Zhejiang Professional dismantled Yunnan Yukun 6-0 at Huanglong Stadium in the Super League's 25th round on Saturday. The hosts made light work of a side sitting above them in the table, extending their unbeaten run to eight matches with a performance that ranged from clinical to casual. The result shifts the psychological weight between two teams still tangled in the middle of the standings.
Marko Tolić opened the scoring in the second minute, and Alexandru Mitriță added a second before the ninth. A yellow card for Jin-seob Park did little to slow the momentum. By then, the visitors were already reacting rather than responding.
Mitriță completed his hat-trick with two more goals, the first in the 29th minute and a penalty in the 39th. Park added a fifth just before half-time, and Qianglong Tao made it six in the 46th. A VAR check cancelled a penalty for Tolić in the 51st minute, but the damage was done.
Coaching changes came in waves. Zhang and Ye were replaced at the restart, followed by Ioniță and Maritu in the 57th. Tao was withdrawn in the 68th, and Park came off in the 77th alongside Mitriță. Three yellow cards were shown to the visitors, none of which altered the trajectory of the game.
Zhejiang dominated possession at 53 per cent and registered 10 shots on target compared to five for Yunnan. The hosts created six big chances but converted them ruthlessly. Yunnan managed 79 attacks yet produced only one big chance, a mismatch that speaks to efficiency rather than volume.
Zhejiang move to 28 points from 24 games, still 10th, while Yunnan remain sixth with 35 points after 25 matches. The gap between them narrows in the table but widens in confidence. This was not a match decided by minutes — it was decided by moments, and Zhejiang took them all.