Bao Yaxiong celebrated with his teammates after saving the penalty
When the game entered stoppage time, the Chengdu Chengdu Chengdu team’s central defender and foreign aid Leichte continued to advance into the frontcourt, looking for opportunities to attack. Chengdu Chengdu Chengdu, who was playing away from home, was obviously not willing Accept the result of a draw. In the 15th round of the Chinese Super League on June 16, Shenhua experienced the most passive game of the season, and finally drew with Chengdu Chengdu 1-1 in a thrilling manner, maintaining its unbeaten status.
"Today's game was more difficult for us. To be fair, we might end up losing this game, but we still managed to hold on in the end." After the game, Slutsky reluctantly admitted that a draw was the best. result. In the first 3 minutes of this game, Shenhua scored an own goal from Jiang Shenglong. Soon after, Shenhua took advantage of a passing error in the opponent's midfield to equalize the score. Yu Han made a long pass to find Malele, who seized a single opportunity and scored.
Shenhua is the team with the largest consumption during the international match day window, with as many as seven players rushing to support the national team. Facing a strong opponent temporarily ranked third, head coach Slutsky included five international players including Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Yang Zexiang, Xu Haoyang, and Bao Yaxiong in the starting lineup. Malele, Luis, Amadou and Manafa were four All foreign players also started, with only Gao Tianyi, Xie Wenpeng and Teixeira on the bench.
However, the Shenhua team, with basically all the main players on the field, was passive on the court. Chengdu Chengdu had an absolute advantage in the first half. Felipe has threatened Shenhua's goal many times. In addition, Yang Yiming's back header and Zhou Dingyang's outflanking push shot have also posed greater threats to Shenhua. Fortunately, goalkeeper Bao Yaxiong performed well and saved the day many times. His 7 saves set a new high this season, which also proved Shenhua's passivity. If Bao Yaxiong hadn't saved Felipe's penalty kick in the second half, Shenhua would probably have suffered its first defeat this year. "We are both lucky and unlucky. Unfortunately, we conceded the own goal. Fortunately, Bao Yaxiong saved the opponent's penalty kick." Slutsky said after the game.
Despite the absence of core Wei Shihao, Chengdu Chengdu Chengdu's offense organized around high center Felipe was quite effective. The double midfielder composed of Zhou Dingyang and Gan Chao also suppressed the combination of Amadou and Wu Xi. In the whole game, the number of shots between Shenhua and Chengdu was 8 to 15, and the number of shots on target was 2 to 7.
Although Shenhua's 15-game unbeaten streak set a record for the longest unbeaten streak in a single season in team history and continues to rank first in the Chinese Super League standings, it is only 1 point ahead of Haigang, which has one game less. If Haigang wins the make-up match on June 18, it will overtake Shenhua and reach the top of the Chinese Super League standings.
Although Shenhua's advantage in the standings has been further reduced, Slutsky said that there will be no additional adjustments to the team's lineup: "Judging from the current situation, it is not easy to make changes. In a few days we will It is also important to participate in the FA Cup. During the intermission period between the national team matches, we have seven players participating in the national team matches. It is more difficult to make tactical improvements and changes to achieve our goals through internal tapping. Purpose. "
Author: Wu Yulun
Text: Our reporter/Wu Yulun Picture: Dongfang ic Editor: Gu Miao Editor: Shen Lei
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