As the seventh round of the Chinese League One wrapped up at night on April 22, Guangzhou made a quick request - to postpone their eighth round match against Suzhou Dongwu, which was scheduled to take place in the near future, to the following day.
After a 2-1 victory, Guangzhou's manager Salvador unveiled the change in his post-match press conference, "We have submitted a postponement request to the Football Association with the expectation of postponing next Sunday's away game to Sunday. We had originally planned the game for Saturday and now we hope to postpone it to Sunday in order to give Alegria the opportunity to return to the team and show his presence in the game."
