In the injury time stage, Guoan was "killed" by Shandong! The points gap widens, and there is little hope of winning the championship

Zhang Yuning broke through with the ball in the game. Courtesy photo/Oriental IC

Last night, Beijing Guoan was defeated 1-2 by the standings "leader" Shandong Taishan in the second round of the second stage of the 2021 Chinese Super League championship group, and the point gap with the opponent was widened to 12 points, and there was little hope of winning the championship.

Before the game, Guoan ranked fifth in the standings, but there was still a nine-point gap between Shandong and Shandong. In the battle, the Guoan team's backline suffered a main injury, and Yu Dabao and Li Lei were absent from the "Jinglu Battle" due to injury and accumulated yellow cards, respectively. Guoan coach Bilic continued the 352 formation used in the previous round: goalkeeper Hou Sen, Yang Fan, Liu Huan and Jin Pengxiang as the three central defenders, Kim Tae-yan and Wang Gang as wing-backs, the midfielder is a trio of Chi Zhongguo, Gao Tianyi and Zhang Xizhe, and the front line is the "high fast" combination of Zhang Yuning and foreign aid Silva.

Before the match, there was a new crown epidemic in Huadu District, Guangzhou, so the game was changed from Huadu Stadium to University Town Center Stadium. This is more favorable for the Guoan team, which played in the university city center sports match in the last round. Shandong team is one of the few teams in the Chinese Super League that still maintains the configuration of five foreign aides, plus Wang Dalei, Zheng Zheng, Xu Xin, Liu Binbin, Wu Xinghan, Guo Tianyu and other new and old internationals, this lineup can be described as the top match of the Chinese Super League.

Just 13 minutes into the game, the Guoan team suffered an accident: Wang Gang collided with Hou Sen and injured his right arm, and the former was replaced by Cao Yongjing. Shandong fully occupied the initiative from the 15th minute and pressed the Guoan team in the penalty area through two sides. Sun Zhunhao, Moises and Guo Tianyu took turns to impact, making the national security team dangerous in front of the goal. In order to alleviate the pressure of the defense, all the players of the Guoan team except for the two forwards were recycled to participate in the defense of their own half-court, and the whole team was highly focused and withstood the indiscriminate bombardment of the opponent.

In the first half, the two teams fought 0-0, Shandong team with 56% possession and 5 feet on goal to occupy the absolute advantage, Guoan team only two shots on goal, both failed to hit the goal range.

In the 73rd minute, two substitutes of the Guoan team, Park Sung and Wang Ziming, caused a defensive foul in front of the opponent's penalty area, Gao Tianyi opened a low-level free kick, zhang Yuning stopped the ball in the penalty area, and shot in one go, helping the Guoan team break the deadlock. In the last five games, Zhang Yuning has scored in the field, which is also his seventh goal this season.

Seven minutes later, Shandong won a free kick opportunity, South Korean foreign assistant Sun Junhao threw a world wave outside the penalty area, Hou Sen could not save, watched the ball into the net, Shandong team equalized. In injury time, Moises accurately crossed and assisted Judsson in the back point, 1-2, and the National Security team was "killed" by the opponent.

Bilic said after the match: "The game was difficult, but it was also wonderful, we did not take advantage of the opponents in the physical confrontation. In the game, our players ran a lot of free time, but the players with the ball were not calm enough, and they always wanted to pass the deadly ball with one foot, so they failed to take advantage of the opportunity. In the second half, the opponent was in a hurry to attack, we scored first, which should have been the advantage, but the opponent scored a beautiful goal. After that, the other side put more energy into the front court, and we had the opportunity to score ahead of the other side before the other side scored. Despite the loss, I was pleased with the performance of the players, especially in the absence of two international defenders and the unexpected injury of Wang Gang shortly after the opening. ”

Source Beijing Daily

Reporter Wang Yang

Process Editor Wu Yue