China News Service, Dalian, September 18-The 2020 China Football Association Cup kicked off in Dalian on the 18th. Defending champions Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and Guangzhou R&F fought 1:1 in regular time. In the penalty shootout, Shenhua scored 3: 5 lost, thus out of the game with a big score of 4:6.
The Chinese Football Association Cup is the Chinese Football Association Cup. It is an event in the field of Chinese football that teams from all levels of professional to grassroots participate. Generally, it includes the Chinese Super League, Chinese A, Chinese B, amateur and grassroots teams.
However, affected by the epidemic this year, only Chinese Super League teams and Chinese A team participated in this year's Football Association Cup, playing a total of 25 games in 5 rounds.
The first round was a single elimination system. Only the eight winning Super League teams from Dalian and Suzhou can participate in the second round on November 26.
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua was the champion of the FA Cup last season. According to the previous draw, their opponent in the first round was Guangzhou R&F.
In this campaign, Shanghai Shenhua only sent one foreign aid to participate in the war, while Guangzhou R&F dispatched the all-China squad and even used 6 U23 teenagers.
Both sides performed slowly in the first half, with no achievements.
At the beginning of the second half, Shanghai Shenhua got a penalty kick because the opponent player knocked down the Shenhua player in the penalty area, and Yang Xu took the lead in breaking the deadlock.
In the 80th minute, Guangzhou R&F intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Chen Zhizhao got the ball and passed it from the right. Zhang Gong followed up in the middle and then scored from close range to tie the score.
In stoppage time in the second half, Shenhua player Zhu Chenjie shot the ball in the penalty area but was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.
The two sides drew in regular time, thus entering the penalty shootout.
Guangzhou R&F made all five free throws, but Qian Jie of the Shenhua team hit the goal frame in the first round.
In the end, the defending champion Shanghai Shenhua lost with a total score of 4:6 and was unfortunately out of the game.
In another previous game, Jiangsu Suning defeated Shenzhen Kaisa 2-0 and took the lead to advance to the top 16 of the FA Cup.
The current Football Association Cup will be played in the Suzhou Division on the 19th. The 8 winning teams will face the top 8 teams in the Chinese League. The winner will enter the next round of the quarter-finals.
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