In a December 20 episode of Beijing TV's Soccer 100, soccer commentators Liang Yan and Wang Changqing, as special guests, reviewed Guoan's 0-5 defeat at Guangzhou City with host Wei Yidong.
Wei Yidong was the first to speak out, "This game exposed obvious tactical errors." Wang Changqing followed the analysis: "Although we showed some wonderful teamwork in the offensive end, but from the goal is still worse than a line of luck, the defensive end of the problem is even more serious. Our three-guard system lacks layers, and the problems that arose were serious, but the adjustments didn't touch the key." Liang Yan, on the other hand, thought, "It may be that the players' understanding of the three center back system is not accurate enough."
"Even after falling behind by three goals, I didn't feel we were desperate and always felt there was still a chance to equalize, but I didn't expect the fourth and fifth goals to come so quickly." Wei Yidong continued.
When it comes to substitutions, guests have expressed confusion. Wang Changqing said bluntly, "I really can't understand it when the young players who have been trained don't play and the players who have been brought in from the Premier League aren't used."
Wei Yidong summarized: "Three feet of ice is not a day's cold, this is not just a problem for the team now, but a deep-rooted problem in the past few years." Liang Yan went on to say, "This problem was already apparent when there were several main foreign aiders on the team, and the team lost its direction once it got used to relying on foreign aiders and once the foreign aiders left the team. Now there is no one in the midfield who can hold up, we brought in high level foreign aid to drive the team, but we didn't learn anything."
"Not only foreign aid, but there has been a shortage of internal aid in the past few years. Besides Zhang Yuning, who else is there? Why is the backline so low in quality after the injuries to Yu Dabao, Yu Yang and Wang Gang? Why is this?" Wei Yidong added.
Finally, Wei Yidong said, "Because of the gold dollar soccer, the team has invested a lot over the years, but clearly does not have the strength to be a strong team in the Chinese Super League. This definitely needs to have something to say, and must be changed. If it doesn't change, we will lose a lot, including the fans. Hopefully this humiliating scoreline will wake the team up."
