When it comes to victory, some call it a narrow one-goal win, while others call it a victory through trials and tribulations. Guoan didn't have it easy in this match with Dalian. However, for the current Guoan team, with the existing lineup, it is difficult to reproduce the previous devastating offensive scene, and can win through penalty kicks, which is the key. Beauty and ugliness aside, three points is better than everything.
This battle, Dalian team formation quite "Tian Ji Race" intention, initially sent a young lineup impact Guoan, to be the second half of Guoan physical emergency and then replace the main force to fight. Jose's strategy really worked. Although they gave up midfield possession, but the main defensive counterattack, Guoan if you can grasp one of the many opportunities in the first half, the result is not just rely on penalty kicks to win. But that's the way it is in soccer, sometimes you have to take the punishment for missing a chance, and sometimes, fate may be on your side again.
The latter clearly happened to Guoan on this night, and the kicking wasn't great, but the ball was still won. Of course, Guoan's victory was not due to luck alone, if not for Park Sung's smart run in the penalty area, I'm afraid there would not have been the scene of him being tripped by the opponent's defender. Speaking of Park Sung, this is the third consecutive game that Guoan's midfielder has had the opportunity to appear, compared to the previous playing time is not much, this battle against the Dalian people of the battle, Bilic gave him 45 minutes of playing time, he and the local midfielder Zhang Xizhe to form a duo, become the team's key to limit the opponents in the second half of the game.
The 90-minute match came to an end, and Guoan completed the "double kill" of the opponent. Although there were some controversies at the end of the game, they are not so important in front of the victory. For Guoan, three points are the most valuable thing, and with five rounds of matches left, if they want to enter the championship group, they will need to continue to win their subsequent matches.
