Pelle scores but Shandong misses chance to go 2nd
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GRAZIANO Pelle scored his first goal of the season yesterday but his side Shandong Luneng missed the chance to move back into second place in the Chinese Super League as it was held to a 1-1 draw by Chongqing Lifan.
Fernandinho gave Chongqing the lead in the 28th minute before Pelle equalized eight minutes from time as Shandong picked up a point that leaves it in fourth, three points behind leader Guangzhou R&F and level with Shanghai SIPG and defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande.
Manager Felix Magath rued Shandong’s missed chances, saying: “We didn’t create enough good opportunities, especially in the first half, we were the better side but we were also unlucky.
“In the second half, we did much better and put lots of pressure on our opponents and created lots of chances. Unfortunately, out of so many chances we only scored one. I have to say we lost two points today.”
R&F retained pole position in the standings as Dragan Stojkovic’s team defeated struggling Jiangsu Suning 2-1 on Friday to continue its unbeaten start to the season with 16 points from its opening six games.
Israel international Eran Zahavi scored twice in 15 second-half minutes to cancel out Alex Teixeira’s opener for big-spending Jiangsu as R&F ended the weekend three points clear.
“If we continue doing what we are doing now, everything is possible,” said Stojkovic. “Jiangsu are a strong team with expensive players so I hoped my players would go in without any pressure and enjoy the game.”
SIPG inflicted the first defeat of the season on Manuel Pellegrini’s Hebei CFFC with a 3-0 win at Shanghai Stadium to move into second while Beijing Guo’an and Tianjin Quanjian drew 1-1.
Guangzhou Evergrande picked up its second win in a row as goals from Gao Lin and Ricardo Goulart saw off Liaoning Whowin despite Wang Shangyuan’s sending off with a quarter of the game remaining for Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side, which is now in third.
Tianjin Teda ran out a comfortable 3-1 winner over Yanbian Funde while Fredy Guarin and Obafemi Martins scored against Guizhou Zhicheng as Shanghai Shenhua shook off the absence of Carlos Tevez to pick up a 2-1 win.
Changchun Yatai moved off the bottom of the 16-team CSL standings when Tan Long scored the only goal of its 1-0 win over Henan Jianye.
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