Oscar (right) of Shanghai SIPG takes a penalty shoot to score during the fourth round match between Shanghai SIPG and Wuhan Zall at the postponed 2020 season Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) Suzhou Division in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug 12, 2020. (HAN YUQING / XINHUA)
SUZHOU, China - Shanghai SIPG cruised past Beijing Guoan 2-1 in the sixth round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) here on Saturday, thanks to outstanding performances from Brazilian midfielder Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior.
Beijing opened the scoring in the 13th minute as Wang Gang converted an accurate cross from the right to Cedric Bakambu who smashed in a volley.
Shanghai stayed at the top position of Group B after the game, while Beijing ranked second
Oscar's free-kick 14 minutes later helped Shanghai haul themselves level when Wang Shenchao surged forward and contributed a towering header.
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Shanghai sealed the victory in the 75th minute when Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic back kicked to Oscar, who drove the ball right in the box and scored with a tap-in.
Shanghai stayed at the top position of Group B after the game, while Beijing ranked second.
Elsewhere, Qingdao Huanghai secured their first win of the season after defeating Tianjin TEDA 2-0.
Forward Zhu Jianrong broke the deadlock for Qingdao in the 14th minute as he calmly slotted the ball into the net after collecting a pass from Wang Wei in the box.
Qingdao enlarged their advantage just nine minutes later as their opponents made consecutive mistakes in ball control.
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Tianjin goalkeeper kicked the ball wrongly to Romain Alessandrini who knocked a direct pass to the box, causing a mess where the clearance header from German defender Felix Bastians accidently turned into a volley goal by Zhou Junchen.
"We played with confidence and it's why we had our first win today," said Zhou. The 20-year-old also notched his first goal in the league.