The quarter-final of the FA Cup, the popular Beijing-Ru match has ended. Shandong Taishan, the eight-time champions and defending champions, achieved the final victory. The visitors at Beijing Guoan were 1-1 in regular time and failed to rewrite the game in extra time. They beat Beijing Guoan 5-4 on penalties and eventually eliminated Beijing Guoan from the semifinals with a 6-5 aggregate score. It wasn't easy for Taishan to get the win with a depleted squad. Choi Kang-hee led his team to a perfect performance, overcoming Jadason and Liu Binbin.
The away match against Beijing Guoan had a great atmosphere with a crowd of about 50,000 people. The exact figure was 50,569 people. Choi Kang-hee took one step at a time and dealt with the game according to his own ideas, and the players kept a good spirit. Starting lineup, Choi Kang-hee activated 4141, with Kressan as the center forward, Fellaini, Moises, Li Yuanyi and Chen Pu as the forwards, Liao Lixiang as the single back, Liu Yang, Zheng Zheng, Shi Ke and Tong Lei as the four backs, and Wang Dalei as the goalkeeper. Wang Tong, Fernando, Huang Zhengyu and Mateusz Pato came on as substitutes.
At the start of the game, Tarzan got into the game quickly and took the lead early. In the 10th minute of the game, Taishan had a chance to take a free kick, with a good position in front of the goal. Zheng Zheng took the penalty and hit the near post. The ball bounced back and Li Yuan added a shot. Due to the slow speed of the ball, Chen Pu's goal line position followed up the attack again, Shandong Taishan leading 1-0. 18th minute of the game, Beijing Guoan quickly equalized the score. Zhang Xizhe showed the style of a master, with long passes and precise guidance, tore through the defense of Taishan, helping Kang Xiangyou forward single goal. Beijing Guoan 1-1 Shandong Taishan.
After the two teams played 1-1, the game became tense and confrontational. Referee Manning became the protagonist and went wild with his cards as players from both teams expressed their displeasure with the referee. However, Taishan came close to victory in normal time. In the 38th minute of the match, Moises added a shot in front of the goal, but it was ruled offside first and the goal was invalid; in the 69th minute of the match, Li Yuan turned and shot near a penalty spot, which was settled by Housen's godly tackle. Into overtime, Taishan team still have a better chance to win the game. In the 96th minute of the game, Fellaini got a chance to score a close-range half-volley that flew straight away, and both sides ended up going to penalties.
In the sports game, Shandong Taishan's possession rate of 45%, compared with Beijing Guoan's shooting for 13-13, shooting positive ratio of 5-2, and finally turned into a 1-1 draw, Taishan team received 7 yellow cards, Beijing Guoan received 3 yellow cards; penalty kicks to decide the winner, Taishan team 5 people all hit, Cressan, Moises, Pato, Fernando, Fellaini, 5 people have come out to take penalties; Beijing Guoan's Engarde Ngaard, Zhang Chendong, Wang Ziming, Gao Tianyi 4 people have come out to take the penalty hit, the fifth penalty kicker Jiang Xiangyou failed to resist the pressure, directly lost the penalty, kicked the ball away. Taishan won the penalty shootout 5-4, eliminating Beijing 6-6 with the total score.
In this match, Taishan created three miracles. First, it realized Beijing Guoan's 7 consecutive victories and 3 draws against strong teams of the same level; second, it soared again from the first 6-1 victory over Dongguan League in the first game of this season's F.A.C.A. Cup until Beijing Guoan was eliminated 6-5. Three consecutive victories on the road to defending the title point to nine championships while infinitely approaching a fourth consecutive title; third, Shandong soccer rarely and Qingdao Hainiu entered the quarterfinals of the AFC Cup at the same time.
However, Beijing fans and journalists expressed strong dissatisfaction. After the match, both Cui Kangxi and Taishan fans were targeted. Two Beijing reporters asked unreasonable questions to Cui Kangxi at the post-match press conference, without inquiring about the match itself. The deliberate arching of the fire caused a heated argument and the conference was declared over in the middle of the argument. Taishan fans were targeted and abused by Beijing fans on the subway. The video was uploaded online and caused a heated discussion.
