Source: Soda Soccer
Beijing time on June 19, 19:30 hours, the fifth round of the Chinese Super League focus of the game, Guangzhou team with a small advantage of 1-0 beat the Hebei team, Yang Liyu alone in the arrow, the end of the team's opening four consecutive losses.
Prior to this, Guangzhou, as the 8 champions of the Chinese Super League (CSL), became the only team with no goals this season. However, in the 67th minute, Yang Liyu's goal broke Guangzhou's 427-minute goal drought, and the Chinese Super League no longer has a team with zero goals.
This is a crucial relegation battle for both sides. This season, both teams played with full Chinese teams, and after four rounds of matches, neither team had a win. Guangzhou once dropped to the bottom of the Super League due to goal difference.
With this victory, Guangzhou accumulated 3 points, surpassing Guangzhou City, Hebei, Zhejiang, Chengdu Rongcheng and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, and managed to get out of the bottom of the Chinese Super League and escape the relegation zone.
Currently, there are two teams in the Chinese Super League that have yet to score, Guangzhou City and Hebei. Guangzhou City will face Zhejiang, who are also without a win, in this round.
It is worth mentioning that in the 67th minute, Guangzhou player Li Yang sent a precise long pass and Yang Liyu scored with a low shot at the near corner against Zhang Junzhe's defense, giving Guangzhou a 1-0 lead. In the second minute after the goal, 18-year-old striker Efirdin was shown a red card by the referee for lifting his foot too high, making him the second player to turn two yellows into one red in the match. Hebei's U23 striker Zhang Wei had already been red-carded in the 47th minute.
Efirdin became the 13th player to be red-carded in the Chinese Super League this season and the second Guangzhou player to suffer a red card after Wu Shao Cong.
