At 7:30 p.m. on May 10, Guangzhou played its first away game of the Central League season against Shijiazhuang Kung Fu.
In the starting lineup, Guangzhou coach Liu Zhiyu made some adjustments compared to the last game. Since it was an away game, Guangzhou set up a 4-5-1 formation, obviously based on defense, and then seek opportunities for counterattacks. Palman Jiang, who was a substitute in the previous rounds, has a chance to start, while Ling Jie and Fan Hengbo, among others, are on standby on the bench.
The opponent, Shijiazhuang Kung Fu Team, with 1 draw and 2 losses in the first three rounds, is temporarily in the relegation zone, but they started the game with double foreigners, and their strength is relatively dominant. It was bound to be a tough battle for Guangzhou in the away game, and so was the situation on the pitch when the game started, with Guangzhou basically only able to find chances through some counter-attacks.
However, the game was controversial in the 15th minute. Guangzhou made a breakthrough on the left side of the offense. After Parmanjiang was blown for a foul, Wu clashed with his opponent and even made physical contact, making the scene chaotic for a while.
In the end, Wu Junjie was shown a red card by the referee and sent off directly, Guangzhou, facing a huge difficulty of 10-11 in the first 15 minutes.
The house leaked because it rained overnight.5 minutes later, Wang Shijie was accidentally injured in a defense. After falling to the ground, he finally couldn't hold on to the game and was carried to the sidelines on a stretcher. Young Yang Hao came on as a passive substitute.
With one less player, Guangzhou was also caught in a passive situation, and was suppressed by the host Shijiazhuang Kung Fu in the half-court. Guangzhou's ball possession was only 32% at one point, and basically could only be led by the nose by the opponent.
The player who played the most for the defense-weary Guangzhou team was undoubtedly goalkeeper Zhang Jianzhi.
Right at the end of the first half, Shijiazhuang Kung Fu scored a goal from foreigner Ogbu in the melee through a corner kick. At the end of the half, Guangzhou was 0-1 down. What's more embarrassing is that Guangzhou didn't even have a shot on goal in the first half.
The change of side again, Guangzhou midfield also made adjustments, Fan Hengbo substitutes for Palman Jiang, coach Liu Zhiyu's intention is also very obvious, is the hope that fewer people play one person, first do a good job on defense, offense or can only rely on counterattacks.
However, despite Guangzhou's breakneck efforts to replace players such as Ling Jie one after another, they were unable to score as much as they had hoped and conceded another goal in injury time in the second half.
Finally, Guangzhou lost 0-2 on the road and lost two consecutive games in the league. The young players paid the tuition fee again in the first away game, and how to control their emotions and their actions on the pitch need to be carefully reflected upon.
