The Chinese Super League’s (CSL) hottest rivalry delivered edge-of-your-seat action as Shanghai Port and Shenhua fought to a 1-1 draw Sunday, keeping both teams neck-and-neck atop the table with 11 points each.
Port struck first in the 5th minute when former Shenhua player Liu Ruofan snatched the ball near the box and nailed a revenge goal against his old club! Shenhua nearly answered twice in the 18th minute—first with Li Ke’s shot hitting the post, then Teixeira’s rebound clanging off the same woodwork.
With time running out, Shenhua’s substitute Yu Hanchao became the hero, scoring a diving header in the 82nd minute (confirmed by VAR! ). Port’s Li Shuai then got a late red card, but it wasn’t enough to shift the result. "It felt like a blockbuster finale," one fan tweeted.
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