(Sports)Yanbian edges Greenland 2-0 in CSL
Xinhua, July 9, 2016 Adjust font size:
Yanbian Fude defeated Shanghai Greenland 2-0 in the season' s Chinese Super League (CSL) here on Saturday. The home team had snatched four points and kept unbeaten record against Greenland this season.
Ha Tae-Goon, who ever had made six goals in three games when facing against Greenland, was injured in the 18th minute of today' s match and replaced by his compatriot Kim Seung-Dae in the 27th minute. But it was Yanbian who broke the deadlock in the second half.
Steve Trawally, whose nick name is "Gambian Cristiano Ronaldo" , created a penalty-kick chance for Yanbian in the 69th minute. Yanbian were leading through Nikola Petkovic' s penalty.
Kim Seung-Dae put the ball into the empty gate and terminated the suspense of the game in the 88th minute, after Greenland' s goalkeeper Li Shuai making a mistake in a clearance progress.
"Comparing to Greenland, We has certain advantages in physical. It was very hot today, so we can control situations today," said by Park Tae-Ha, who was Yanbian' s head coach.
One of the 2016 AFC Champions League' s quarter-finalists, Shandong Luneng, won over Jiangsu Suning 2-1 and got its first victory in CSL' s latest 11 games.
Joao Alves de Assis Silva' s header broke the ice in the 8th minute, while Walter Damian Montillo' s free-kick equalized the score for Luneng in the 57th minute. The Argentinian turned the table 17 minutes later, when he cut in from the left and his tame shot found the net.
With the victory, Luneng climbed into the second place from the bottom on CSL standings. And in another game which played on the same day, Beijing Guoan tied Tianjin Teda 0-0 in a hot match named "Jingjin Derby" . Endit