A 0-0 draw at home to Shandong Taishan, although Beijing Guoan avoided two consecutive defeats this season and retained Xingongti's unbeaten record, the team still had big problems at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. In defense, whether it is Yu Dabao before or Bai Yang in this game, playing as a central defender is not very reliable, giving the Taishan team a lot of opportunities. In the attack, although Zhang Yuning gradually recovered, the technical midfielders Zhang Xizhe, Gao Tianyi, and Ademia had weak forward ability, and their speed was always slow, and the positional attack could not play too tacit pass control cooperation. If it had not escaped the controversial penalty, Guoan would have lost the battle of Jinglu.
This season, Beijing Guoan has successively introduced domestic and foreign aid such as Adaimi, De Sousa, Yang Liyu, Fang Hao, etc., and its overall strength has been greatly improved. However, judging from the performance of the three rounds, the Guoan team obviously could not satisfy the fans, and the team drew 1-1 at home to Meizhou Hakka, drew 1-1 away at Wuhan Three Towns, and lost 1-3 to promoted horse Qingdao Manatee. Especially after the loss to Qingdao Manatee, a large number of Guoan fans went to the club's official social media to vent their dissatisfaction, and even shouted to Stanley the end of class. After the game, the club's management, key players and fans held a symposium to try to redeem the image of the previous round of losses.
In the starting lineup, the national security side sent Jiang Xiangyou, Ngardewu, De Sousa, and Ademi four foreign aides, Yang Liyu, Li Lei, Gao Tianyi, Zhang Xizhe appeared, Zhang Yuning, Yu Dabao, Li Ke came on as substitutes. Compared with the previous squad, the controversial captain and main central defender Yu Dabao was reduced to a substitute, and Bai Yang and Ngardeu were paired as central defenders. With Zhang Yuning unable to start and Wang Ziming's efficiency mediocre, Stanley pushed Yang Liyu to the front.
In the first half, Beijing Guoan had more possession with the advantage of home field, but the efficiency of positional attack was relatively low. However, in the absence of Zhang Yuning, Yang Liyu was in the center position, resulting in insufficient forward ability of technical players such as Guoan midfielders Zhang Xizhe, Gao Tianyi, and Adami, the overall offensive speed was slow, and the rapid counterattack could not gather more troops in a short time, so it was difficult for the offensive end to open the situation. In the second half, Guoan was relatively passive, and although Zhang Yuning wanted to strengthen the attack, he could hardly get the ball. In the passive situation, Stanley's substitution adjustment was also relatively conservative, and he successively replaced Li Ke and Chi Zhongguo to strengthen the midfield defense, changing the goal from 3 points to 1 point.
After the game, Guoan fans once again left a message under the club's official account, asking coach Stanley to leave class. From the next schedule, Guoan will play Henan team, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Shanghai Shenhua, Cangzhou Lions. This season, Shenhua and Jinmen Tigers have performed well and are currently at the top of the standings, while Henan is not weak in staffing despite not winning in the first three rounds and a sluggish offense. For Guoan, it is necessary to enter the state as soon as possible and get enough points through these four rounds to improve ranking and competitiveness.