Although the club's financial situation is not ideal, Beijing Guoan is still investing a lot of money in bringing in assistance this season. During the two transfer windows, the club brought in a total of four foreign aiders and five internal aiders.
The reason why the National Security Club is doing this is for the team to achieve the desired league results, thus further activating the ball market in Beijing. Although National Security dropped out of the league title race early on, National Security's goal of qualifying for next season's AFC Champions League remains unchanged.
However, judging from the current situation, it is not easy for National Security to realize this goal. Currently, National Security is in fifth place in the league table, only three points away from Shanghai Shenhua and Zhejiang, who are in third and fourth place. However, the schedule is very unfavorable for National Security. We have to win everything before entering the Champions League.
In the last three rounds of the league, Guoan will face Shanghai Port on the road, Chengdu Rongcheng at home and Shenzhen on the road in the final round. The match against Shenzhen should not be a big problem. Guoan also has a relatively good chance of winning by beating Chengdu Rongcheng at home.
For Guoan, the difficulty of the match against Port is self-evident, as the result of this match will directly determine whether Port can win the Super League title two rounds ahead of schedule.
As a team from Beijing, Guoan has never lacked the spirit of "fighting with you", but since Zhonghe joined the club, the blood of Guoan's players has started to disappear little by little.
In the AA era, Guoan managed to stop Liaoning at home in 1999. With their opponents leading by a goal, substitute Gao Leilei equalized with an amazing long-distance shot, which ultimately made Liaoning miss out on the league title and achieved a double for Shandong Taishan this season.
Entering the CSL era, Guoan also stopped the arrogant Guangzhou Evergrande back in the day. In the penultimate round of the 2014 season, Guoan challenged Guangzhou Evergrande on the road. In a very unfavorable situation, relying on a free kick by veteran Shao Jiayi, Guoan defeated their opponents 1-0, breaking Evergrande's dream of winning the title early.
The National Security Team is now on the road to challenge Shanghai Seaports, once again becoming the "Championship Stopper". The outcome of this match will not only determine whether the Harbour Team can win the championship early, but also whether the National Security Team can qualify for the Asian Champions League next season.
On paper, State is not as strong as Port. However, Port's players are not as strong as expected. Yan Junling, Zhang Linlian, Xu Xin, Wu Lei and other international players just showed up. Fans know the performance of the league and the national team.
In fact, the real power of the Harbour team is the foreigners. Oscar, Vargas, Joao and Caron are all strong. With Ademi and De Souza leaving the team early, Nationwide is left with only three foreigners. While they are quite good, they still lack sufficient bench depth.
In addition, Zhang Xizhe, the centerpiece of the National Security team's midfield, was also banned for seven matches by the Football Association for unnecessary charges and was reimbursed early for the season, which severely weakened the National Security team's overall strength.
Of course, life is not easy for the Harbor team. Previously, they lost consecutively to Henan, Batun United and Chengdu Rongcheng. Therefore, Guoan is not without a chance to get 3 points on the road. In order to enter next season's Asian Champions League and the team's honor, Guoan's soldiers will have to fight a deadly battle with their opponents.
If you can beat Shanghai Seaport on the road, plus any of the Shenhua and Zhejiang teams that make mistakes and lose in the last three rounds of the league, Guoan will see their way into the Asian Champions League. This is because Shandong Taishan is likely to win the FA Cup this season. As long as Guoan can beat either Shenhua or Zhejiang to finish in the top four of the Chinese Super League, they will earn a place in the Asian Champions League play-offs next season
