On October 14, Beijing time, the first round of the 2021 Chinese Football Association Cup, the Chinese Super League team Guangzhou City played against the Chinese First Division team Chengdu Rongcheng. In the 39th minute, Han Jiaqi made a mistake to let Chengdu score a goal first. In the 48th minute, Thiago scored with a single knife to equalize. In the regular 90-minute period, the two teams drew 1-1 and entered a penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, Huang Zhengyu, Wang Hanlin and Chen Junle missed penalties, and Chengdu Rongcheng eliminated Guangzhou City 6-5 on aggregate to advance to the round of 16 of the FA Cup.
In the first stage of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou City achieved a record of 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, ranking 4th in guangzhou with 21 points, advancing to the championship group and successfully relegating in advance. Chengdu Rongcheng currently has 16 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses with 55 points, ranking 4th in the Chinese League A, and the team has a poor record of 1 draw and 1 loss in the last two rounds.
In terms of starting lineup, Guangzhou City sent a number of main players, foreign aid Thiago charge, Chen Zhizhao, Ye Chugui, Li Tixiang appeared, and Cardona came on as a substitute. Chengdu team adopted the starting lineup of the all-Chinese class, Leonardo and Felipe, two major foreign aid substitutes, Liu Ruovan charged, and zhang Yinuo, a goalkeeper who made a major mistake in the last round of the Chinese League One, did not enter the big list, and Zhang Yan appeared.
In the 9th minute, Chengdu Rongcheng played a quick counterattack, Wang Hanlin crossed the middle road, Min Junlin did not make any adjustments and directly pushed Tang Xin, but unfortunately the latter's shot was blocked by Huang Zhengyu.
In the 33rd minute, Guangzhou Chengzhong attacked in the middle of the field, and foreign aid Thiago's sudden shot was saved by Zhang Yan, and then Li Tixiang followed up with a supplementary shot and was saved again.
In the 38th minute, Guangzhou City won a free kick opportunity in front of the field, Li Tixiang crossed, Thiago's header attacked the goal, Zhang Yan reacted quickly and pounced, the ball hit the crossbar and popped up, and then Huang Zhengyu followed up with a follow-up shot that was again released by the Chengdu defenders.
In the 39th minute, Min Junlin drove a corner kick, Guangzhou City Gatekeeper Han Jiaqi made a mistake and did not touch the ball, resulting in the ball flying into the net, Chengdu Rongcheng 1-0 lead Over Guangzhou City!
In the 45th minute, substitute Cardona got rid of the back shot in succession and was again saved by Zhang Yan.
In the 48th minute, Liu Ruovan's ball was broken in front of the field, Zhang Gong quickly countered the outside foot to send a wonderful pass, Thiago single-handedly broke the goal, Guangzhou City 1-1 Chengdu Rongcheng.
In the 65th minute, Guangzhou City kicked out a tacit cooperation, the left side of the low flat ball cross, Chen Zhizhao pushed from close range, the result was saved by Zhang Yan Shenyong.
In the 69th minute, the front of the Guangzhou City penalty area continued to cooperate, and Li Titian's left-footed burst shot hit the crossbar.
In the 89th minute, Guangzhou City Midfielder sent a wonderful pass, Zhang Yan attacked and contacted the opponent, and the referee awarded a penalty at the first time, but then cancelled the penalty at the prompt of the assistant referee.
In injury time, Zhang Yan once again saved the guangzhou city single knife opportunity, so that in the regular 90 minutes, the two teams drew 1-1 and entered the penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, Huang Zhengyu, Wang Hanlin and Chen Junle missed penalties, goalkeeper Zhang Yan personally took penalties to complete the final blow, and Chengdu Rongcheng eliminated Guangzhou City 6-5 to advance to the round of 16 of the FA Cup.
Guangzhou City starts: 22-Han Jiaqi (U23)/15-Han Pengfei, 19-Jiang Jihong, 27-Yang Xiaotian, 4-Zhang Gong (70 minutes 16-Chen Junle)/35-Wang Huapeng (U23 70 minutes 6-Fan Yunlong), 36-Huang Zhengyu, 10-Li Tixiang/11-Ye Chugui (34 minutes 7-Cardona), 32-Chen Zhizhao (75 minutes 39-Su Yuliang (U23)), 9-Thiago (70 minutes 37-Wen Yongjun (U23))
Chengdu Rongcheng starters: 1-Zhang Yan/2-Hu Yongfa, 13-Han Xuan, 4-Yang Zexiang (87 minutes 12-Li Zhi), 18-Xiang Baixu/20-Wang Hanlin, 22-Lu Yang, 39-Gan Chao, 25-Min Junlin/8-Liu Ruovan, 3-Tang Xin (82 minutes 27-Liu Bin)