In a bye for the 12th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League, Zhejiang faced Guangzhou at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Huzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. At the start of the match, Frank scored the first goal for Zhejiang in just two minutes; although Wei Shihao followed with a goal, an offside call nullified the goal. In the second half, Evolo and Frank scored consecutive headers from corner kicks, and Zhejiang finally beat Guangzhou 3-0 at home.
Currently, Zhejiang is in the middle of the table at 8th place with 23 points from 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. In their last match against Hebei, Zhejiang won 3-0 in their first home match of the season, ending two consecutive draws and remaining undefeated in the last six rounds of matches. Guangzhou, on the other hand, is deep in the relegation zone with 3 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses, ranking 16th with 10 points. It is worth mentioning that Guangzhou's coaching staff members Zheng Zhi, Huang Bowen and Zhang Chenglin have all been selected to the roster and are expected to feature in this match.
Only 2 minutes into the game, Zhejiang showed a powerful offense. Yao Junsheng played a set piece in the box and Frank skillfully got away from Wei Shihao's defense before scoring with a shot, 1-0! In the 9th minute, Li Xuepeng made a mistake at the back and Evolo grabbed the ball and tried to shoot, but was blocked by the defenders. In the 10th minute, Li Yang committed a tactical foul during Zhejiang's counterattack and received a yellow card. In the 12th minute, Yao Junsheng's shot from the top of the arc went over the crossbar, while Evolo's shot was ruled out for offside.
In the 16th minute, Wei Shihao, assisted by Yang Liyu, attempted a shot on goal, but it was parried out by Gu Chao. Guangzhou then made a comeback, Wei Shihao shot again but was also parried out by Gu Chao. In the 17th minute, Guangzhou took advantage of a corner kick, Yan Dinghao passed the ball to the goal, Wei Shihao parried the ball into the goal, but VAR intervened and ruled it offside, so the goal was invalid.
In the second half, Zhejiang extended their lead in the 49th minute with a header from Evolo to make it 2-0. In the 58th minute, Evolo tried a long range shot but the angle was too right and was parried by Zhang Jianzhi. In the 62nd minute, Yan Dinghao's long ball was lifted by Yang Liyu, but it went high. Ling Jie then fell to the ground after being closed down by a defender in the box, and after VAR ruled that there was no foul.
In extra time, Zhejiang sealed the win. Gu Bin kicked a corner kick, and Frank got a header from the front point to extend the score to 3-0, completing the second time in the match. Finally, the match ended with Zhejiang beating Guangzhou 3-0.
[Both sides lineups Zhejiang lineup: 1-Gu Chao, 2-Liang Nuoheng, 19-Dong Yu (75' 20-Wang Dongsheng), 28-Yue Xin, 36-Lucas, 6-Yao Junsheng (45' 31-Gubin), 11-Frank, 29-Zhang Jiaqi (71' 17-Long Wei), 7-Evolo ( 71' 10-Matthews), 9-Gaudi, 30-Mu Xiekui Substitutes not playing: 33-Zhao Bo, 12-Lai Jinfeng, 3-Wang Jiao, 4-Sun Zheng Ao, 8-Zhong Hao Ran, 18-Abrikmu Abdushamu (U23), 21-Aisha Jiang Kurban (U23), 23-Wu Yuhang (U23)
Guangzhou starting lineup: 19-Zhang Jianzhi (U23), 6-Li Yang, 18-Fan Hengbo, 44-Rong Hao, 45-Li Xuepeng (52' 3-Zhao Wenzhe (U23)), 7-Wei Shihao, 8-Zhang Xiuwei (45' 33-Cai Mingmin (U23)), 15-Yan Dinghao, 39-Huang Guangliang (62 ' 34-Hou Yu (U23)), 17-Yang Liyu, 28-Ling Jie (77' 11-Xie Zifeng (U23)) Substitutes not playing: 1-Liu Shibo, 13-Wan Lik Kai (U23), 20-Wang Shilong (U23), 27-Wei Shouwei (U23), 38-Chen Rijin (U23), 21-Zheng Shengxiong (U23), 24-Ho Xinjie (U23), 23-Li Jiaheng (U23)
