On October 28, in the second leg of the FA Cup "8 in 4", Wuhan lost 0-1 to Shandong Taishan, and was eliminated by a total score of 0-3 in two legs.
In the first leg of the match between the two sides, Shandong Taishan relied on the strong team of four foreign aides to win 2-0 against Wuhan. Before the start of the second leg, Wuhan foreign aides Lopez and Raphael released the isolation and rushed to the team at night, which made people see a glimmer of hope of overturning.
Li Xiaopeng arranged for Lopez to start this game, which is also the first time that Wuhan has foreign aid since the start of the FA Cup this season. Despite this, the Wuhan team, which lacked some main players in the starting lineup, still could not create trouble for Shandong Taishan in the first half, but Shandong Taishan, who played with four foreign aides, also failed to break the goal.
Yi Bian fought again, Li Xiaopeng replaced Huang Zichang and Liu Yun to strengthen the attack, and asked Raphael on the bench to warm up and be ready to play. After the change of personnel, the Wuhan team's attack was strengthened, but the firepower was still not enough to break the goal. Just when everyone was expecting Raphael to appear, Shandong Taishan received Liu Yang's cross from Delgado, and the middle road broke the goal, rewriting the total score to 3-0. This means that Wuhan team must score at least three goals in a row before they have a chance to enter the penalty shootout. In the end, the Wuhan team was unable to return to heaven and lost to Shandong Taishan with an aggregate score of 0-3, watching the latter advance to the final four.
After the game, Li Xiaopeng said when talking about why raphael was not allowed to play: "Today, the risk of two foreign aides starting at the same time is relatively large, especially Raphael has not played officially for nearly two years, originally after discussion, he had the conditions to play, but finally decided to let him rest." ”
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Cai Yi
Photo: Wuhan team