The FA Cup defeated Shenhua's Yatai and reappeared in the league arena to reproduce the true color of the big dark horse. This round against the same dark horse Guangzhou City team, Yatai won 2-0 cleanly. The real highlight is Tan Long, the 33-year-old former international, who once again contributed a magical heel assist in this game to help the team score the goal that sealed the win.
The 15th round of the Chinese Super League championship group began to compete, and Guangzhou City faced Changchun Yatai. Before the game, Guangzhou City ranked 8th with 21 points, while Yatai ranked 3rd with 28 points. Due to the deep financial crisis and the completion of the relegation task, the Guangzhou City team sent a number of newcomers to the game, in addition to the starters huang Zhengyu, Yi Teng, Li Tixiang, Caldona, Thiago and others, and Yatai sent Tan Long, Junier, Elri, Serginho, Hui Jiakang and others.
Only 4 minutes into the first half, Yatai crossed from the right, guangzhou city defender made a mistake when intercepting, and Eric at the back point got the ball and easily swept the ball to break the deadlock for the team. 1 to 0.
In the 43rd minute, Cardona held the ball in the middle of the road and shot a kick past the defender, and the ball was slightly above the crossbar. Just two minutes later, Cardona burst into the penalty area and fell to the ground, but the referee refused to award a penalty.
In the 85th minute, Yatai crossed from the right, Junior directly to Tan Long in the penalty area, the latter received the ball on his back and suddenly made a magical heel, Junior easily broke the goal without being defended, extending the score to 2-0, almost locking in the victory.
In the end, Yatai team won the first victory in the second stage with a 2-0 victory over Guangzhou City, and the points reached 31 points in the case of one more game, only 2 points away from Taishan at the top of the table.