Tianjin Taida Rallies to Beat Shanghai Shenhua 2-0

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Tianjin Taida Rallies to Beat Shanghai Shenhua 2-0

Tianjin Taida rewrote history on Sunday when they rallied to beat visiting Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 for the first time in history.

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Tianjin Taida rewrote history on Sunday when they rallied to beat visiting Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 for the first time in history.

The first half ended scoreless. Shenhua's substitute Wang Ke broke the deadlock in the 76th minute when he met a smart pass from teammate Xie Hui and drove it past struggling Taida goalkeeper Jiang Jin, who is also the goalkeeper of Chinese national team.

But the host scored the equaliser from the spot only three minutes later. Wang Ke fouled in Shenhua's box and the refree immediately pointed to the spot. Christian Castellano from Uruguay buried it. With two minutes to go, Castellano scored again on a corner.

This is the first time for Taida to beat Shenhua in Chinese league's nine-year history. Shenhua's head coach Xu Genbao blamed the loss on his players' inexperience. "My players are rather young and don't know how cope with some special situations. We lost to two set-pieces, one penalty and one corner. I see no reason to concede a goal on the corner. They need experience," he said.

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