In Guangzhou's lineup, the naturalized players are collectively absent, some of them even returned to Brazil, and a few others failed to arrive at the tournament, with only goalkeeper Liu Dengzheng sticking to his position. On the contrary, Guoan team, international players have appeared, but the foreign aid lineup only see the new Anderson Silva, other foreign aid have returned.
In the first half, both sides scrambled fiercely, but the technical level was slightly rough, and many counterattacks did not have a high success rate. Guoan team had a number of attacking opportunities, but the midfielders did not show a clear advantage, Silva had a few chances to shoot, but poor shooting, obviously the value is not proportional to the performance. Guangzhou, on the other hand, relied on the speed of Wei Shihao and Yang Liyu to launch counter-attacks, which had limited effect and the quality of passes was not high enough to form an effective threat. In terms of midfield organization, He Chao and Zhang Xiuwei's performances were not enough to support the team's midfield combing.
Despite the fierce competition between the two sides, the lack of stars to support them made the game slightly less exciting.
In the second half, after about 70 minutes, both Guangzhou and Guoan showed signs of physical decline. Guoan had a few chances, but Li Lei and Silva failed to capitalize on them. It wasn't until the 81st minute that Zhang Yuning broke the deadlock with a header off a corner kick!
