Late afternoon, January 8, Beijing time.
China Super League (soccer league)
Dalian's Sun Guowen was the star of the show in the first round of the league's promotion playoffs. In the first half, he was expected to be the savior with a brilliant goal, but in the second half, he was given a red card, which led to a long period of time in which the team was outnumbered, and the team ended up shaking hands with Chengdu Rongcheng in a 1-1 draw. This is not the first time that Dalian has dug its own grave, and Sun Guowen's red card not only made the team miss out on a victory, but also added to the problems for the next round of matches.
Referee shows mercy as Sun Guowen avoids straight red; blast helps Dalian take half-time lead
China Super League (soccer league)
Although Dalian beat Qingdao by a large margin in the final match of the league, the team still can't get rid of the destiny of participating in the elevation playoffs. Prior to the match, Dalian had a mixed bag of personnel to prepare for the play-offs: the good news was that foreign center back Danielson had returned from injury, while the bad news was that Lin Liangming was injured again after coming back from injury in the last match against Qingdao. Although the rules for the use of foreign aid comply with the rules of the Central League, Dalian has at least two foreign aiders who are able to play despite Boateng's injury, so the loss of strength is not too great.
Foreign aid is the pin of the team, but the excellent play of local players can reduce the pressure of foreign aid, but also improve the overall level of the team. In this game, Dalian local player Sun Guowen was unique in the first half. In the 42nd minute, in a corner kick attack, Sun Guowen got a good opportunity to shoot inside the penalty area, a kick in the air, the ball like a meteor across the fingertips of Chengdu goalkeeper Zhang Yan, Dalian 1-0 lead.
Sun Guowen scored thanks to referee Li Haixin's mercy in the 19th minute of the first half. Sun lifted his foot too high during a defensive play and the sole of his shoe touched Chengdu's Gan Chao's face. This action should have received a red card, but fortunately Sun Guowen withdrew his foot at the last moment, so Li Haixin only showed a yellow card.
Sun Guowen received another yellow card in the second half, two yellows turned into one red and was sent off as a turning point
Originally expected to become the hero of the game Sun Guowen, in the second half but became a "sinner". In the 55th minute, Gan Chao in the center of the circle with the ball, Sun Guowen from the side of the back intentionally put it down, Li Haixin this time no mercy, show the second yellow card, two yellows into a red will be sentenced Sun Guowen off the field. In fact, when Sun Guowen committed the foul, he already had a premonition that his action was bound to get a yellow card.
Coincidentally, both of Sun Guowen's yellow cards were for fouls on Gan Chao. The second yellow card foul was unnecessary, at that time, there were other Dalian players around Gan Chao, and Sun Guowen, who was carrying a yellow card, should have controlled his movements. As a result, his foul resulted in the team being caught in a passive situation with fewer players playing more. With 35 minutes to go, Dalian gave up the advantage and gave Chengdu great confidence.
Captain Zhao Xuri gave away a penalty for a foul and the Dalian man tried his best but failed to keep the game alive.
After Sun Guowen came off the field, Dalian's remaining 10 players ran aggressively to try to make up for the loss of personnel after Sun came off the field. It was these intense runs that cost the Dalian players more, resulting in some of the subsequent moves being less than standardized. In the end, captain Zhao Xuri was awarded a penalty after kicking down an opponent during a defensive play in the penalty area and was leveled. In the final stage of the game, the Dalian bench continuously expressed their dissatisfaction with the referee's decisions, and consecutively some people were sent off from the bench to the field. Despite the hard work of the players on the field, they were unable to keep the win.
Dalian's habit of digging themselves a hole and burying good situations had been an incredible 3 straight losses
Dalian can be said to have self-destructed in this game, dropping 2 points. This is not the first time that this kind of self-destruction has occurred.
China Super League (soccer league)
In the league's relegation group of matches, Dalian pushed themselves step by step into the play-off zone with an unbelievable run of 3 consecutive defeats from the penultimate to the penultimate round of the closing stage. The final round was too late, despite a big win. Dalian buried a good situation of early relegation and had to participate in the cruel play-offs.
In this match, Sun Guowen's red card brought losses to Dalian not only made the team passive and lost the advantage, but also he automatically applied for a suspension for the second round of the play-offs as a result of it, which added difficulties to Dalian manager Jose's lineup. (Yang Xixi)
