Chinese Super League – **! Oscar and Wu Lei score twice each; Shanghai SIPG starts strong with 8-0 victory

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　　At 19:35 on the evening of March 3rd, Beijing time, the first round of the 2018 Chinese Super League kicked off at the Shanghai Stadium, with Shanghai SIPG playing host to Dalian Yifang. 29 seconds into the first half, Oscar received a clever pass from Hu Jinghang and scored by shooting with his right foot into the far corner of the goal. In the 23rd minute, Hürk crossed from the right, Zhang Chong cleared the ball, and Oscar received it on the left side before shooting to score his second goal. In the 34th minute, Fonte committed a foul while defending Hülk inside the penalty area, and Hülk scored from the penalty. At the end of the first half, Shanghai SIPG was leading Dalian Yifang 3-0. In the 59th minute of the second half, Oscar delivered a cross from the right flank, and Wu Lei pushed the ball in gently to score. In the 65th minute, Oscar passed the ball in the midfield, and Wu Lei took advantage of the one-on-one situation to score his second goal. In the 74th minute, Oscar received the ball in the middle of the field, dodged Wang Yaopeng’s defense, and scored from a long distance at the edge of the penalty area to complete his hat-trick. In the 82nd minute, Wu Lei received a cross from Chen Binbin from the left side, leaped high to head the ball into the net, thus achieving a hat-trick as well. In the 84th minute, Lu Wenjun received a pass from Hülk and scored with a shot, raising the score to 8-0. In the end, Shanghai SIPG defeated Dalian Yifang 8-0, setting the largest score difference in the Chinese Super League and also establishing a new record for the highest score achieved by Shanghai SIPG in the league.