INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Beijing Guoan crushed Shandong Taishan 6-1 at home in Beijing in a Chinese Super League (CSL) game that saw three red cards given on
The hosts were one man down and the visitors saw two of their players thrown out.Shandong scored first in the fourth minute to lead 1-0
after Valeri Qazaishvili's cross found Zeca open at the far post for him to net the goal.However, Shandong's visit lasted only 11 minutes
Sai Erjiniao's accurate pass reached Zhang Yuning whose cross was headed into Wang Dalei's goal by Fabio Abreu to tie the game.Taishan's Wu
Xinghan was called a foul for tackling Lin Liangming in the 27th minute
He was first given a yellow card but the referee changed his mind after checking with the video assistant referee (VAR)
It was upgraded into a red card that tossed Wu out of the competition. The visitors suffered another hit 10 minutes later
Their goalscorer Zeca was ejected with a red card for trampling on Wang Gang
They trailed 2-1 before the halftime break
Wang deflected a cross from the right in the fourth minute of stoppage time, but the ball landed at Guga who scored Guo's second goal.Sai
Erjiniao extended the hosts' advantage to 3-1 two minutes into the second half
His first shot was blocked by Wang, but then he jumped over the goalie to tap the ball into the open goal.Five minutes later, substitute
Yang Liyu launched a cross from the right, setting up for Abreu to score his second header of the night as Beijing lead 4-1 on the
field.Beijing were one man down after Cao Yongjing sabotaged a one-on-one opportunity of Shandong's Xie Wenneng in the 59th minute
Nonetheless, the home team continued to add more goals
Nineteen minutes later, Zhang Yuning received the ball on the top of the box and blew a powerful shot into the opponents goal for Beijing to
lead 5-1.Yang delivered his second assist in the first minute of stoppage time
His through pass enabled Zhang Xizhe to net Guoan's third goal for a 6-1 win
Their team remains undefeated, but with only three wins in the fifth place on the table.In the other action on the night, Shanghai Shenhua
beat Wuhan Three Towns 2-0 at home in east China's Shanghai Municipality for their sixth win of the season.Shenhua broke the deadlock in the
Xie Pengfei's cross found Joao Teixeira in front of the goal
His shot from close range was deflected by He Guang, but still bounced into the goal for the hosts to lead 1-0.Shenhua doubled their
advantage four minutes into the second half when Andre Luis's free kick went through the wall toward the goal
Goalkeeper Shao Puliang touched the ball with his foot, but failed to stop it from going into the goal.Three Towns saw two of their goals
cancelled, both by VAR as offside
The first was by Zheng Haoqian from close range in the 66th minute
The second was by Zhong Jinbao with a tackle.Shenhua continue to top the CSL with 20 points after eight games.
