Guoan's coaching change has revitalized the team and rekindled hope in the battle for the top four. The team's newly introduced foreign aid Fabio failed to make his debut. Ricardo Suarez surprisingly sent only two foreigners to start against Meizhou Hakka, Ngadeu and De Souza, while Adeleo and Ademi stood in as substitutes. In the face of an intensive schedule, Guoan sought to maintain fitness in order to start the game from the back. Meizhou Hakka, on the other hand, will stick to their dense defense. Guoan's offense looked like the old days, but the siege could not be converted into goals.
In the 12th minute, Fang Hao counterattacked a foul and fell to the ground, but quickly got up and burst in with the ball, his teammates passed the ball accurately, but the second pass was wrong and missed a good opportunity. In the 18th minute, Meizhou Hakka newcomer Konrad opened the scoring, Guoan away 0-1 down. The ball was refracted by the foot of Ngaardeu, the goal was quite unexpected, but also disrupted the tactical layout of Suarez. Start without four foreign aid is obviously a blunder, underestimated the strength of Meizhou Hakka, making Guoan no breakthrough point in front of the field, the attack stalled. In the 39th minute, Conrad received the ball broke the goal, Guoan 0-2 behind. The game was similar to Guoan's previous loss to Qingdao Hainiu, in which they were passive in the first half. With center back Park Yang making frequent mistakes, Guoan struggled to cope with the game. Meizhou had a clear home advantage, leading by two goals. In the 43rd minute, Konrad went for a single goal, but was offside. Toward the end of the first half, Guoan goalkeeper Han Jiaqi made a mistake and pounced on the ball, leaving Guoan trailing 0-3 at halftime. The suspense of the game was gone. Suarez's new assistance was costly. In the second half, Guoan replaced Adebenelo, Ademi and Wang Gang, the team although the ball possession rate of 60%, but the gap is too large, anxiety. Meizhou Hakka held on to the lead throughout the game. Guoan's offense was hindered and unable to score. Yu Dabao and Adeben Lo's shots were both blocked. In the end, Guoan was defeated 1-3 on the road. Wang Ziming scored a goal to save face, reaching a career high of 7 goals in a season. There are three "sinners" in this game: one is the head coach Suarez, whose tactical layout mistakes, need to bear the main responsibility; two is the center back Bo Yang, easy to be broken, mistakes frequently; three is the goalkeeper Han Jiaqi, the ball into their own door. Han Jiaqi's performance has fluctuated this season. After the game, Guoan ranked sixth in the Chinese Super League with 24 points. The team's new recruit Fabio is coming soon, and Guoan needs to make a choice among the five foreigners to make room for Fabio.
