With Salvador joining the team, the overall style of Guangzhou team has realized a complete reversal. In the first match away to Dongguan Federation, he led the team to start the new season with a victory. In the following three rounds of matches, Guangzhou defeated Jiangxi Lushan and Dandong Tengyue, successfully escaping the relegation crisis. In this round, Guangzhou continued their strong momentum when they hosted Yanbian Longding. Just 12 minutes into the match, Ling Jie opened the scoring with a stunning overhead kick, giving Guangzhou a 1-0 lead.
Although Yanbian launched a fierce counterattack afterwards, Guangzhou held on to this lead with their impenetrable defense. Guangzhou's offense became sharper and sharper after the change of sides. In the 80th minute, Guangzhou's forward pressing tactics forced Yanbian players to make mistakes. Parmanjiang quickly seized the opportunity to score, followed by a clever pass to the front of the goal. Bugra Khan easily finished the goal, 2-0! This score sealed the match early on! In the end, Guangzhou won 2-0 against Yanbian Longding, continuing to consolidate their three consecutive league wins and making steady progress towards their goal of surpassing the competition.
Not long ago, Guangzhou's chairman Xu Jiayin praised the Haikou team with some bold words at the team's management meeting. He was convinced that even with a young team, Guangzhou would be able to go above and beyond next year and return to the ranks of China's top league. At the time, many fans scoffed at the idea, believing that good foreign aid was the key to the Chinese league, and that it was a pipe dream for an "all-Chinese" Guangzhou team to surpass it.
However, the victory in this round of the tournament has undoubtedly silenced all the scoffers. Guangzhou team proved to the world that Xu Jiayin's grandiose words are not empty!
