On May 31, the eighth round of battles in the Central League came to an end with fierce competition. In a major game in Wuhan, Wuhan Three Town and Guizhou team fought to a 1-1 draw. After eight rounds of competition, the points difference between the top seven in the first league is only three points, the leader Meizhou Hakka accumulated 18 points, followed by Zhejiang, Nantong Zhiyun and Wuhan Three Town with 17 points, Shaanxi Xi'an Athletic with 16 points in fourth place, Chengdu Rongcheng and Heilongjiang Bingcheng with 15 points in the fifth and sixth place, respectively.
The match between Wuhan Sanzhen and Guizhou is the highlight of the Wuhan tournament, and this match is directly related to the leading position in the Central League table. If Wuhan Sanzhen wins, it is expected to become the "leader" of the Central League. Although Wuhan Sanzhen is a new team, it has become the favorite to win the Super League with the introduction of a number of Chinese Super League players. The team was on a winning streak until they suffered their first loss in the third round against Guizhou. Wuhan Sanzhen's head coach Alberto emphasized before the match that despite losing to Guizhou in the first round, the team could not afford to lose in this match and would give their best.
Guizhou became the only team in the league to win three consecutive matches after defeating Wuhan Sanzhen. However, the team then suffered three consecutive defeats until the last round of draw against Gusu Dongwu to stop the decline. With the end of the Chinese League One schedule, Guizhou, currently ranked fourth in the Wuhan division, will have to go all out against Wuhan Sanzhen, the top team in their division, if they want to pursue a higher goal.
Wuhan Sanzhen chose to play with two foreign strikers, Ogbu and Jadason, while Edmilson, who had already scored five goals and three assists, did not play. Guizhou, on the other hand, played an "all Chinese team" without a center forward, and Ural, a u23 youngster in the front line, was replaced in the 24th minute by Ilhamujiang, who was actually only a midfielder. Wuhan Sanzhen firmly took the initiative, and the overall offense was a little rough, except for the attack orchestrated by Luo Shengwen, which was converted into a goal. Although Guizhou played tenaciously and aggressively, no one was available in the forward line, which hindered their offense. The first half was a fierce battle between the two teams, with Wuhan Sanzhen taking a 1-0 lead due to their lineup advantage.
A goal down, Guizhou did not give up in the second half, they adopted a high pressure tactic, spreading the battle to the opponent's danger zone, successive set-pieces, and finally seized the opportunity to equalize the score.
The game entered the end, Wuhan Three Town in order to turn the situation all-out attack, but Edmilson in the limited time failed to make a difference, and other attacking opportunities were lost with the goal, and finally both sides ended in a draw. (Source: June 1, China Sports Daily, page 04)
