At 19:30 Beijing time on August 17th, the 13th round of the Chinese Super League was in full swing, and Meizhou Hakka and Guangzhou City started a focus match. In the first half, Yin Hongbo missed a good opportunity, and Jiang Jihong saved the day with a header; in the second half, Cui Wei equalized the score with a long-distance shot, and then Vukanovic added another goal, and finally Meizhou Hakka narrowly beat Guangzhou City by 2-1.
In the first 12 rounds of the regular season, Meizhou Hakka accumulated 20 points with 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, temporarily ranking fifth overall, while Guangzhou City ranked at the bottom of the league with a poor record of 1 win and 11 losses, accumulating only 3 points and conceding a total of 10 goals in the last three matches.
[Highlights]
In the 3rd minute, Meizhou Hakka attacked from a corner kick and Dujalić's header was saved by the goalkeeper as the angle was too right.
In the 8th minute, Guangzhou City organized an attack outside the penalty area and Cardona took a long-distance shot, which was fast but slightly off-angle and was smartly parried by the goalkeeper.
In the 15th minute, Meizhou Hakka attacked from the left, Kosovic passed the ball in front of the goal, but his teammates failed to parry the ball into place in time and missed a good opportunity.
In the 23rd minute, Yang Yihu sent a precise cross from the left side of Meizhou Hakka, and Yin Hongbo's header hit the goal, but it bounced off the post.
In the 38th minute, Meizhou's Shi Liang took a powerful shot from outside the box that grazed the post and flew off the line.
Guangzhou City broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute when Jiang Jihong scored a header from inside the penalty area to give Guangzhou City a 1-0 lead over Meizhou Hakka!
In the 53rd minute, Meizhou Hakka equalized the score, Yin Hongbo knocked back from the penalty line, Cui Wei followed up with a powerful shot, the ball flew into the lower left corner of the goal, Meizhou Hakka 1-1 Guangzhou City.
In the 65th minute, Meizhou Hakka went back on top, Rodriguez's pass from the left was parried by Vukanovic for a goal, Meizhou Hakka 2-1 Guangzhou City.
In the 75th minute, Rodriguez took a long shot from outside the box that went high.
In the 85th minute, Rodriguez won the ball from the right side of the field, broke into the penalty area along the baseline, inverted the triangle pass to the center of the field, and Yin Congyao grabbed the shot and missed.
The match ended with Meizhou Hakka beating Guangzhou City 2-1.
[Both lineups]
Meizhou Hakka starting lineup: 22-Hou Yu, 6-Liao Junjian, 17-Yang Yihu, 20-Dugalić, 21-Wang Wei, 10-Yin Hongbo, 13-Shi Liang, 19-Yang Yilin (U23), 25-Rodrigo, 27-Kosovic, 9-Vukanovic
Substitutes: 1-Mak Ko Diamond, 3-Li Junfeng, 4-Laurez, 7-Guo Yi, 8-Liang Xueming, 11-Jisen, 12-Yin Congyao, 16-Yang Chaosheng, 18-Huo Liang, 23-Cui Wei, 30-Li Shuai, 33-Liu Sheng
Guangzhou City Starts: 1-Cheng Yuelei, 17-Fu Yuncheng, 19-Jiang Jihong, 20-Tang Miao, 41-Wu Junjie (U23), 4-Zhang Gong, 10-Li Tixiang, 16-Chen Junlei, 38-Li Yongjia (U23), 7-Cardona, 29-Song Wenjie
Guangzhou City substitutes: 22 - Han Jiaqi (U23), 18 - Eagle, 30 - Chen Yajun (U23), 35 - Liao Jiajun (U23), 6 - Fan Yunlong, 13 - Ning'an, 15 - Wang Peng, 9 - Guihong, 33 - Jinbo, 34 - Wei Feng (U23), 37 - Wen Yongjun (U23), 40 - Yang Yang (U23)
