Reporter Lu Mi reported that "I hope the whole team can remember this bad day." Acting coach Dean said after the game.
No one would have thought that Beijing Guoan, who almost drew the championship-winning Shandong Taishan team in the last round, would lose 0-5 when facing Guangzhou City, which was even less manpowered, on the evening of the 19th. The team twice as many shots as their opponents with 19 feet on goal, and they couldn't score the ball. On the one hand, the opponent's rapid counterattack did not adjust the tactics in time, on the other hand, the midfielder was repeatedly intercepted and broke the ball, disrupting Guoan's own rhythm.
The fiasco was disastrous for Guoan, the biggest point difference in their team's history.
On the evening of the 19th, Beijing Guoan faced Guangzhou City, which seemed to be a match of equal strength, but guoan suffered a collapse in the opening stage.
In recent times, guoan almost all the three lines have been hit by injuries, Li Ke and Yu Dabao have not yet recovered, the last round of the game to fight Shandong Taishan, full-back Wang Gang suffered a hand fracture, at the same time, head coach Bilic was also suspended for accumulating four yellow cards, and this game could not be guided on the sidelines. Despite this, comparing the starters of the two sides and the depth of the bench on the bench, it can still be seen that the national security side is slightly dominant.
What everyone did not expect was that Guoan fell behind 3-0 in the first half, including conceding two goals in the opening eight minutes. Judging from the situation of conceding goals, Guoan's preparation in the midfield of this game is obviously insufficient. The core of the midfield, Zhang Xizhe, has been taken care of by Guangzhou City, and his ball has always been closely defended, and people are constantly grabbing, in this embarrassing situation, Guoan's ground organization attack cannot be carried out, because the midfield is broken, and it is repeatedly countered by the opponent. All three conceded goals were also counter-attacked by the opponent after losing the ball near midfield. The defensive line is too far ahead, and the space behind it is unmistakable.
In this game, the quality of Guangzhou City's counterattack was quite high, and the speed of one-foot passing was very fast, almost giving the Guoan midfielder any opportunity to counterattack on the spot.
In terms of attack, guangzhou city's two foreign aides Cardona and Thiago in the first half were respectively contributed to the team, while Guoan's foreign aid Silva, it was almost difficult to get the ball in the front court, even if there was a chance, the quality of his shot was very worrying. In terms of offensive advancement, Zhang Xizhe is still the core of handling the ball, but because of the targeted encirclement of the opponent, although Guoan has a lot of possession, it is difficult to pass the ball to the opponent's threat area, Chi Zhongguo has not been in good shape recently, and the number of times the ball has been broken from his feet is also very large.
Guoan had a period of offensive climax after the opponent was temporarily slowed down due to injury, whether it was Zhang Xizhe's long-range shot or Silva's shot, either saved by Guangzhou city goalkeeper Han Jiaqi or rejected by the upright. With the third counterattack by the opponent's broken ball, the situation in the first half basically set the tone for this game, and a big defeat was inevitable.
Bilic was unable to command on the spot, which also had a certain impact on the fiasco of Guoan. The system of the three centre-backs cannot effectively limit the opponent's counterattack, especially after being repeatedly won by the opponent in the first half, but in the second half, it only made alignment adjustments in the two personnel, and did not come up with an effective response at the technical and tactical level. It is hard to imagine that Guoan, who almost equalized the champion's favorite Shandong Taishan in the last round, would face Guangzhou City, which was not very strong and was also plagued by injuries, in this round, and would collapse across the board.
In the second half, Cao Yongjing appeared in the front waist position, and Li Lei was also replaced by Liu Guobo, but the latter could not better complete the defensive task, and in a counterattack that stared at the ball without staring at people, he was wrapped up by the opponent from behind, and his foul in the penalty area gave the opponent a penalty to continue to expand the score. In the face of Guangzhou's rapid counterattack, Guoan's two flanks are difficult to withdraw at the fastest speed to make up for the defense, the three center-backs frequently make mistakes, the offensive end is also unable to open the situation, looking at the growing point difference, the mentality of the guoan players is slowly approaching collapse.
The national security game has nearly 70% of the possession, more than 600 passes, more than twice the number of shots on goal, and the opponent has only 5 shots on goal, which is exchanged for 5 goals. This fiasco has undoubtedly refreshed many people's perception of national security. 'We played so badly in this game that in addition to congratulating my opponent on the big win, I am also very ashamed as an assistant coach of the team.' Assistant coach Dean said after the game.
In the 2017 Chinese Super League season, Beijing Guoan lost 1-5 to Shanghai Harbor, but this time it was 0-5, breaking the guoan club's most disparity in league losses in 29 years. In the previous confrontation between the two teams, Guoan won 14, drew 10 and lost 6, occupying an absolute advantage, but this time, Guoan rewrote its own history.