YANGZHI EVENING NEWS NETWORK, Nov. 17 (Xinhua Zhang Chenyu Sun Yunyue Zhang Hao) - On Nov. 17, Beijing time, a big cold broke out in the second match of the 2022 FA Cup 32-16. Chinese Super League giants Beijing Guoan were held to a 2:2 draw at home by Jingchuan Wenhui, an amateur team from the Chinese Championship, in the 90th minute, and lost 3:5 on penalties, finally eliminated 5:7, missing out on the top 16 of the FA Cup.
Jingchuan Wenhui is an amateur team from Jingchuan County, Gansu Province.The team finished 15th in the China Champions League for the first time in 2021, and went on to play in the final of the China Champions League in 2022. The head coach of Jingchuan Wenhui Team must be familiar to Jiangsu fans. He used to be Jiangsu's sharpshooter Yin Youyou. It was this Jiangsu celebrity who led a little-known amateur team to knock out the mighty Beijing Guoan.
Only 5 minutes after the start, Jingchuan Wenhui team took a free kick from the right side, Du Zexin shot directly, Guoan goalkeeper Guo Quanbo could not save, Jingchuan Wenhui team 1:0 lead.
In the 35th minute, Zhang Chengdong set up an attack, Ruan Qilong sent a precise pass from the right side, Liu Guobo scored with a parry in the middle, and Guoan equalized the score 1:1.
In the 50th minute, the goalkeeper of Jingchuan Wenhui team attacked with a flying kick, the referee penalized the goal and showed a yellow card. Cao Yongjing hit the penalty kick and Guoan surpassed the score 2:1.
In the 70th minute, Guoan made a mistake in the backfield and was broken by Jingchuan Wenhui. Liu Jianxin got the ball and kept adjusting and swaying, calmly found the best angle and pushed the ball to make the score 2:2!
Despite Guoan's frantic attack in the following game, the team was unable to continue knocking on Jingchuan Wenhui's door. Jingchuan Wenhui's goalkeeper, Cui Tonghun, made a number of high tackles to keep the goal intact. The two sides went into a penalty shootout.
Both sides scored in the first three rounds of the penalty shootout, and in the fourth round, Jingchuan Wenhui's Liu Jianxin's penalty kick was parried by Guo Quanbo, but the ball still bounced into the goal;
Guoan's Kim Tae-Yeon conceded a penalty kick and Guoan fell behind before the final round of penalties arrived, which allowed Jingchuan Wenhui, the first team to take a penalty kick, to end the game in the fifth round of penalties.
Jingchuan Wenhui's final round of penalties utilized an unconventional penalty kicking maneuver. Players approached the penalty spot at a constant speed taking a step back and then swinging their legs in place to score! At the end of the game, the Nationals were eliminated!
The exciting Jingchuan Wenhui team celebrated with joy. Everyone in the team threw away brilliant goalkeeper Choi Tong Hoon as the amateurs beat the Chinese Super League giants. Such a cold streak is enough to go down in the history books of the FA Cup.
On the other hand, the losing Guoan team disputed whether the penalty for Jingchuan Wenhui's last penalty kick was illegal. The players complained to the referee, but the result of the match did not change.
Proofreading Sheng Yuanyuan
