In the 13th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League on August 17th at 19:30 GMT, Beijing Guoan challenged Wuhan Changjiang in a highly anticipated match at Wuhan Five Ring Sports Center. In the first half, Kajevic missed a good opportunity, Dabrow skillfully assisted Zhang Xizhe scored his first goal of the season; in the second half, Zhang Yuning sent a key assist, Jiang Xiangyou scored two goals, Zhang Yuning assisted Cao Yongjing again, Zou Dehai made a mistake and Kajevic equalized a goal. Finally, Beijing Guoan defeated Wuhan Changjiang 4-1 on the road, ending the embarrassing situation of four consecutive rounds without a win.
[Competition Overview]
After 12 rounds of Chinese Super League, Wuhan Changjiang ranked 11th in the league with 5 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses and 16 points, scoring 17 goals and conceding 20 goals. In the last round of the league, Wuhan Changjiang swept Guangzhou City 5-0 on the road, with foreigner Forbes completing a hat-trick. Beijing Guoan ranked 12th in the league with 4 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses and 16 points after 12 rounds, scoring 16 goals and conceding 19. In the last round of the league, Guoan suffered a 1-5 defeat on the road against promotion rival Wuhan Sanzhen. In the last 10 meetings between the two teams, Guoan has 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. This is the first time for Wuhan Changjiang to return to play at home after 990 days, and also the first game for Beijing Guoan after the managerial change. In the starting lineup, Wuhan Changjiang's goalkeeper Gao Xiang replaced Wang Zhifeng, while Guoan's Zou Dehai replaced Housen in goal, and Daburo made his debut.
[Highlights]
Only 2 minutes into the game, Wuhan front left corner kick pass, Li Peng back point back to do, Nie Aoshuang left-footed shot, the ball out of the side. In the 5th minute, Guoan backfield positioning ball fast hair, Zhang Yuning right side of the penalty area, a single right-footed shot deflected, missed a good opportunity. In the 11th minute, Guoan front continuous cooperation, Jiang Xiangyou left foot low shot in front of the penalty area, the ball was confiscated by Gao Xiang. 2 minutes later, Zhang Huajun front left pass, Kajevic back point shot, the ball was Zou Dehai bravely pounced out. In the 15th minute, Zhang Huajun left breakthrough, the ball wrong into the wrong out, Kajevic in the penalty area to get the ball turned right foot shot high, again missed the opportunity.
In the 22nd minute, Guoan took the lead to break the deadlock, Gao Tianyi mid-backfield pick pass over the top, Jiang Xiangyou stopped the ball in front of the penalty area back to do, Daburo get the ball cross, Zhang Xizhe high-speed insertion of the left side of the penalty area, a touch of the right foot of the left-footed shot far corner of the goal, which is Zhang Xizhe's first personal league goal this season, Guoan 1-0 Wuhan. After the goal Zhang Xizhe face hometown team goal choice not to celebrate.
A goal lead Guoan counterattack, in the 28th minute, Zhang Yuning back to the front, Kang Xiangyou left-footed shot in front of the penalty area, the ball grazed the crossbar out of the bottom line. In the 43rd minute, Kajevic front left lateral disk knock, Hu Jinghang left-footed in front of the penalty area, the ball rubbed the right side of the post out of the bottom line. At halftime, Beijing Guoan led Wuhan Changjiang 1-0 away from home.
In the 52nd minute of the match, Zhang Hua Jun's right-footed pass to Forbes from the left side of the field was headed by Memisevic, Wuhan's shot from the middle of the penalty area was blocked, and Li Peng's reverse hook shot was deflected out of the goal.3 minutes later, Zhang Hua Jun's right-footed shot from the inside was blocked by Dabrow, and Ye Chongqiu's right-footed shot from the periphery was deflected out of the left side of the post. In the 56th minute, Zhang Huajun's right-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area was deflected off the crossbar and into the far corner of the net.
The two sides scrambled fiercely, in the 57th minute, Gao Tianyi fell to the ground, the side of the anxious Li Jin Yu rushed into the field, the referee showed Li Jin Yu yellow card. 3 minutes later, Kang Xiangyou straight forward pass, Cao Yongjing heel wonderful pass, Zhang Yuning left inside the penalty area, left-footed small angle of the low shot deflected.
In the 62nd minute, Guoan backyard break fast counterattack, Cao Yongjing right sent a direct ball, Zhang Yuning right in front of the right side of the ball right-footed cross, Jiang Xiangyou penalty area in front of the ball one-on-one face Ye Chongqiu shook open the gap left-footed low shot into the net, Guoan 2-0 Wuhan.
In the 67th minute, Jiang Xiangyou flashed openings on the left in front of the right-footed pass, Bruno header, Zhang Yuning header, the ball bounced into the net, Guoan 3-0 Wuhan.
In the 85th minute, Park Cheng cross the left side of the front field, Cao Yongjing cross the middle of the front field with the ball, Zhang Yuning right side of the ball cross, Cao Yongjing inserted into the middle of the penalty area right-footed shot to the far corner of the Guoan 4-0 Wuhan.
In the 87th minute, Zou Dehai backfield pass error, Cajevic front break left-footed pushed the empty goal to equalize a goal, Guoan 4-1 Wuhan.
In the end, Beijing Guoan beat Wuhan Changjiang 4-1 on the road, ending a run of four consecutive rounds without a win.
[Lineup]
Wuhan Changjiang (4231): 23-Gao Xiang; 28-Xu Dong, 5-Bruno Viana, 2-Li Peng, 15-Ming Ri (69′, 32-Chen Yuhao); 33-Ye Chongqiu, 18-Nie Aoshuang (66′, 11-Hu Rentian); 17-Zhang Huajun (U23) (75′, 26-Liu Yun), 16-Kajewicz, 19-Hu Jinghang (75′, 24-Hu Jiakasa (U23)); 10-Forbes (75′, 21-Wang Jingbin);
Unattached substitutes: 3-Han Xuan, 6-Li Chao, 7-Luo Yi, 12-Liu Shangkun, 22-Zhang Zhenqiang, 29-Wen Da (U23), 36-Huang Xuheng (U23);
Beijing Guoan (4141): 14-Zou Dehai; 34-Naibi Jiang, 5-Memishevich, 22-Yu Dabao (83′, 26-Bayan), 27-Wang Gang; 6-Chi Zhongguo; 17-Jiang Xiangyou (83′, 7-Hou Yongyong), 10-Zhang Xizhe (66′, 8-Park Cheng), 15-Gao Tianyi (57′, 28-Zhang Jindong), 30-Daburo (56′, 37 -Cao Yongjing); 9-Zhang Yuning;
Unattached substitutes: 1 Housen, 3 Yu Yang, 18 Jin Taiyan, 19 Liu Huan, 20 Wang Ziming, 29 Tian Yuda (U23), 32 Liu Guobo (U23);
