The 29th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) continued on December 4 at the Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium, with Guangzhou City drastically rotating their lineup, resulting in a 1-2 loss to Shanghai SIPG and a seventh consecutive defeat.
The Chinese Super League ended with an intensive schedule . The bench is not deep enough to give Guangzhou City team a lot of trouble. It has lost six games in a row after losing 0-1 to Tianjin Jinmen Tigers in the last round. Earlier, the relegation dividend due to relegation rival Wuhan Changjiang's salary arrears had been exhausted. After the last round of losses, coach Li Weifeng reluctantly said the team was feeling tired and its winter training reserves could only support the players for 65 minutes.
Before the game, Guangzhou City team members
In the next round of matches, Guangzhou City will face a derby against relegation rivals Guangzhou. As a result, Li Weifeng put most of the starters on the bench and sent five starting lineup u23 players to face the full Chinese squad of Wu Lei . Shanghai SIPG, Vargas teamed up. -After three consecutive defeats, Leko "dismissed" Xi Zhikang is the acting coach of Shanghai SIPG.
All three goals for these two teams came in the first half. In the 39th minute, Shanghai SIPG attacked from the left, Wu Lei's header hit the goal frame and Vargas added the first goal. Two minutes later, Guangzhou City used a corner kick to also use color: Wen Yongjun's long-distance shot hit Wang Yiwei, and the final goal was counted as an oolong for Shanghai SIPG. Four minutes later, the situation changed again. Vargas tripped in the penalty area and Wu Lei's penalty kick went beyond the score again.
Against Shanghai SIPG, who have many international players in their ranks, Guangzhou City's youth-oriented team spent most of the game passively defending in their half of the pitch. 6-30 shots on goal and 1-9 shots on target were a true reflection of the course of the game.
After the match, Li Wei Feng said, "We rotated 11 people, but we can see that every player on the pitch has requirements . There are ideas. Although the score is a little bit regrettable, but with the Harbour team to play to such a score, I very much recognize every player." In the second half, Li Wei Feng even replaced 17-year-old Su Yuliang, "We have players born in 04.06, but they are not afraid of the opponent at all. We want to win the next Guangzhou derby. Today's rotation is to get a good result in the next game."
