At 19:30 Beijing time on August 17th, the Chinese Super League was in full swing, with Meizhou Hakka facing Guangzhou City. In the first half, Yin Hongbo hit the goal post and Jiang Jihong scored the first goal; in the second half, Cui Wei equalized with a lightning strike and Vukanovic added another goal, finally Meizhou Hakka reversed Guangzhou City 2-1.
Looking back at the first 12 rounds, Meizhou Hakka is in the fifth place with 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses with 20 points, while Guangzhou City is deep in the relegation zone with 1 win, 11 losses and only 3 points, with a net of 10 goals conceded in the last three matches.
[Moments on the field]
In the third minute, Meizhou Hakka's header from a corner kick nearly broke the net, but unfortunately hit the crossbar.
In the 8th minute, Guangzhou City organized an attack from outside and Cardona took a long shot, which was valiantly parried by the goalkeeper.
In the 15th minute, Meizhou Hakka left silent cooperation, Kosovic in front of the door a leak, but teammates failed to surround in time, missed a good opportunity.
In the 23rd minute, Yang Yihu sent a precise cross from the left side of Meizhou Hakka, and Yin Hongbo's header hit the post and bounced out.
In the 38th minute, Meizhou's Shi Liang took a powerful shot from outside the penalty area that took a slight deflection and grazed the goal post and flew off the line.
Guangzhou City broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute when a corner kick was delivered to the goal, Kang Jihong dived down and the ball went into the net to give Guangzhou City a 1-0 lead!
In the 53rd minute, Meizhou Hakka equalized the score, Yin Hongbo knocked back from the penalty line, Cui Wei followed up with a shot, the ball flew into the lower left corner, Meizhou Hakka equalized 1-1!
In the 65th minute, Meizhou Hakka went back on top, Rodrigo kicked the wall with his teammates on the left and sent a half-height pass near the baseline that Vukanovic surrounded and shot to give Meizhou Hakka a 2-1 lead!
In the 75th minute, Rodriguez fired a long shot from outside the box over the top.
In the 85th minute, Rodriguez won the ball from the right side of the field, broke into the penalty area along the bottom line and sent a reverse triangle pass to Yin Congyao, who shot wide. The match ended with Meizhou Hakka winning 2-1 against Guangzhou City.
[Both lineups]
Meizhou starting lineup: 22-Hou Yu, 6-Liao Junjian, 17-Yang Yihu, 20-Dugalić, 21-Wang Wei, 10-Yin Hongbo, 13-Shi Liang, 19-Yang Yilin (U23), 25-Rodrigo, 27-Kosović, 9-Vukanović
Substitutes: 1-Mak Ko Diamond, 3-Li Junfeng, 4-Laurez, 7-Guo Yi, 8-Liang Xueming, 11-Jisen, 12-Yin Congyao, 16-Yang Chaosheng, 18-Huo Liang, 23-Cui Wei, 30-Li Shuai, 33-Liu Sheng
Guangzhou City Starts: 1-Cheng Yuelei, 17-Fu Yuncheng, 19-Jiang Jihong, 20-Tang Miao, 41-Wu Junjie (U23), 4-Zhang Gong, 10-Li Tixiang, 16-Chen Junlei, 38-Li Yongjia (U23), 7-Cardona, 29-Song Wenjie
Guangzhou City substitutes: 22 - Han Jiaqi (U23), 18 - Eagle, 30 - Chen Yajun (U23), 35 - Liao Jiajun (U23), 6 - Fan Yunlong, 13 - Ning'an, 15 - Wang Peng, 9 - Guihong, 33 - Jinbo, 34 - Wei Feng (U23), 37 - Wen Yongjun (U23), 40 - Yang Yang (U23)
