On December 19th in Beijing, in the 17th round of the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League, the focus of the match, Beijing
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In an unexpected matchup, the team lost to Guangzhou City by a lopsided score of 0-5, a result that set a new record for the team's biggest loss in the top flight. So far, Beijing
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Not only the suspense of the championship has been broken, and even in the race for the AFC Champions League places are gradually falling behind, the "Imperial Forest Army" seems to be facing another four empty season.
After being shut out by Shandong Taishan in the last round of the league before the end of the match, Beijing
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The possibility of competing for the title has become extremely slim. And with Shandong Taishan winning the title again tonight, Beijing actually
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has dropped out of title contention. Perhaps because of this, from the very beginning of the match, the
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The defense just seemed to lack enough concentration, and Guangzhou City scored quickly in the opening moments using uncomplicated direct kicks. In just five minutes, Caldona skillfully shook off Liu Huan's defense to provide an assist to teammate Zhang Gong, giving Guangzhou City a fantastic start to the game, while Beijing
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It was as good as an early collapse. At the end of the first half, Thiago added another goal, and in fact the remaining time was completely lost for both sides. At the end of the half, Guangzhou City had enough to put their opponents to rest. In the second half, Caldona and Thiago scored again, finally giving Beijing a chance to win.
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It brought a crushing defeat that will go down in team history.
With foreigners returning in droves and newcomer Andre Silva struggling to perform, Beijing now
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The league is no longer competitive. Despite being in the title contenders' group, the goal of actually competing for the title is not realistic for the Kingsmen. A more realistic goal might be to compete for a place in next season's AFC Champions League. However, after this loss, Beijing
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Clearly behind. Despite the same loss as the
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The points gap between them remains at five, but seven points have opened up between them and second- and third-placed Guangzhou and Shanghai Seaports. In this season's
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With five rounds left in the league, Beijing
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It will undoubtedly be difficult to catch up. Certainly, with the epidemic, next season
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It is also unknown how the team will play in the AFC Champions League, so the Beijing
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There may not necessarily be much interest in an AFC Champions League spot either.
In any case, with
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With the title race out of reach as well as the drop-off in the race for the AFC Champions League spot, Beijing
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In this season is likely to experience another season of four big failure. Although the beginning of the year to hire the Croatian coach Bilic as the team manager, and in the internal reinforcement of the appropriate reinforcement, but re-entered the period of integration of the Imperial Forest Army still in the early season experienced ups and downs in the results. As a result, it was not easy to kill into the second stage of the championship group as expected, however, the collective return of foreign aid again made Beijing
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The overall strength of the team plummeted, both
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nevertheless
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The Cup race actually had little to do with this team from that moment on. This is something that head coach Bilic has also confessed. If Beijing
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If indeed there is no interest in the AFC Champions League next season, then the last few matches of the next group of title contenders will actually be more of a walk in the park.
For Guangzhou City, they may not have been widely favored before the match, but winning the Beijing
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It's not a cold game either. As far as the performance of this game is concerned, they are really better than their opponents in both offense and defense. On the offensive side, despite the uncomplicated set up, they showed great patience and tacit understanding in passing and running, which was a great help to Beijing.
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The openings behind them were utilized with great determination. In defense, they also limited the ground penetration that the opponents are good at, and several key remedies by goalkeeper Han Jiaqi ensured a shutout. If there was one surprise, it was the five-goal margin of victory. Of course, the suspension of head coach Bilic has more or less given Beijing a chance to win the match.
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The result may have an impact on the morale of both teams for the upcoming matches. In contrast, Guangzhou City's mindset may be more relaxed. Despite the win, they are still the team with the least number of points in the Championship Group, so their biggest goal is to improve their season ranking as much as possible.
