Beijing Guoan hosted Wuhan Sanzhen in the 18th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League. This match is not only about the ranking of the two teams in the table, but also a direct test of their recent form. Prior to the match, Beijing Guoan was moving towards a higher goal with an excellent home record and stable play, while Wuhan Sanzhen hoped to take this opportunity to get rid of their recent slump.
At the beginning of the match, both sides showed a strong desire to win. Beijing Guoan was attacking with the cheering of their home fans, but Wuhan Sanzhen's defense was also impenetrable. However, the turning point of the game came in the 32nd minute, when Wuhan Sanzhen's Deng Hanwen was shown a red card by the referee for shoving Beijing Guoan's Adebenelo after he made too big a move in a defensive move. This turn of events gave Beijing Guoan a numerical advantage, but the ensuing pressure also left holes in their defense.
Just a few minutes later, Wuhan Sanzhen took advantage of a counter-attack and scored for the visitors with a powerful shot from Enrique inside the penalty area. The goal certainly put Beijing Guoan under tremendous pressure, but they didn't give up and continued to intensify their attack in an attempt to equalize the score.
However, Beijing Guoan's offense didn't achieve significant results at the beginning of the second half, instead, in the 60th minute, their defender Mamadou was also sent off with a red card for a foul, and the two sides went back to an even position again. At this point, Wuhan Sanzhen showed more mature game experience, and they took advantage of the confusion in Beijing Guoan's back line to create constant threats.
In the 81st minute, a fast counterattack by Wuhan Sanzhen completely broke Beijing Guoan's defense line, and Liu Yue, who had just come on as a substitute, scored in front of the goal to extend the score to 2-0. Liu Yue, who had just come on as a substitute, scored in front of the goal to extend the score to 2-0, which disappointed the Guoan fans, some of whom even chose to leave the stadium early. But Beijing Guoan didn't give up, they still went all out in extra time.
In the fourth minute of extra time, Beijing Guoan finally had a chance to get a goal back. Li Ke crossed the ball from the left side of the road, Fabio jumped up high at the back point and scored a header to equalize the goal for Guoan. The goal gave Guoan fans renewed hope, but time was running out, and Beijing Guoan finally lost 1-2 to Wuhan Sanzhen, ending their six-game winning streak at home.
