On the night of August 3, at 20:30 Beijing time, the 11th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) was a hotly contested match between Beijing Guoan and Wuhan. In the first half, in the 15th minute, Bakambu's low shot pierced the opponent's door, 20 minutes later, Zhang Yuning clever assist, Bakambu another city, while Lopez's shot hit the post but also let a person regret. In the second half, Evra equalized for Wuhan in the 66th minute, and finally, Beijing Guoan narrowly beat Wuhan 2-1.
After the match, Guoan manager Bilic attended the press conference and said with emotion: "This victory is well deserved. I think we played well overall, there were many highlights in the game, especially before we scored, we created many chances. In several aspects, we showed our characteristics, such as how we pressed the opponent and how we created goal scoring opportunities."
"Despite the resilience shown by the opposition after going 0-2 down, we had our chances to kill the game and unfortunately didn't capitalize on them.The 2-0 scoreline looked good but was full of risks. Especially after we couldn't score a third goal while the other team scored a third, we were slow to finish the game and the opponent started to take risks and put more players into the attack. The opponent has the top strikers in the Chinese Super League and their homegrown players are equally good, and they are all capable of playing great soccer."
"Still, I'd like to start by praising my lads, my players put in a brave performance and were like heroes on the pitch. Looking at the performance on the pitch, we had a real problem converting our goal scoring chances into points. Zhang Yuning is a great player, his ability to carry the ball, protect the ball and get away from the ball is excellent and it was only a matter of time before he scored."
"In this game, we were a little less fit after the 2-0, which is related to the recent intensive matches. Unfortunately, we don't have enough men in the squad to rotate at the moment and all we can do at the moment is to help the players recover well and then expect them to continue to give great performances."
Q: Bakambu scored 2 goals today but also wasted a single goal, how do you rate his performance?
Bilic: I can only tell you that Bakambu is a player of a different class, he is definitely of a different class compared to the other players on the field. If he had been training with us in our country, I can't imagine what level he would have reached. Nevertheless, he was able to be the best player of the tournament, scoring two goals and helping his teammates to create goal-scoring opportunities.
