Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic faced Guangzhou City in the 9th round of the Chinese Super League on a star-studded July 27 at 18:00 sharp. The battle opened with a clever header from Tursunov to make up for Chongqing's first breakthrough. Immediately after, Feng Jin extended the lead with a precise shot on the counterattack. In the second half, Dong Honglin's precise shot broke through the goal, and Bolaños sealed the win, finally Chongqing beat Guangzhou City by a big score of 4-0.
Looking back at the first 8 rounds of matches, Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic suffered 4 consecutive defeats, with only 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses, accumulating 4 points and ranking 8th in Guangzhou Region. Guangzhou City, on the other hand, had 4 consecutive draws in the last 4 rounds of matches, with a record of 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 11 points and ranking fourth in the Guangzhou Region.
In the 2nd minute, Guangzhou City had a corner kick opportunity, Huang Zhengyu's shot was blocked by Chongqing players, then Deng Xiaofei pounced on Ye Chugui's supplementary shot. In the 3rd minute, Chongqing attacked, free kick in front of the field, Feng Jin's lion's head shot deflected out. In the 10th minute, Dembele received a yellow card for a foul. In the 11th minute, Feng Jin's diagonal pass, Fernandinho hit the post at the top of the penalty area, and Bolaños' shot was parried by Han Jiaqi.
In the 17th minute, Huang Xiyang's corner kick was driven to the penalty area, Yang Shuai scuffed his header and Tursunov then followed up with a header to give Chongqing a 1-0 lead over Guangzhou City.
In the 29th minute, Guangzhou City's corner kick was intercepted, Chongqing's quick counterattack, Fernandinho passed the ball to Feng Jin, who scored with a shot, giving Chongqing a 2-0 lead over Guangzhou City.
In the 32nd minute, Dembele split the ball to the right side, Tang Miao crossed the ball and Thiago's header was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 38th minute, Yang Xiaotian fell down in Chongqing's penalty area and the referee failed to award a penalty kick, sparking discontent among Guangzhou City players. In the 43rd minute, Eagle passed the ball and Dembele shot vigorously at the goal, which was pounced by Deng Xiaofei. In first half stoppage time, Feng Jin inverted a triangle pass, Fernandinho pushed the ball near the penalty spot, Han Jiaqi confiscated the ball. The first half ended with Chongqing leading Guangzhou City 2-0.
Second half.
In the 55th minute, Dembele countered a breakaway and Guilherme's shot was blocked.
In the 61st minute, Feng Jin made a long run to the penalty area with the ball, and Dong Honglin fired a shot to give Chongqing a 3-0 lead over Guangzhou City. Zhang Gong's shot hit the crossbar and bounced out in the 63rd minute.
Chongqing added another point in the 86th minute when Bolaños broke through with an international wave from the left side of the top of the penalty area, sealing a 4-0 win for Chongqing.
In the end, Chongqing thrashed Guangzhou City 4-0.
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic's lineup: 16-Deng Xiaofei, 3-Yang Shuai, 6-Jiang Shenglong (U23), 20-Liu Le (59' 11-Wu Qing), 33-Tursunov, 7-Feng Jin, 13-Yin Congyao (59' 18-Dong Honglin), 14-Huang Xiyang (90' 31-Zhang Xingbo), 15-Chen Jie, 30-Fernandinho, 23-Bolaños (90' 4- Luo Hao).
Unattached substitutes: 1-Chen Zhao, 36-Fan Weixiang, 5-Xu Wu, 8-Sun Kai, 24-Baihetiar, 28-Wen Tianpeng, 29-Deng Jiaxing (U23).
Guangzhou City's lineup: 22 - Han Jiaqi (U23), 18 - Eagle, 19 - Jiang Jihong, 20 - Tang Miao, 27 - Yang Xiaotian (69' 10 - Li Tixiang), 36 - Huang Zhengyu, 4 - Zhang Gong (77' 7 - Caldona), 8 - Dembele, 11 - Ye Chugui (46' 29 - Song Wenjie), 12 - Guilherme, 9 - Thiago.
Unattached substitutes: 1-Cheng Yuelei, 23-Zhou Yuchen, 5-Hu Ruibao, 15-Han Pengfei, 35-Wang Huapeng (U23), 6-Fan Yunlong, 16-Chen Junle, 32-Chen Zhizhao, 37-Wen Yongjun (U23).
