On the afternoon of December 27th, Beijing Guoan will be sitting at the Rizhao International Football Center Stadium home field as planned, staging the 33rd round of the 2022 Chinese Super League "Beijing-Shanghai Battle" with Shanghai Seaports. However, on the morning of the 27th, the team only had 7 players who met the requirements, 3 of which were goalkeepers. Guoan club finally decided to give up the game. According to the relevant provisions of the Chinese Super League, Guoan team was sentenced to forfeit the game, 0-3 loss. Relevant materials will be submitted to the CFA Disciplinary Committee for consideration.
The day before the match, Guoan head coach Stanley and player Hu Jiaqi attended the press conference as usual. Stanley said, "Due to the difficulties that we all know, we have a lot of players who can't play, which makes it difficult for the team to prepare."
In fact, many of the team's players were affected by illnesses yesterday and were unable to continue training. However, the club insisted on the concept of "never give up until the last minute" to help the players recover. But by the morning of the 27th, the serious shortage of personnel still existed. This made it impossible for the team to play against Harbor with a full squad of 11 players.
Subsequently, Guoan FC also released an official announcement on social media, stating, "Since the end of the 31st round of the Chinese Super League, some of our club's first-team players have been experiencing symptoms. 9 classic players u were able to complete the 32nd round of matches for our club after 21 ladder players. After the match, in order to ensure that the remaining matches would be played normally, our club took various measures to do our best to protect and recover. The club, the coaching staff and all the players wanted to finish all the matches. However, by this morning's statistics, our club's first team, u21 ladder and u had a total of more than 50 ladder players registered to fill in, of which only 7 were eligible (including 3 goalkeepers) and could not complete the 33rd round of the tournament. My club deeply regrets that I could not participate in the tournament."
