With Luo Guofu confirming the termination of the contract, the 8th champion of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou, decided to play the second stage of the Chinese Super League with the all-Chinese squad. In the next game, Guangzhou team will usher in a strong opponent Shanghai Harbor, the current two teams have 34 points, Guangzhou team relies on goal difference advantage to rank second, the same is behind the top of the list of 8 points, the two teams have little hope of winning the championship, so this game has become a battle for Asia, executive coach Zheng Zhi ushered in a real big test, CCTV sports channel CCV5 arranged live broadcast.
In the last game, Guangzhou won 2-0 against Changchun Yatai, Shanghai Harbor lost 0-2 to Shandong Taishan, Guangzhou team scored 34 points, Shanghai Harbor stayed at 34 points, Guangzhou team goal difference returned to second, and Shanghai Harbor fell to third.
In addition, the two teams are behind the leader Shandong Taishan by 8 points, with only 5 rounds left, the championship is basically hopeless, and Shandong Taishan won the championship after the fastest 2 rounds. Therefore, the showdown between Guangzhou and Shanghai Harbor is actually a key competition for the runner-up, and the two teams have little hope of catching up with Shandong Taishan.
In the past 10 Years' Super League, Guangzhou has won 8 championships, Shanghai Harbor won the Chinese Super League championship for the first time in 2018, breaking the monopoly of Guangzhou team, and then Jiangsu Suning pushed Guangzhou team to win the championship in 2020, but unfortunately finally disbanded the team.
Since SIPG took over the club, the two teams have staged fierce duels in the Chinese Super League, and each season is a championship rival, with each winning or losing. According to statistics, the two teams have met 13 times in the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou team won 8 wins, Shanghai Harbor won 2 wins, the other 3 games were draws, and Guangzhou team prevailed.
The last two Chinese Super League encounters have been won by Guangzhou team, completing double kills in the 2019 season. The last time Guangzhou beat Shanghai Harbor in three consecutive Games in the Chinese Super League was from the 2013 season to the 2014 season, so as long as the game beat Shanghai Harbor, Guangzhou team can create a miracle for 7 years.
Of course, it is difficult for Guangzhou to defeat Shanghai Harbor, which has foreign aid such as Oscar, Paulinho, and Muyi, after all, Guangzhou is only an all-Chinese squad.
For executive coach Zheng Zhi, this is a real big test since taking office, without naturalized strikers such as Axon, Gaulat, Alan, Luo Guofu and Fernando, it is necessary to rely on local forwards such as Wei Shihao and Yang Liyu to attack the city.