After a fierce battle on May 6, Guizhou grabbed the lead with a blistering goal in the opening two minutes, while Wuhan Sanzhen failed to reverse the score in the 90-minute match despite their best efforts. After the match, Wuhan Sanzhen's manager Alberto admitted in the press conference that the opponent's quick goal disrupted the team's position and the opponent's rich experience in the game became the key to win.
Facing a question from a reporter from CKJ, Alberto said, "The game went completely out of our expectation, the opponent broke through quickly and we tried every means to try to equalize the score, but unfortunately we couldn't achieve it. This is soccer and we must learn from this that even with the best performances, the game will not always go our way." He further explained that the team's substitutions during the game were made for tactical reasons and had to change their attacking strategy, and therefore were not unhappy with any player's performance. "In response to the opponent's three center back layout, we tried to break through from the middle to the side and play behind the opponent, but it was ineffective and we did not find such an opportunity in the first half," Alberto recalled, "In the second half we changed our tactics and tried to save time attacking the ribcage by searching for the opponent's behind through long passes, but unfortunately, we did not achieve the desired result."
In this "Battle of Heaven's Mountain" in the Central League, one statistic is staggering. Guizhou won the game while committing as many as 30 fouls, and with Wuhan Sanzhen's 10 fouls, the entire game (including 9 minutes of extra time in the first and second halves) saw the two teams commit as many as 40 fouls, and the game was interrupted by fouls almost every 2 minutes. Such a game is naturally extremely unfavorable to the attacking side, as the integrity and continuity of each attack cannot be guaranteed.
Looking back to the year before last, the CFA raised the issue of "net playing time" and encouraged all teams to take the initiative to reduce fouls and intentional delays in the game, which not only helps to maintain the consistency of the game, but also brings a better viewing experience to the majority of fans.
