On September 12, the 25th round of the 2015 Chinese Super League ushered in the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" - Evergrande challenged Shanghai SIPG away.

After 24 rounds, SIPG, which is in second place in the standings, is 7 points behind Guangzhou Evergrande, and with only 5 rounds left in the league, the result of this campaign will largely determine the ownership of this season's Chinese Super League champion.

If Evergrande wins, then the gap between the two teams will widen to 10 points, and even if the two teams draw, they will still maintain a 7-point lead, and it can almost be announced in advance that Evergrande has successfully defended the title again.

If SIPG wins, then the gap between the two teams will be reduced to 4 points, and the suspense of the championship is likely to be determined until the final round.

Evergrande will never like this situation, because the fierce two-front battle will directly affect their AFC Champions League journey.

It is worth mentioning that in the previous two world preliminaries of the national football team, compared with the situation that Evergrande had a total of 6 international players on the field, only Wu Lei got the playing time of SIPG, which had a greater physical advantage.

The two sides have met 5 times before, and Evergrande has achieved an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 2 draws. In the first half of the season, the two sides fought to a draw in Tianhe.

SIPG did its best to play the main force in this campaign, and the foreign aid combination of Haisen and Ji'an was discharged on the front line, and Conca sat in the midfield to fight against the old master.

Evergrande is the captain and vice captain Zheng Zhi and Gao Lin are both suspended and absent from this game, and Elkeson returned from injury to enter the starter.

The line-ups of both sides -

Evergrande lineup:

Goalkeeper: Zeng Cheng

Defenders: Zhang Linpeng, Feng Xiaoting, Jin Yingquan, Zou Zheng

Back: Paulinho, Huang Bowen

Avant-garde: Zheng Long, Goulart, Dai Zhiwei

Forward: Elkeson

Shanghai SIPG (4-4-2): 1-Yan Junling; 4-Wang Shenchao, 27-Shi Ke, 3-Jin Zhourong, 32-Sun Xiang (C); 7-Wu Lei (71'21-Yu Hai), 6-Cai Huikang (85'33-Yang Boyu), 10-Kongka, 11-Lv Wenjun; 9-Haisen, 35-Ji'an (18'8-Dawei).

SIPG lineup:

Goalkeeper: Yan Junling

Defenders: Wang Yanchao, Shi Ke, Jin Zhourong, Sun Xiang

Midfielders: Wu Lei, Cai Huikang, Conca, Lu Wenjun

Forwards: Gian, Hazen

Referee Ma Ning blew the whistle for the start of the game on time, and SIPG, sitting at home, took the lead!

Haisen, who is in good form this season, knocked the ball back and handed it to the feet of the Shanghai Port team's "magic lamp" Conca, who received the ball and made a long pass to the right rib of the Evergrande penalty area near the center circle, where Ji'an had already stepped forward in place.

Ji An gently unloaded the ball with his toes, changed his feint to Huang Bowen, who shook off and forced him to grab, and then cut inward horizontally and hit the door directly!

The shot was powerful and heavy, and Evergrande goalkeeper Zeng Cheng obviously had not yet entered the state, but fortunately Paulinho chased back in time, and the toe of the tackle touched Ji'an's shot, and the football hit the outside of the goal frame and popped up the bottom line in the panic of the Evergrande player.

In less than 30 seconds of the opening game, SIPG used the simplest cooperation to almost capture the goal of the Evergrande team!

Many Evergrande fans in the stands have not yet warmed up the seats under their buttocks, and SIPG has already won a corner kick!

It was only at this time that Li Xin and Gou Wei, the two commentators in charge of the game commentary on the Huaxia TV Sports Channel, began to interpret the list of the two teams to the fans in front of the TV: "Audience friends, good evening! You are now tuning in to the 2015 Chinese Super League 25th round of SIPG and Evergrande live. I'm ......."

"Oh! Danger, Ji'an got up and shot! …… The football hit the goal frame and didn't score, it looks like a corner! At the beginning of the game, SIPG took the lead and won a corner! Judging from the slow motion, the defenders of this ball Evergrande are obviously not focused, and in the face of a team like SIPG, any mistake is fatal......"

SIPG's corner kick was taken by Conca, and Jin Zhourong and Haisen, who have strong header ability, have already stood in the Evergrande penalty area.

The players of both teams in the SIPG and Evergrande penalty areas have pushing and shoving movements in their hands, and it can almost be said that they are hugging each other.

Conca drove this corner kick to the front point, and Haisen, who was in front of him, pressed Jin Yingquan to grab the first landing point, and the header rubbed back, Zeng Cheng did not react.

Thankfully, the ball grazed the crossbar and flew off the line!

Evergrande escaped death again!

SIPG has already had two very threatening shots in less than 2 minutes of the opening game, and if it weren't for the help of the goal frame, I'm afraid the score on the field would have become 0:2!

Cannavaro stood on the edge of the pitch and shouted at the Evergrande players!

Facts have proved that Cannavaro's reminder is still effective, just 80 seconds after Evergrande sent the goal, Dai Zhiwei crossed from the right side of the front, Elkeson pressed Jin Zhourong to prepare a header, and the Shanghai Port team goalkeeper Yan Junling attacked to catch the high ball and get rid of it.

