When it is strong, it is strong! Sending Shenhua to the first defeat + undefeated in the Top5 battle, Rongcheng topped the Super League standings for the first time

Reporter Lu Mi and special correspondent Gan Hui report A 1-0, completed #Chengdu Rongcheng, defeated #Shanghai Shenhua, and gave the opponent the first defeat of the season, while Rongcheng also topped the Chinese Super League with 23 points - this is the first time after they were promoted. At the end of this campaign, Rongcheng's top five opponents in the league this season handed over three wins and one draw to be undefeated.

The two sides have met in the past 3 times, and Rongcheng are winless, especially in the last round of last season, when they lost 1-2 at home and failed to finish well. The first meeting of the season has become the focus of attention. Before the game, the two teams were in the top two of the standings, and Rongcheng was only 3 points less than their opponents - more coincidentally, Shenhua had previously scored 20 goals and conceded 10 goals, with a goal difference of 10, and Rongcheng scored 15 goals and conceded 6 goals with a goal difference of 9.

At the beginning of the game, Rongcheng took the initiative to press under the command of Xu Zhengyuan, forced in a high position, and got a corner kick opportunity in only 3 minutes after the opening, but unfortunately failed to grasp it, and Shenhua launched a quick counterattack after taking the ball, and only one person on the defense line went to chase Mineiro, who formed a single knife, but fortunately, Liu Dianzuo saved in time and did not lose the ball. This also served as a wake-up call for the Rongcheng defense line.

The two sides strangled in midfield and on the wings, and for a while, Rongcheng was suppressed by the more experienced Shenhua, and in the middle of the first half, they were pressed in the half to besiege.

But Rong Cheng's breath has been resisted, not relaxed, and looking for an opportunity to release. In the 27th minute, Rongcheng played a familiar side-center routine on the left side, Felipe fought for the top and caused a scuffle between the two sides, and Romulo scored the only goal of the game.

This ball was spelled out by Rongcheng in a passive situation, and the whole team was encouraged, but Shenhua has been trying to catch up since then, but fortunately, Liu Dianzuo played bravely, in addition to the previous Mineiro's single knife, but also defused the threat of Shenhua's several set-pieces.

As Xu Zhengyuan said, this game is a war for Rongcheng, "Under the intensive schedule in April, we survived, it was not easy, the players were tired to varying degrees, but they persevered until the last second and showed the best side to all the fans on the scene." ”

On the offensive end, although it was Romulo who scored the goal, Felipe was the best of the game, and he created enough threats up front; On the defensive end, Rongcheng players cooperate with each other and echo each other, Shenhua mainly plays Hu Hetao's side, and Zhou Dingyang and Yuan Mincheng often assist in defense. In the face of Shenhua's counterattack, Rongcheng was surrounded by many people in most cases.

After reaching the top after a clean sheet, Rongcheng looks ambitious - this season before facing the top five teams in the Chinese Super League championship group, Rongcheng in addition to a 1-1 draw away to Guoan, has won Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Port with a score of 3-0 and 3-1 away from home, and now defeats Shenhua to the top, which means that they have handed over an unbeaten answer sheet in the first round with the Top 5 teams, and the lead of 1 goal difference is only a temporary advantage during the league, but this "half unbeaten answer sheet" at the end of the season "on the score ranking" It is of great significance to Rongcheng.

In the goal frame of the whole game 3, Shenhua's luck is indeed a little worse, but if the loss is all attributed to luck, I am afraid it is not objective. Almost unchanged tactical arrangements and substitution adjustments, the opponent will be targeted, to a certain extent, to create their own trouble. At the same time, in the strong dialogue, Shenhua's disadvantages in foreign aid are magnified.

In the whole game, Mineiro had a single knife, and Andre also had a good chance to hit the goal in front of the goal, but they failed to take advantage of it. Moreover, the low efficiency of the Shenhua strikers in scoring goals is not just a problem in this game.

In this crucial game, the core foreign players also had a mental imbalance, which affected this game and the next game. In the 52nd minute and full-time injury time, Teixeira was sent off for dissatisfaction with the penalty and referee theory, accumulating two yellows, and he also missed the next round of away games against Meizhou. Throughout the game, he was restricted by Rongcheng and it was very difficult to get the ball, except for a low cross from the right side, there were not many eye-catching performances, and Shenhua's midfield advancement was also difficult.

In this game, Shenhua and Rongcheng are both four foreign aid starters. The performance and role played by Rongcheng's foreign players were significantly better than Shenhua's, and Romulo scored the crucial goal that decided the outcome of the game. Although it is a major feature that Shenhua does not rely on foreign aid, in the Chinese Super League, where foreign aid determines the team's ceiling, if Shenhua really has an idea, I am afraid that foreign aid will have to be strengthened.

In addition to the problem of foreign aid, Slutsky's programmed substitution adjustments also made the opponent prepared to deal with it. In last night's game, Shenhua was not without a chance, especially after 70 minutes, Rongcheng's physical fitness declined, and Shenhua's strength showed immediate results. But at this time, Slutsky still only replaced Yu Hanchao step by step. And Xu Zhengyuan immediately sent Gan Chao to strengthen the defense. In fact, Shenhua is not without players on the bench, Xie Pengfei is very characteristic and very offensive.

The competition is a process of wits and courage, and better results can be achieved by surprise.

After losing to Rongcheng, Shenhua fell to second place. Summing up the game after the game, Slutsky said that the game was as he expected, with the two sides evenly matched and the game very close, with the better side taking the opportunity to win the game. 'We created chances today but unfortunately we didn't take them. We were unlucky today, we were on the wrong side. At the same time, he said that Teixeira would be punished.

On May 3, Shenhua will fly directly from Rongcheng to Jieyang, Guangdong, and then take a bus to Meizhou to start the final battle of the three consecutive passengers against Meizhou.