, Shenhua firmly controlled the situation and did not give Sanzhen too many chances. Although San Zhen tried to counterattack, Shenhua's defense was solid and they failed to score again. In the end, the match ended with a 4-1 victory for Shenhua, who won 5 consecutive matches to take the lead in the Chinese Super League.