Then Wang Yanchao's relief went vertically and gave a big gift.

Dai Zhiwei faced this straight up and down clearance and planned to shoot with a barb, but Yan Junling reacted quickly and firmly confiscated the ball with the advantage of having one more arm than Dai Zhiwei.

And Dai Zhiwei's move of kicking Yan Jun's volley and forcibly retracting his leg also won the favor of the home fans.

In the 7th minute, Wang Yanchao fouled Zheng Long on the side of the backfield, but the latter's free kick was cleared by Shi Ke in the near corner.

3 minutes later, Wu Lei burst into the left side of the penalty area and crossed, and the SIPG players complained that the ball hit Zou Zheng who blocked the front point, but the referee Ma Ning did not give a penalty.

In the 14th minute, Huang Bowen crossed from the left, and Elkeson's volley from 15 yards in the melee was blocked by the SIPG defender, but then Wang Yanchao's weak header back almost gave Dai Zhiwei a chance to face the goalkeeper alone, but fortunately, Yan Junling made a timely volley to clear the siege.

In the 21st minute, the smell of gunpowder suddenly intensified on the field, Feng Xiaoting directly put the opponent down with a sliding shovel when Lu Wenjun received the ball in the midfield, and the players on both sides surrounded each other, scolding constantly, and began to have the smell of gunpowder in the battle for the top spot.

SIPG had another good chance to open the scoring in the 36th minute, when Conca's free-kick from the right flank was passed into the box, and Kim Joo-young's header from 10 yards went wide of the left-hand post.

In the 40th minute, Evergrande ushered in the best opportunity to score in the first half, Zheng Long broke through Wang Yanchao's cross again on the left side, Jin Zhourong's header cleared, Gaolat's header ferried, and the ball at the front of the penalty area was Dai Zhiwei, who was a little silent in this game.

"It's me Rondo!" After Dai Zhiwei took the ball, he found that the players of SIPG were still tightly huddled in the penalty area of their own side, and they did not mean to rob, and complained helplessly.

As we all know, in the NBA, because of poor three-point shooting, the famous guard Rondo is often shorted by opponents near the three-point line.

However, at this time, Dai Zhiwei, whose long-range shooting ability was far inferior to the threat of dribbling, also suffered the treatment of being empty outside the big penalty area.

Dai Zhiwei looked up again and observed the teammates around him, and found that there was really no good passing route.

"They all think I'm a scum with a long shot, I really don't believe that I can't shoot this kind of opportunity!" Although he knew that his ability to shoot from outside the penalty area was still very average, but no one came up to stop him anyway, Dai Zhiwei made up his mind to pay attention, so he simply shot a long shot!

So, Dai Zhiwei gently flicked the ball horizontally, put on a good posture, and shot angrily.

"Bang!"

The football was hit out of a depression by a huge force, and then instantly rushed out from under Dai Zhiwei's feet, like a sharp sword shooting towards the gate of SIPG!

Ay?

Pregnant!

This is Dai Zhiwei's first feeling after shooting!

Although Dai Zhiwei's long-range shooting ability is very scummy, it only means that he can't guarantee that every long-range shot is of high quality, but he will also have a stroke of genius.

For example, Gao Linsmann also plays a fairy ball from time to time, but who dares to say that he is a striker with a good goal rate?

Dai Zhiwei's shot hung straight in the upper left corner of the goal, and it can almost be described as a theoretical dead end!

Shanghai Port Gate Shen Yan Junling predicted in advance, and incredibly poked out the bottom line with his fingertips.

"!"

Dai Zhiwei shook his hand hatefully, and couldn't help but burst out an international tone particle, this time the luck was too bad!

Yan Junling, this guy is definitely "taking medicine" today - you must know that with this save, Yan Junling has saved at least 3 shots from Evergrande in this game, which can be said to be a must-score!

"When the wind is not good, I meet a goalkeeper who is open." Dai Zhiwei said helplessly, "It's really lucky that you can choke on drinking water!" ”

In the first half, both teams only blossomed but did not bear fruit, Evergrande mainly had the upper hand slightly, but the opponent had a goalkeeper in excellent condition.

"That's been the case with my big Manchester United over the past few seasons." Dai Zhiwei muttered when he got off the field, "The defensive midfielders and forwards are all scum, and they all rely on the goalkeeper to make up for it!" ”

In the second half, Dai Zhiwei found an unexpected phenomenon.

"Is this cowardice?" Dai Zhiwei was somewhat puzzled, after all, a 0:0 draw was completely acceptable for Evergrande, but it was undoubtedly a slow death for SIPG.

But in fact, after the start of the second half, SIPG did choose to recycle and began to play defensive counterattacks, as if 1 point was their goal.

Attack?

Or not attack?

The two options were placed in front of Cannavaro.

In the 66th minute of the game, Cai Huikang destroyed Zhang Linpeng's pass to Dai Zhiwei out of the sideline.

The next moment, Evergrande played the first substitution adjustment of the game.