At 20:00 Beijing time on December 13, the second stage of the Chinese Super League continued, with Guangzhou playing against Beijing Guoan. In the first half, the two teams exchanged white rolls, and in the 83rd minute, Zhang Yuning's header was finalized, Guangzhou fell 0-1, and Zheng Zhi's debut as the coach ended with a black opening. At present, guangzhou team has slipped to the 4th place in the standings, 6 points behind the top of the table, and even fell out of the AFC Champions League zone, and the competition for the championship is basically hopeless.
In the first stage of the game, Guangzhou team accumulated 30 points from 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, 3 points behind Shandong Taishan, and ranked 2nd in the championship group! However, in the previous offseason, the Guangzhou team underwent earth-shaking changes, due to salary arrears, Cannavaro's coaching staff all left, and Zheng Zhi became the executive manager.
Of course, what makes the Guangzhou team more helpless is that Gaulat directly terminated the contract, Axon and Alain returned to Brazil in advance, and Luo Guofu and Jiang Guangtai did not enter the division because of the salary problem. The Guangzhou team, which lost all the naturalized players, can only play in the all-Chinese class, and its strength is naturally greatly reduced.
Facing Beijing Guoan, a single foreign aid, Guangzhou team did not have much to do, and in the 83rd minute, Gao Tianyi's corner kick was crossed, and Zhang Yuning's header was finalized, and the score was fixed at 0-1. The Beijing National Security Team's revelry meant that guangzhou suffered a second phase of black opening, and Zheng Zhi's coaching debut also ended in defeat.
In this round of competition, Shandong Taishan swept Hebei 5-0, Shanghai Harbor and Changchun Yatai also scored 3 points, and the standings changed significantly. Shandong Taishan ranked first with 36 points, Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Haigang both accumulated 31 points, the former relying on the advantage of the win-loss relationship to rank second, guangzhou team has been overtaken one after another, and currently slipped to 4th in the standings.
Guangzhou not only has little hope of competing for the championship, but even squeezed out of the top three, that is to say, it is not in the AFC Champions League zone for the time being. However, this is of little significance to the Guangzhou team, because the future of the team is uncertain, after the completion of this season, it is not ruled out that it will be disbanded, and whether it can participate in the AFC Champions League is not something that the players have to worry about.
Earlier, Zheng Zhi said in an interview that although the Guangzhou team faces difficulties, for the sake of the city (Guangzhou) and the responsibility of being a Chinese footballer, the team will finish the season. But the reality is this, the strength of the Guangzhou team is not enough to break the wrist with the opponent of the championship level.