On the night of the 8th, Beijing Guoan faced Wuhan Sanzhen in the 24th round of the Chinese Super League. In the end, he lost 0-2 to his opponent, ending his undefeated streak in the first eight rounds. With the win, Wuhan Sanzhen overtook Shandong Taishan and regained the top spot in the table. Guoan was also promoted to "double kill" for this team this season.
Just because the three Wuhan towns didn't field Malcolm in their starting lineup doesn't mean their offense has waned. After all, the strength of Stancho, Davidson and Edmilson cannot be underestimated. Sure enough, the match started with a lot of momentum from Wuhan Three Towns, which used to make Guoan's defense a bit passive.
In the 24th minute, Wuhan Sanzhen right back Deng Hanwen cut into the left foot. Fortunately for Guoan, goalkeeper Housen was in fine form and pulled the ball off the line with one palm. Moments later, Gao Zhunyi's cross found Davidson wrapped into place. The latter's shot was slightly above the crossbar and Guoan dodged a bullet. Guoan had their best chance of the first half in the 38th minute, but Adebenelo's shot was placed high and wide. Before the end of the half, Wuhan Sanzhen crossed to the goal mouth. Housen slipped on the attack and the ball fell to the feet of Deng Hanwen. He shot with ease.
After the change of sides to fight again, Guoan was the first to make a substitution. Wang Ziming replaced midfielder Gao Tianyi. Stanley's intention of trying to speed up the attacking tempo was very obvious, and the team's formation changed from 433 to 442 in the first half.At the beginning of the second half, Guoan had a good attacking momentum, but couldn't form a threatening shot, only blossomed and no result. Adebenelo had a one-stop chance. Unfortunately for the Nigerian, he was beaten on the last shot on goal. Guoan missed the best chance to equalize. Wuhan Sanzhen, who carried these axes of Guoan, gradually regained the initiative. Luckily, Housen didn't make any mistakes and repeatedly parried the opponent's threatening shots.
In stoppage time, Edmilson finished off a penalty from Wuhan Sanzhen to make it 2-0.Guoan suffered their first defeat since taking over.
