“Cryzan broke the deadlock with a right-footed finish to give Shandong Taishan an early lead, setting the tone for a frantic opening spell.”
Pivotal“Yang Liu doubled Shandong's advantage just four minutes later, making it 2-0 and threatening to turn the derby into a rout before it had barely begun.”
Pivotal“Jin Yonghao pulled one back for Qingdao just sixty seconds after Yang Liu's strike, momentarily breathing life into a match that seemed to be running away from the visitors.”
“Raphaël Merkies, introduced just moments earlier as a substitute, immediately scored to restore Shandong's two-goal cushion and kill any lingering Qingdao hope.”
Pivotal
Shandong Taishan
Qingdao Hainiu
Outstanding performance
Shandong Taishan•AttackerShandong Taishan needed fewer than thirteen minutes to effectively end this derby as a contest, with Cryzan and Yang Liu striking in the 8th and 12th minutes to put the hosts in complete control. Jin Yonghao's immediate response for Qingdao in the 13th gave the visitors a flicker of hope, but Shandong's superiority was never seriously threatened — they created nine big chances to Qingdao's none, a clinical efficiency gap that tells the real story despite both sides registering an identical nineteen shots. The second half was largely a matter of management, with Raphaël Merkies sealing the points within seconds of coming off the bench at the 65th minute, underlining just how deep Shandong's attacking resources run. For Qingdao, Zeca's early yellow card and 22 tackles — nearly double Shandong's 13 — paint the picture of a side chasing and fouling rather than competing on equal terms; a result that does little to ease their relegation-zone anxieties.
How entertaining was this match?
Shot - Liu XinYu Head Shot Missed
Valeri Qazaishvili takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Yang Liu takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Valeri Qazaishvili takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Lin Chuangyi takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Ruicong Gong is substituted off for Luo Senwen.
Corner awarded.
Xie Wenneng's left-footed shot is saved.
On comes Songchen Shi, off goes Crysan da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos.
Valeri Qazaishvili takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Valeri Qazaishvili takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Liu Jiashen comes on for Jin Yangyang.
Chen Pu takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Yellow card shown to Luo Senwen.
Raphaël MerkiesShot by Raphael Merkies with his right foot results in a goal.
Goal! Raphael Merkies scores, making it 3-1.
Raphael Merkies is substituted off for Jose Joaquim de Carvalho.
Imran Memet is substituted for Huang Zhengyu.
Goal! Raphael Merkies scores, making it 3-1.
Liu XinYu comes on for Song Wenjie.
On, Sun Zheng Ao; off, Song Long.
Jose Joaquim de Carvalho takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Luo Senwen takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Huang Zhengyu takes a right-footed shot but misses.
On Ruiqi Yang, off Pedro Alvaro.
On comes Xie Wenneng, off goes Mewlan Mijit.
Huang Zhengyu takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Huang Zhengyu takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Huang Zhengyu takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Huang Zhengyu takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Malcom Sylas Edjouma takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Yonghao Jin takes a shot with his right foot, but it's blocked.
First half ends with a score of 2-1.
Corner awarded.
Luo Senwen takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Malcom Sylas Edjouma takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Lin Chuangyi's right-footed shot is blocked.
Jose Joaquim de Carvalho takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Luo Senwen's right-footed shot is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Shot - Yang Liu Head Shot Missed
Crysan da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Crysan da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos takes a header, but it hits the post.
Goal! The score is now 3-1.
Goal! The score is now 3-1.
Corner awarded.
Yellow card issued to Jose Joaquim de Carvalho.
Malcom Sylas Edjouma takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Crysan da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Yonghao Jin takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
Yonghao Jin takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
assist: Chuangyi Lin
Goal! Yonghao Jin scores, making it 2-1.
Goal! The score is now 2-1.
Goal! Yang Liu scores, making it 2-0.
CryzanShot by Crysan da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos with his right foot results in a goal.
assist: Valeri Qazaishvili
Goal! Crysan da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos scores to make it 1-0.
Kick-off! The referee is Ma Ning.
