At 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on July 26, the 20th round of the Chinese Super League, Shenzhen Xinpengcheng will face Beijing Guoan at home.
In the first half, Nansong retired due to injury in the sixth minute and Dai Weijun came on as a substitute. Both sides failed to score and it was 0-0 at half time. in the second half, Zhang Yuning's goal was disallowed for offside. Ngaardew made a mistake in the return pass, causing a chance for the opposing team. Edu was fouled when he faced Han Jiaqi, and VAR intervened to award a penalty kick, which Edu successfully scored the winning goal. Wei Strider made a number of good saves to ensure his team's goal was not lost.
Shenzhen Xinpengcheng completed the double with a 1-0 win over Beijing Guoan, accumulating 24 points to move up to ninth place. On the road to relegation, Beijing Guoan, on the other hand, collected only six points and remains in fourth place with a current total of 37 points.
The match showed once again that Beijing Guoan boss Suarez is still a rookie coach. Shenzhen Xinpengcheng used a 4141 formation and started with three foreigners, while Beijing Guoan played a 433 formation and started with four foreigners. Zhang Yuning, the main center forward of the national football team, was arranged to play as a winger many times under Suarez's tactical arrangement, but he didn't have the speed advantage, which made it difficult to understand Suarez's employment strategy. The whole match was very dull, neither side created any effective attacking opportunities. The only goal of the match came from Beijing Guoan's right center back Nga Deu's return pass error, which led to goalkeeper Han Jiaqi being awarded a penalty kick, and Edu scored the only goal of the match by taking the penalty.
It wasn't a very entertaining Chinese Super League match, but for Shenzhen New Pengcheng, the 3 points were extremely valuable. They won 1-0 at home against Beijing Guoan and managed to double their rivals this season (2-1 on the road), gaining a total of 6 points. If Shenzhen New Pengcheng can survive relegation this season, there is no doubt that Beijing Guoan's contribution is very important.
Throughout the match, Shenzhen Xinpengcheng's possession was only 40%, but they had 18 shots, five of which were on target. In contrast, Beijing Guoan had more possession, with 11 shots on goal, but only 3 on target. Despite their dominance in possession, Beijing Guoan's lack of effective direct threat is like a grandmother trying to eat crabs, which is hard to swallow and may even cut her hand if she's not careful.
