In the second round of the AFC Champions League Group I, Evergrande faced the powerful Kawasaki forward team. With a 1-1 draw with Ulsan in the first round, Kawasaki's goal was clear, not only to win, but also to take as many goal differences as possible. Because of this, Kawasaki pressed Evergrande almost from the beginning of the game.
Only 6 minutes into the opening, Zhi Nianqing seized on Evergrande goalkeeper He Lipan's attack mistake and scored the ball into the goal, taking the lead in breaking the deadlock. They have since scored four more goals in a row to go into halftime 5-0. In the second half of the game, Kawasaki did not relax at all, still insisted on attacking, scored three more goals, and finally won 8-0 against Evergrande, winning the first group stage of the AFC Champions League. Losing 0-8 to their opponents, Evergrande created the biggest point difference in the history of the AFC Champions League.
Due to the huge strength gap in itself, Evergrande can be said to have almost no suspense in this game, and the only suspense is when to lose and how many goals to lose in the end. Another major focus of Chinese fans is whether Evergrande has players in this game to receive red cards.
Because in the last match against Johor, Evergrande's Kwan Haojin was sent off by the referee for his headshot. After the game, Evergrande expelled Guan Haojin according to the team rules, which once caused great controversy in the media. Before this game, the media person Xu Jiang even said: Evergrande children, who tackles who grandson. Obviously, in Xu Jiang's view, Evergrande players will definitely be afraid of the game because of the Guan Haojin incident, so that they do not dare to tackle the ball at all. Unfortunately, Xu Jiang was completely wrong, Evergrande did lose because of its inferior skills, but its attitude in the game could not be described as serious.
In the 45th minute of the first half, Kawasaki attacked and sent the ball to the penalty area, Zhi Nianqing was completely empty, and evergrande defenders flew to shovel. Zhi Nianqing hit the goal under the interference of Evergrande players, and the result was biased. In the 59th minute, Evergrande's 20-year-old Peng Jiahao also bravely put a shovel in the penalty area to block the opponent's shot and complete a successful defense. In the 85th minute, Kawasaki players shot inside the penalty area, Evergrande 2 players at the same time fell to the ground to shovel, blocked the shot, He Li climbed down to save the ball to hold the ball, once again defusing the other side's very threatening shot.
It can be seen that although the strength is not as good as people, the Evergrande small players have not lost their due fighting spirit and attitude, as well as their due play style, and refused to be the next Guan Haojin. And that's what we'd rather see. They used their tenacious performance and professional attitude to play, punching Xu Jiang in the face.