On August 1, Guizhou and Sichuan Jiuniu shook hands in the 15th round of the 2021 season of the Chinese League A at the Arena of the Hankou Culture and Sports Center in Wuhan, with the score set at 0-0. Zhao Hejing was honored as the best player after the match.
Facing the camera, Guizhou head coach Chen Mao was blunt in the post-match conference: "Today's draw was lucky, but the match performance was not ideal. Compared with our opponents, we are obviously much inferior. In terms of offense and defense conversion and teamwork, we did not show the level we should have. Combined with the heat and humidity and age disadvantage, we did not perform well. However, we can't complain about these external factors, the problem lies within ourselves."
Talking about the coming matches, Chen Mao revealed, "We have a six-day break and will make full use of this time to take stock. Nonetheless, I am grateful to the players for their attitude of maintaining a high intensity of play despite the high temperatures." Talking about the team's once passive situation, Chen Mao explained, "We didn't put special emphasis on defense because of our own frequent mistakes, which led to us having to make frequent defensive adjustments."
