On the evening of December 13, the second stage of the 2021 Chinese Super League began the first round of competition for the championship group, and Beijing Guoan relied on Zhang Yuning's header to break the goal and defeat Guangzhou 1-0 to win the first victory of the championship group. At present, the Guoan team is temporarily ranked fifth in the championship group with 27 points.
Zhang Yuning's header was meritorious
In the campaign, Guoan coach Bilic sent six internationals and the strongest squad led by new signing Anderson Silva, while Guangzhou sent a pure "all-China class" without a naturalized player, and two U23 youngsters were used in the starting lineup.
Guoan lined up three centre-back formations: goalkeeper Hou Sen, defenders Yu Dabao, Liu Huan and Jin Pengxiang, left and right wing-backs were international li lei and Wang Gang, Chi Zhongguo, Gao Tianyi and Zhang Xizhe sat in the midfield, and on the front line was the "high fast" combination of Zhang Yuning and Silva.
After the opening, Guoan used the pressure of the front court to delay Guangzhou's attack, and relied on two wing-backs to break through with the ball and deliver shells to his forward teammates. In the sixth minute, Guangzhou made a mistake in the backfield, Silva used his speed to burst into the box after getting the ball, and shot from a small angle was slightly offside. Two minutes later, he picked up Li Lei's cross and headed the ball high over the crossbar. In the first ten minutes, Silva was the most active player on the field, and his active running and possession ability enriched the guoan team's offensive routine in the front court, and also made the opponent's defense some of them lose sight of each other.
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The opponent Guangzhou team due to the financial crisis of the investor Evergrande Group, the players have not been systematically trained for a long time, and the naturalized players such as Axon and Alan have not registered in the league at this stage, and there are not many people available to the whole team. In order to assemble the registered players, the team had 10 U23 young players in the big list. Due to the overall strength is not dominant, the Guangzhou team adopted a more pragmatic defensive counterattack tactics in this game, and the midfield arranged 4 defenders with balanced attack and defense, such as He Chao, Liao Lisheng and Yan Dinghao, leaving two fast horses Wei Shihao and Yang Liyu waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack.
After the opening mutual tests, the two teams began to get into a fight in the midfield, and several Guoan midfielders tried to penetrate the opposing defense with a straight ball, but the success rate was not high. Instead, guangzhou took advantage of Wei Shihao's breakthrough and under-the-line cross to create several shooting opportunities in the penalty area. In the first half, the two teams exchanged white rolls.
In the second half, Guangzhou team put the front line and began to surround the Guoan team ball carrier in the front court, and relied on the breakthrough of the two sides to create a threat continuously. The Guoan team maintained a compact formation, seized the opportunity of the opponent's rear defense, and launched a fierce attack on the opponent's hinterland for 20 consecutive minutes from the 55th minute.
Among them, Silva first got a one-knife opportunity in front of the penalty area, but the forward breakthrough was not decisive enough, and he lost the opportunity to get up after being clipped by the opponent's double bag. Subsequently, the Guoan team's attack caused confusion in the Guangzhou team's defense, goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo abandoned the goal to attack, Silva got a chance to hit the empty goal in the big penalty area, but unfortunately his shot was defused by the opposing defender with a flying shovel. Five minutes later, Chi Zhongguo's powerful shot from the top of the arc was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper. Guoan has missed scoring opportunities in a row.
For this glue situation, Guoan coach Bilic and Guangzhou coach and player Zheng Zhi did not seem to be in a hurry, until the 80th minute, Li Xuepeng and Cao Yongjing's substitute appearances allowed the sidelines to raise the substitution card for the first time.
In the 82nd minute, Guoan took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to break the net with Gao Tianyi's assist Zhang Yuning's header. After taking the lead, the Guoan team moderately recovered and eventually maintained the lead until the end.