With a 4-1 victory over promoted Qingdao West Coast Team, Beijing Guoan won its first home win in the Chinese Super League in the new season and rose to 5th place in the league standings. Although the goal conceded due to defensive carelessness shortly before the end of the game made Guoan's victory not absolutely perfect, all four goals were remarkable. Zhang Xizhe's imaginative and creative crosses, Fang Hao's desperate running and sharp breakthroughs on the side amazed the workman, making more than 50,000 Guoan fans at the scene believe that this team Guoan has the ability to improve the attack while pursuing defensive stability. Their shining debut also provided more personnel options for the national football coach Ivankovic who came to inspect the players.
The stats show that Guoan and West Coast have a 64% to 36% ratio of possession. Guoan's shooting statistics are more prominent, with 34 shots more than three times more than the visitors' eight. The score of 4-1 objectively reflected the live situation of this game. This is the biggest score victory achieved by Guoan since the start of the new season of the Chinese Super League, and it is also the most fluent offensive game.
Although Guoan's last three goals came after the opponent's foreign player Harroyan was sent off in the 53rd minute, the team had an absolute advantage before that, and the threatening attacks created in the offensive end came and went. For example, Gujia missed an empty goal in the 30th minute, and Lin Liangming failed to go to the meeting in the 34th minute, and Zhang Yuning's header hit the goal beam but was judged offside. In the first half alone, the Guoan team completed 16 shots on goal, more than double the opponent's five. Therefore, it is not objective to attribute the reason for Guoan's first home win in the new season to one more player.
Counting this game, the Guoan team has promoted 433 battles in 3 consecutive rounds. If the Guoan team was uncomfortable with the matchup adjustment when they played against another promoted polo team Xin Pengcheng in the fifth round, then in the last round of away games against the leader Shenhua, the team gradually adapted to the new style of play under the guidance of head coach Suarez and the good self-regulation ability of the players. Therefore, when they returned to their home stadium to face another promoted polo team, the West Coast, the Guoan team looked more relaxed.
I have to say that the combination of the twins of the central defender and foreign aid has largely strengthened the defense line of the national security team. Zhang Xizhe's return to the team reconnected the once sparse Guoan midfield, and more importantly, he added vitality to the Guoan team's attack with his insight and good passing timing. In the 67 minutes of this round, Zhang Xizhe used imaginative and creative passing and receiving to greatly improve the quality of the Guoan team's goals.
Ngadeu's sixth-minute goal was the result of his clever cross from a set-piece. And the two penalties that the Guoan team grabbed before Li Ke scored also benefited from Zhang Xizhe's arc cross from the left side. Although Zhang Yuning's goal in the 40th minute was offside, Zhang Xizhe's second pass after he almost fell to the ground showed his master's demeanor. So much so that every time he touched the ball after that, he would attract pleasant cheers and applause from the fans of the workers' body.
In the Guoan lineup, it is not only Zhang Xizhe's agility and second pass that makes people shine, but also the right winger Fang Hao, who has started 3 consecutive rounds. Fang Hao, known as the "little steel cannon", has always given people the impression of being diligent at all costs. In this game, in addition to sparing no effort to break through and assist in defense, he was also a little more stable in the choice of running direction, and he also created more offensive opportunities.
On the evening of the 21st, the coach of the national football team, Ivankovic, who had just returned to China, appeared in the stands of the Workers' Stadium with three compatriot assistants to watch the battle of Guoan VS West Coast. Zhang Yuning, Lin Liangming, Li Ke, Li Lei and Alan of the West Coast team are undoubtedly the focus of the old coach. I have to say that Zhang Xizhe, Fang Hao and other national security players also left a deep impression on the national football coaching team. Ivan has previously publicly stated that the age of the players is not his criterion for selecting internationals. With striker Wu Lei and midfielder Li Yuan both suspended in the Sino-Thai battle in June, Ivan needs to add more excellent players to the team. Players like Zhang Xizhe, Fang Hao and even Feng Boxuan, who have performed well in the league, can at least provide more options for Ivan's team to improve the national football lineup.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yun
Photo / Beijing Youth Daily reporter Cui Jun
Editor/Xu Zhao