On June 30th, at 19:30 Beijing time, the seventh round of the first phase of the 2022 Chinese Super League, a key battle will take place between Beijing Guoan and Chengdu Rongcheng. Both sides are eager to get a win in this matchup between undefeated Guoan, which has been unbeaten for seven rounds, and promoted team Rongcheng, which has drawn four consecutive matches. How will coach Xie Feng adjust his lineup? Will Zhang Yuning score for the fourth consecutive time? Can Guoan regain their ability to shut out their opponents? Will Chengdu's foreigner break his goal drought? These suspenseful questions will make the game interesting.
Crossfire Review:
The two teams have met twice before, with Guoan winning both meetings. The most recent meeting took place in the second round of the season, where Guoan turned back Rongcheng 3-2 thanks to goals from Jin Pengxiang, Memishevich and Zhang Yuning, with Feng Zhuoyi scoring twice for Rongcheng, who had three players sent off with red cards.
Beijing Guoan:
Despite the unexpected defeat against Cangzhou in the first round, Guoan has been undefeated in the last five rounds of matches, accumulating 11 points and gaining momentum. Facing Rongcheng, who has not won a single match in the same division so far, Guoan naturally hopes to complete the double kill and get three solid points. However, Guoan's recent problem is that the players are more tired, the main lineup of continuous fighting, the last round of Xie Feng guide only one adjustment to the starting lineup, the face of weaker opponents, Xie guide has been clearly put forward to carry out a certain degree of rotation: "the game played six rounds, we are not a big replacement of the main force, but the players are very tired, there are also some injuries, we might be able to do some adjustments to this game. We may make some adjustments in this game. Adebenelo's injury is not optimistic and his recovery is slow." The effect of Guoan's rotation will directly affect the match. Guoan's front-line foreign aid Adeben Lo has not yet recovered from injury, with 6 goals leading the list of Chinese Super League scorers Zhang Yuning will still shoulder the heavy responsibility of attacking the city, Zhang scored for three consecutive rounds of goals, this time whether to continue to maintain the momentum of the goals is also a major point of view. In addition, the last three rounds of Guoan against Meizhou, Shenzhen and Cangzhou all lost goals, the defender Xie guide will also have to find a way to let the team find the feeling of zero seal opponents.
Chengdu Hibiscus:
After losing to Guoan, Rongcheng achieved four consecutive draws. Although they failed to break the deadlock of victory, the successive point-grabbing performances are worthy of recognition in this Chinese Super League newcomer. This time to fight Guoan, they naturally hope to get three points from the strongest opponent in the same division, after all, the last time they met, despite three people were sent off, they only lost by 1 goal to the opponent. At the pre-match conference, South Korean coach Seo Jung-won wanted his players to play their own characteristics: "Beijing Guoan is a strong team, we through the past two days in the understanding of their characteristics, but no matter with whom to play, it is more important to do a good job. Our players have put in a lot of hard work and sweat, and their strength is not bad. I think as long as we play with our own characteristics and strength, we will not be afraid of any opponent." Hibiscus' set pieces and crosses from the wings are the mainstay of the offense and do pose a greater threat. The team's problem is that all five goals have come from local players, and the five internal and external supporters who have appeared on the pitch are still scoring zero goals so far. If they want to beat the mighty Guoan this time, the foreign attackers represented by Felipe Silva will have to play at their normal level and create a bigger threat to Guoan's unstable defense.
Predicted debut:
Beijing Guoan (3412): 14-Zou Dehai; 28-Zhang Chengdong, 3-Yu Yang, 36-Liang Shaowen (U23); 18-Jin Taiyan, 5-Memishevich, 6-Chi Zhongguo, 17-Kang Xiangyou; 10-Zhang Xizhe; 30-Daburo, 9-Zhang Yuning
Chengdu Rongcheng (3421): 1-Geng Xiaofeng; 40-Windbichler, 5-Hu Ruibao, 26-Liu Tao; 2-Hu Huotao (U23), 6-Feng Zhuoyi, 8-Zhou Dingyang, 20-Abdu Hemiti; 10-Romulo, 11-Jin Dangyou; 9-Felipe
