In the summit match between Guangzhou and Beijing Guoan, a match that should have been filled with the passion of the "national derby" unfolded in a slightly lonesome atmosphere. 13th night, Beijing Guoan team with Zhang Yuning's header in the second half of the match, with a narrow advantage of 1-0 over the Guangzhou team. For the Guangzhou team, which was composed of all local players and almost no game-changing substitutes, such a result seemed to be expected.
Despite the fact that Guangzhou has no more foreign or naturalized players, the competitiveness of the starting lineup is still there, and most of the players are international players. In contrast, Guoan's new recruit Anderson has joined the team, but the team's salary arrears problem persists. It is understood that the national security team in a month of back pay before the players agreed to go to the tournament.
Although both sides were not slow in converting their attacking rounds and had 20 (Guoan) and 16 (Guangzhou) shots on goal, the goals never came due to a lack of decisive players.
Guangzhou sent almost all available players in the starting lineup, and most of the substitutes were young players from the soccer academy, who struggled to turn the game around even when they were on the field. And Guoan finally sealed the win with a header from international soccer player Zhang Yuning. Facing the next game, how to get goals in the existing attacking end has become a difficult problem that head coach Zheng Zhi must solve.
With international player Zhang Linpeng as well as naturalized players Jiang Guangtai and Luo Guofu failing to make the tournament, there is still room for Guangzhou to improve in terms of strength. However, the prospect of negotiations between Luo Guofu and Jiang Guangtai and the club is not optimistic. From this match, it is clear that with Guangzhou's current situation, competing for the title is no longer realistic, and being able to successfully complete the last 8 matches is the priority.
