The highly anticipated FA Cup is in full swing. In the quarterfinals, Beijing Guoan hosted Shandong Taishan at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, with both teams competing for a place in the quarterfinals. It's worth noting that both teams are regulars in the AFC Cup. Beijing Guoan has won the AFC Cup four times, while Shandong Taishan has won it eight times. The match attracted as many as 50,000 people to watch the game, and the referee was well-known referee Ma Ning.
Before the match, many fans were optimistic that Beijing Guoan was expected to enter the quarterfinals. On the one hand, they have the home field advantage, and on the other hand, Manning is the referee. As we all know, the home whistle may affect the winner of the match. For Shandong Taishan, it is also clear that this game is not easy to play. They needed to go all out. At the beginning of the game, Shandong Taishan entered the state very quickly and was the first one to launch an attack. In the 10th minute of the game, Zheng Zheng of Shandong Taishan almost scored a free kick. Fans who watched the live broadcast know that the free kicks were of high quality, but unfortunately, they hit the post and bounced out. Luckily for Shandong Taishan, the players noticed it. Li Yuan's extreme cooperation passed to his teammate. Chen Pu scored a header from a small distance and Taishan won the first place 1-0.
On the other hand, Beijing Guoan, who was playing at home, gradually got into the mood and started to counterattack frantically. In the 19th minute of the game, Zhang Xizhe's long pass was very accurate and tore through the Taishan defense. Kang Xiangyou quickly stepped in to receive the ball and went straight into the penalty area. Wang Dalei got his crotch broken for losing another ball and both teams were back on the same page. The game then went back and forth as both teams increased their defensive intensity. In the 38th minute, Taishan scored a corner kick and Moises went in front of the goal for an extra goal. The referee then signaled that the goal was nullified for offsides, so the first half was tied 1-1.
The match entered the second half and the game went white hot with more and more physical contact between the two teams. In contrast, referee Manning gave 14 yellow cards and one red card. Many fans complained that the referee became the protagonist of the game and the game intermittently lost its spectacle. Although both teams played offense and defense, neither of them shot effectively. In the end, the score remained 1-1 at 120.
The final penalty moments, the first four rounds of both sides are penalized, the fifth round of Beijing Guoan Jiang Xiangyou this side of the power too much directly kicked off, Shandong Taishan this side against Fellaini penalty steady hit, the final Shandong Taishan scored 6 to 5 to beat Beijing Guoan into the AFC Cup final 4, the next to face Xie Hui led by the Dalian people. After the match, Shandong Taishan goalkeeper Wang Dalei said that kicking penalties is equal to victory, because Guoan has lost to Shandong Taishan 4 times in penalties, and now lost to Shandong Taishan can only blame themselves for not competing, Beijing Guoan this side of the fiasco out of the game, there are players in tears, indeed, dominate the advantage of not playing in the final 4 is very regrettable. At the same time, it must be said that Shandong Taishan team is also a fluke to break into the top 4, because it does not occupy the home field advantage, at the same time, Manning's blowing penalties are not conducive to the Shandong Taishan, but the team's preparation is excellent, the whole team put in to win the game.
It was not easy for Shandong Taishan to enter the semifinals. As we all know, at the beginning of the new season, Shandong Taishan suffered a storm of changing coaches. Hao Wei was investigated for fake football and other reasons, and the team has been performing poorly. Later on, Korean coach Cui Kangxi took charge of the team and really changed the coach like a knife. Since Cui Kangxi took over as the head coach of Shandong Taishan, we all saw Shandong Taishan winning one after another, and the team quickly advanced to be the favorite to win the championship.
At the same time often pay attention to the fans of Taishan also found that this season, Shandong Taishan because of the case of fake ball was a lot of spit, while some of the referee's blowing penalty and unfavorable to Shandong Taishan, good in the team has a winning culture to tide over the difficult pass, the next game of the AFC Cup, we say that Shandong Taishan will be able to win the title?
