Yannick Carrasco, Nicolas Gaitan and Jose Fonte had debuts to forget as Dalian Yifang were thumped 8-0 by Shanghai SIPG on the opening matchday of the Chinese Super League.
The high-profile trio all made surprise moves to the club recently but endured a torrid start to life in China as their Oscar-inspired opponents ran riot.
The former Chelsea midfielder netted a hat-trick to start his season in style, with Wu Lei also scoring a treble.
Oscar’s compatriot Hulk and Lu Wenjun were also on target in the resounding victory at the Shanghai Stadium.
Carrasco's heatmap from his debut match in the CSL looked like that...
— Roy Tadmor (@RoyTLuo) March 3, 2018
Then again, it makes sense after he had 9 kick off's in one match#csl2018 pic.twitter.com/l4z0NmBKZo
Fonte joined the China League One champions from West Ham, while Carrasco and Gaitan both joined from Atletico Madrid.
