On December 13, 2021, Beijing time, the first round (round 15) of the second stage of the Chinese Super League Championship Group continued, and Beijing Guoan played against Guangzhou. In the first half, the two teams drew 0-0. In the 81st minute of the second half, Yu Dabao scored the only goal of the game. In the end, Guoan defeated the Guangzhou team and ushered in the second stage of the opening. After winning the victory, Beijing Guoan will accumulate 27 minutes and surpass Shenzhen in 5th place.
At present, Beijing Guoan is ranked 6th in the championship group and Guangzhou is ranked 4th. It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time that Zheng Zhi, as an executive head coach, stands on the sidelines for guidance. As two traditional giants that were once close to the "national derby", they are now "empty". Let's take a look at their starting lineup now, it's really cold.
Beijing Guo arranged a 3412 formation, goalkeeper Hou Sen, 3 defenders jin Pengxiang, Yu Dabao and Liu Huan, 4 midfielders for Wang Gang, Gao Tianyi, Chi Zhongguo and Li Lei; zhang Xizhe in the single forward; and 2 forwards for foreign aidEssen Silva and Zhang Yuning. The total value of this starting line-up is 5.9 million euros. Yes, you read that right, it's 5.9 million euros. The Shanghai Harbor starters, who played on the same day, were worth 29.65 million euros and had an average age of 29.3 years.
The Guangzhou team lined up in a 442 formation, with goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo, four defenders Zhong Yihao, Wu Shaocong, Gao Zhunyi and Deng Hanwen, 4 midfielders Yan Dinghao, He Chao, Liao Lisheng and Zhang Xiuwei, and 2 forwards Yang Liyu and Wei Shihao. The starting line-up is worth €4.45 million and has an average age of 25.5 years.
After the game began, Wei Shihao was more active, and in the 4th minute, he assisted Yan Dinghao to implement a kick shot, but unfortunately the shot was high. In the 16th minute, Yu Dabao's header from the penalty area was confiscated by Liu Dianzuo.
In the first half, the two teams were evenly divided in attack. Beijing Guoan had a total of 11 goals in the first half, but there were not many overall threats. Although Guangzhou's shot was only 5 times, each time it had a certain threat. On the other hand, Beijing Guoan, many international footballers on the field, in the order of attack, is not as clear as the Guangzhou team.
In the second half, Guangzhou played well, Zheng Zhi for a foot pass and the front court attack routine, or instilled a lot of ideas into the players, in short, all players' attack, need to have a routine, rather than can be blind kick. Under the premise of penetrating the right side of Guoan several times, Beijing Guoan even had no choice but to adopt foul tactics, and Gao Tianyi and Li Lei won 1 yellow card in succession.
In the 61st and 63rd minutes, Beijing Guoan had two great chances in a row, but failed to take them. After playing the first half, the Guangzhou team seemed to feel that Beijing Guoan was just like this, so in the second half they played more openly, dared to make moves, and the cooperation between them was more imaginative.
In the 81st minute, Guangzhou conceded the ball. At that time, Guoan won a foot ball, and Gao Zhunyi was responsible for keeping an eye on Zhang Yuning, but due to his staring mistake, Zhang Yuning grabbed the front point to win, and Guoan 1-0 Guangzhou.
Overall, the Guangzhou team is much better than we imagined, everyone's attitude is very hard, the spirit is not adversely affected by Evergrande, and the transmission of the midfield is more organized. It should be said that although Zheng Zhi's debut ended in a defeat, the overall performance can still be recognized by everyone. In particular, his calm on the sidelines makes people feel that "good is like water". If it were not for the drop of the chain in the 81st minute, a draw would have been perfect for Guangzhou. Because, the opponent is Beijing Guoan.
This game also set 3 new records. First, Zheng Zhi, as the head coach of guangzhou team, is also his debut, did not expect the first coaching game, it ended in failure; second, since the 2019 season, Guoan has not tasted victory against Guangzhou team 3 times, which is also the first time in the past 3 seasons that Guoan has defeated Guangzhou team; third, Guangzhou team has maintained 4 consecutive wins in the previous Chinese Super League, but this failure has made this season's Guangzhou team's record ancient.