Chinese Super League Spotlight Matchups: Beijing-Guangdong Battle
December 13, 2021 BST.
China Premier League (CPL)
The first round of the second stage is in full swing.
Beijing Guoan (soccer team)
It was a fierce competition with Guangzhou.
For a long time, the battle between these two powerhouses has been known as the "Battle of Beijing and Guangdong", and its intensity is rare in the domestic arena. In recent years, the two teams have offered many wonderful city derbies, and fans are naturally eagerly awaiting this feast.
However, the recent Guangzhou team suddenly broke out in a salary scandal, the assembly time was delayed again and again, and the players were delayed in getting the club to call up, so they had to return to the club for training on their own initiative. The team officials even announced the regrouping only a few days before the start of the league. After the national team game, many naturalized players were caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, and Ackerson even returned to Brazil directly.
Meanwhile, Beijing Guoan is also facing financial difficulties, with news of the team's salary arrears and, more seriously, personnel problems. Previously a number of big-name foreign aid have left the team, only a new foreign aid Silva available, the manager Bilic can be said to be stretched to the limit.
In this context, this "Beijing-Spike derby" is more like a "derby in arrears". On one side is a single foreign aid fighting Beijing Guoan, on the other side is only left LiuDengZhou a national football all Chinese class lineup. The entire game 90 minutes down, the gap between the strength of both sides is obvious, compared with the peak of the two teams face-off, the level has dropped significantly. No wonder journalists and fans have complained that the game was bland and dull.
