Fabio Cannavaro and his men travelled to Jinan for an important game against Graziano Pelle and Shandong Luneng for the 12th matchday of the Chinese Super League.
After half an hour of game play, Tianjin found themselves chasing an equaliser with Songyi Li putting his side on driver’s seat.
It took Axel about 15′ minutes to tap the ball in and tie things up after a beautiful Tianjin combination that begun from Pato’s free kick.
Even though home team had massive possession, it was the visitors that turned things around with Xiuwei Zhang’s goal at the 68′ minute.
Shandong couldn’t break Tianjin’s defence for a second time and Quanjian left with a big away win against a tough team.
Axel Witsel departs for international duty before he returns for another away game with Tianjin against Heibei Huaxia on 17th of June.
