Guizhou Renhe beat Tianjin Teda 4-3
Xinhua, July 20, 2015 Adjust font size:
The relegation strugglers Guizhou Renhe managed to grab three points from Tianjin Teda on Sunday in heavy rain.
The visiting Guizhou Renhe broke the ice in the 33 minutes. The Brazilian striker Ricardo Santos poked the ball into the net after passing Tianjin's defenders in the forbidden area.
Guizhou Renhe expanded the leading edge in five minutes. Zhang Chenglin's header traced out an arc and headed into the far corner.
Tianjin's defender Lv Wei failed to make a powerful clearance kick, which caused another threatening attack. Santos scored his second goal in 69 minutes.
As well as everyone thought the rest 20 minutes would be garbage time, Tianjin Teda found their way to fight back. Hernan Barcos and Guo Hao scored for Tianjin Teda in 5 minutes. Barcos' header in 81 minutes equalized the game. [ Guizhou Renhe maintained the victory thanks to Yang Yihu's shooting in 87 minutes, which gave great help to the team.
Guizhou managed to earn 7 points in the last three matches, just 1 points behind Liaoning Whowin.
In other games, Chongqing Lifan lost to Shanghai Greenland 0-2, Guangzhou R&F lost to Shandong Luneng 2-4, Shanghai Shenxin tied Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-0, Henan Jianye tied Hangzhou Greentown 0-0, and Jiangsu Sainty tied Changchun Yatai 1-1.
The last game of the 20th round will start between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai SIPG on Monday, which will decide the top place of the Chinese Super League.
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