As the curtain fell on the 25th round of the China First Division League, Guangxi Pingguo Ha Rang welcomed Sichuan Jiuniu at home. The two sides started a 90-minute battle, however, Guangxi team suffered from the plight of three consecutive losses in the second half, and lost 0-3, the loss of this key battle almost declared that their dream of overtaking the car is broken, and the dream of overtaking the car will be in vain in the next round at the earliest.
For this match with Sichuan Jiuniu, its importance is self-evident, the winner will hold the key to six points. Before the game, Guangxi announced the adjustment of the coaching team, before the vacation of the head coach Jiang Chen completely left, Ali Han took over as technical director, Du Zhenyu as assistant coach, the new coaching team in full charge of the team. At the same time, three key players such as captain Zhao Xuri also left the team at a critical moment.
Despite Sichuan Jiuniu's overall strength being slightly better, Guangxi didn't choose to put up a conservative defensive formation, as they were eager to show their strength at home. In the first half, both sides had chances but failed to score.
However, the second half saw a sudden change. In less than 10 minutes, Sichuan Jiuniu's foreigner Jisen scored twice to take a 2-0 lead, and in the 72nd minute, Garcia's long-distance shot increased the lead to 3-0. Although Guangxi tried to save face, Sichuan Jiuniu's defense was rock solid, and Guangxi was eventually humiliated 0-3 at home.
After this game, Sichuan Jiuniu leads the Central League table with 54 points, followed by Qingdao West Coast with 51 points. Guangxi is fifth with 43 points, and the gap with Qingdao West Coast is eight points.
As the league enters the end, Guangxi team's hope of overtaking the Super League is getting slimmer and slimmer. Due to the fact that they are behind Qingdao West Coast in terms of mutual results, Guangxi will declare their failure to reach the Super League as early as two rounds from now. This is rare in the history of China's first division league. If they miss this opportunity, Guangxi's road to the Super League will be even more difficult next season. After all, the team's top scorer An Yongjia can no longer stay. Guangxi can only wait to see when the first Chinese Super League team will be born.
