After losing to Changchun Yatai away, Beijing Guoan's unbeaten away record this season was broken, and they missed the first six-game winning streak in five years!
After only one win in five games, Guoan started to get on track from a 4-1 victory over the West Coast, and then successively defeated Zhejiang team, Jinmen Tigers, and Rongcheng, and defeated Meizhou Hakka in the last round, achieving five consecutive wins.
Guoan assistant coach Tao Wei said, "Yatai played a very imposing home game, although it lost to Shenhua and Rongcheng, but there was an element of bad luck, it must be a very difficult game." ”
In fact, when facing weaker teams this season, Guoan often "wanders", and in the first game against Meizhou Hakka, Guoan's two marking errors allowed the opponent to score two goals in a row, and Guoan's only defeat this season was also a home loss to Xinpeng City.
When talking about Guoan's winning streak, Tao Wei said, "For Guoan, five consecutive wins should be a normal thing, and the team has also set a record of 8 consecutive wins and 10 consecutive wins, so I think we should still have higher goals." ”
However, the national security line was once again "distracted". Just 4 minutes into the opening game, Ngadeu made a mistake at the back, Beric broke the ball into the penalty area and selflessly crossed, Serginho pushed the goal, and Yatai took the lead.
In the 29th minute, Zhang Xizhe took a corner kick, and Fabio headed the goal. In the 67th minute, Guilherme scored with a low shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, 2-1!
In the third minute of stoppage time, Fabio turned and swept the goal in the middle of the penalty area to equalize for Guoan. Just two minutes later, Zhang Yuan knocked down an opponent in the penalty area, and the referee reviewed the slow motion and awarded a penalty, Guilherme scored from the penalty spot, and Yatai finally got the first home win of the season.
After losing to Yatai, Guoan slipped to 4th place in the standings, and Haigang and Shandong Taishan, who had two games less, also scored 24 points. At the same time, a series of records were broken.
First, Guoan continued the curse of not winning six in a row in the Chinese Super League since May 17, 2019, when Guoan started the campaign with 10 straight wins. Secondly, Guoan's unbeaten away record this season was ended, with four wins and two draws in the previous six games.
Third, Guoan's 11-game unbeaten streak in the Chinese Super League across the season was ended, and the last away loss was to Shandong Taishan on July 30, 2023. Fourth, Guoan's unbeaten record against Yatai since August 12, 2021 was ended.
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