Guoan's battle with Zhejiang, goals are a mystery, and the loss of the home field is frustrating for the team.
According to the New Beijing News, on November 30th, the 28th round of the Chinese Super League was in full swing. Guoan team failed to break the deadlock in the match against Zhejiang, and finally lost 0-2 on the road, the team's head coach, Stanley, could not hide his regret after the match: "We should have won in this game."
On the eve of the match, the Chinese Super League standings have Zhejiang, Shanghai Port and Guoan in the top three with 49 points. Fifth-placed Chengdu Chengdu (48 points) and seventh-placed Henan Songshan Longmen (47 points) both have a chance to change their ranking with a win.
Guoan's goal-scoring woes intensified against Zhejiang. Although the team had chances to take the lead in the early stages, two interventions by the VAR (Video Assistant Referee) and a controversial call on Dong Yu for a handball foul in the penalty area prevented Guoan from capitalizing on the early advantage. In the 35th minute, Yu Dabao's offside goal was disallowed; in the 72nd minute, Wang Ziming's goal was also ruled offside. In the end, Zhejiang team seized the opportunity, Evono and Frank scored in the first half and the second half respectively to beat Guoan 2-0.
Stanley was positive about his team's performance but felt unacceptable about the result, "We played quite well, especially in the first half, and didn't deserve to lose the game. I think at least we deserved a point."
At the start of the match, just 4 minutes in, a dramatic turn of events took place on the pitch. var prompted a handball by Dong Yu, the referee awarded a penalty and showed a yellow card - Zhang Yuning was ready to carry out the penalty, however, var intervened again, pointing out that Dong Yu had not handballed the ball, and the referee then canceled the penalty. Stanley said: "The interruptions and reversals of the game were uncomfortable. I understand that a lot of factors can affect the judgment, but the impact this has had on our team is obvious."
