Shandong Taishan beat Shenzhen 4-0 at home in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, on Friday, securing their fourth win of the season and taking the lead in the Chinese Super League (CSL) with 13 points after six games.All four of Shandong's goals were netted in the first half within 26 minutes.
In the fourth minute, Guilherme Madruga cut the ball from Jiang Zhipeng for Zeca to feed Valeri Qazaishvili for a curling effort that flies into the top corner of the goal, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead.Two minutes later, Liu Yang earned the home side a free kick on the left edge of the box.
Li Yuan took a shot that bounced to the ground and then into Shenzhen's goal while goalkeeper Ji Jiabao made no response at all, watching the opponents advantage grow to two goals.Shandong's third goal came in the 22nd minute when Huang Zhengyu, Madruga and Cryzan tricked the visitors' defense with a series of quick passes before Zeca received the ball inside the box and scored again for his side.Eight minutes later, Qazaishvili dribbled toward the box and drew attention from most of the defenders before passing to Cryzan backheel for the Brazilian forward to blow a volley into Shenzhen's goal for his third goal of the season and Shandong's fourth goal of the night to seal an easy win.In the other game of the day, Changchun Yatai defeated Meizhou Hakka 3-1 on the road in Meizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, for their first win of the season.
Ohi Omoijuanfo opened the score for Changchun in the fifth minute assisted by Robert Beric.
Then in the 38th minute, Beric set up a goal for Tan Long to double their advantage.Meizhou's Cameroonian midfielder Jerome Mbekeli was thrown out with a red card in the 58th minute for trampling on goalkeeper Wu Yake.
Xu Yue added the third goal for the visitors in the 87th minute before Ji Shengpan netted one for the hosts in the final minute of stoppage time.