On the golden night of September 3, the 16th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League (CSL) season kicked off at 19:30 GMT. Guangzhou City welcomed Jinmen Tigers at their home stadium Yuexiu Mountain. In the first half of the match, Guangzhou City's Song Wenjie performed valiantly and scored twice in a row with headers and kicks. Both sides failed to rewrite the score in the second half, and finally Guangzhou City defeated Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 2-0, successfully stopping the 13 consecutive rounds of defeats.
[Battlefield Express]
In the first 15 rounds of the season, Guangzhou City only accumulated 3 points and ranked 17th at the bottom of the table, while Jinmen Tigers ranked 11th with 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. The match was Li Wei Feng's debut after taking over Guangzhou City. In the starting lineup, Guangzhou City was led by Guilherme and Song Wenjie, while Zimmen Tigers fielded strong players such as Barton, Merida and Belichick.
[Highlights]
Only 11 minutes into the match, Jinmen Tigers launched an attack and Wang Qiuming received the ball and shot the ball off target. In the 13th minute, Fu Yuncheng missed a pass and almost lost the ball, but Han Jiaqi was able to clear the ball in time. In the 17th minute, Barton scuffed the goal frame. In the 21st minute, Guilherme's low shot was parried by Xu Jiamin.
Guangzhou City broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute, Liao Jiajun made a successful counter-strike, Zhang Gong divided the ball to the right side, Guilherme cut inside and shot at the goal after a refraction, Song Wenjie added a shot to the goal, 1-0!
Guangzhou City added a second goal in the 31st minute when Li Yongjia crossed the ball and Song Wenjie leapt up to head home to make it 2-0!
In the 36th minute, Jinmen Tiger's long-distance shot was confiscated by Han Jiaqi. In the 39th minute, Beric clashed with Liao Jiajun in a confrontation. Guangzhou City took a 2-0 lead at halftime.
In the 65th minute, Guangzhou got a free kick and Guilherme's shot was parried. In the 67th minute, Jinmen Tigers attacked, Merida direct, Wang Qiuming shot was parried. In the 69th minute, Rosa crossed the ball and Han Jiaqi confiscated it.
Merida's shot went wide in the 78th minute. In the 83rd minute, Tianjin Jinmenhu's set piece shot bounced off their own player. In the end, Guangzhou City beat Tianjin Jinmenhu 2-0.
[Lineup]
Guangzhou City start: 22 - Han Jiaqi, 17 - Fu Yun Cheng, 18 - Eagle, 19 - Jiang Jihong, 35 - Liao Jiajun, 4 - Zhang Gong, 10 - Li Tixiang, 12 - Guilherme, 13 - Ning An, 38 - Li Yongjia, 29 - Song Wenjie
Substitutes not playing: 1-Cheng Yuelei, 23-Zhou Yuchen, 31-Zhang Jinliang, 32-Chen Zhizhao, 33-Jinbo, 39-Su Yuliang, 40-Yang Yang, 41-Wu Junjie
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers start: 26 - Xu Jiamin, 6 - Gao Jiarun, 19 - Bai Yufeng, 27 - Zhang Wei, 33 - Song Yue, 7 - Zhou Tong, 29 - Barton, 30 - Wang Qiuming, 31 - Tian Yinong, 38 - Merida, 9 - Berridge
Substitutes not on the field: 22-Fang Jingqi, 25-Yan Bingliang, 5-Qiu Timyi, 23-Qian Yumiao, 8-Zhao Yingjie, 17-Zhou Zheng, 24-Park Taoyu, 37-Sun Xuelong
