A LATE header by Wu Lei gave Shanghai SIPG a crucial 3-2 victory over Chongqing Lifan at Shanghai Stadium on Sunday night as Andre Villas-Boas’ team remained five points behind leader Guangzhou Evergrande with eight more rounds to go in the Chinese Super League.
SIPG playmaker Oscar finished his eight-match ban and started the 22nd round CSL match but it was his Brazilian compatriot Hulk who put the hosts ahead — scoring from the penalty spot in the 34th following handball in the Chongqing box. Chongqing was also given a penalty Doug Baldwin Womens Jersey , 10 minutes into the second half, with Brazil striker Hyuri making no mistake to level the scores.
The hosts retook the lead in the 72nd when Odil Ahmedov’s long shot from top of the box beat Chongqing goalie Deng Xiaofei and flew into the top right corner of the goal. Chongqing rallied once again as defender Liu Huan scored the second equalizer in the 87th.
SIPG’s top scorer Wu then came to his team’s rescue, scoring with a header on an assist by Wang Shenchao in the 88th. It was his 14th league goal this year.
“I played quite a good match Earl Thomas III Womens Jersey , facing a strong opponent today,” Oscar said later. “We have to win every match from now on to try to catch up Evergrande.”
Villas Boas described it as a stressful match. “It could have been a draw. But we showed strong character and ambition in the closing minutes for the victory,” said the Portuguese.
In another Sunday match 12th Fan Womens Jersey , Evergrande edged Henan Jianye 2-1 to maintain its lead atop the league table with 50 points. However, Luiz Felipe Scolari will be missing key player Paulinho for the rest of the season after Barcelona struck a 40-million euro (US$47.26 million) deal to sign the Brazil midfielder. Paulinho has scored 12 goals in 29 matches for the team in all competitions this year.
“I think it’s good news for Chinese football,” AVB said when asked about Paulinho’s transfer. “It means the CSL is drawing attention from the world and a club like Barcelona. Paulinho is a good player and it’s for Scolari to find out the solution after he leaves.”
SIPG takes on Evergrande in the first leg of their CFA Cup semifinal clash at Shanghai Stadium on Wednesday.
On Saturday Shaquem Griffin Womens Jersey , Shanghai Greenland Shenhua was whitewashed 0-5 by Shandong Luneng in Jinan, Shandong Province.
Struggling in the bottom half of the league table, Shenhua knows it has little chance of entering next year’s AFC Champions League Russell Wilson Womens Jersey , which is open to the top-three finishers.
Carlos Tevez, Fredy Guarin, Obafemi Martins and goalie Li Shuai did not go with the team to Jinan due to injuries. Regular starters Cao Yunding Authentic Alex McGough Jersey , Li Yunqiu and Zhang Lu were serving their bans, leaving limited choice of first-teamers for beleaguered head coach Gus Poyet.
It was quite obvious that Shenhua has shifted its focus to the CFA Cup from the league. It takes on Chinese League One side Shanghai Shenxin in the CFA Cup semifinal first leg on Tuesday.
Shandong’s victory means Felix Magath’s team is now third on 38 points, one more than Fabio Cannavaro’s Tianjin Quanjian. Shenhua is currently 11th in the 16-team CSL standing on 24 points.
LONDON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced plans Monday to ease concerns of British industry over European aid from Brussels.
There have been fears that major investments could be put on hold until the post-Brexit landscape is clearer.
In a keynote speech on the economy at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Hammond announced additional support for businesses and organisations which secure EU funding while Britain is still a member of the European Union (EU).
He told delegates: ""The Treasury will offer a guarantee to bidders whose projects meet UK priorities and value for money criteria that if they secure multi-year EU funding before we exit. We will guarantee those payments after Britain has left the EU, protecting British jobs and businesses after Brexit.""
Hammond continued the theme set by Prime Minister Theresa May at the start of the conference Sunday that Britain will leave the EU and become an independent global trading nation.
""No ifs, no buts, we are leaving the EU,"" he said, a message greeted by loud cheers.
Hammond admitted that Brexit negotiations would create a ""roller coaster"" ride for the British economy.
""We must expect some turbulence as we go through this negotiating process. There will be a period of a couple of years or perhaps even longer when businesses are uncertain about the final state of our relationship with the European Union.""
Hammond made a pledge that under him the Treasury would continue to drive the Northern Powerhouse project, the strategy created by his predecessor George Osborne to help re-balance the economies of southern and northern England.
He said he would go further by giving further backing to the Midlands Engine for Growth, a similar regional strategy for the area around Birmingham.
Hammond said the Midlands region generated 220 billion pounds (282.69 billion U.S. dollars) to the economy, producing almost a fifth of all British goods exported overseas, and also accounting for a fifth of British manufacturing.
Hammond also set out a target to make Britain a global leader in tech innovation.
""Over the last few years, unnoticed by most of us, entrepreneurs and scientists from home and abroad have been turning Britain into a hub of tech innovation.""
""Global businesses have followed, hungry for the inventions and innovations they are generating, developing technologies that will change fundamentally the way we work and the way we live.""