As night falls, the 1/16th final of the AFC Cup comes to an end with ups and downs. Stretched Beijing Guoan and Sichuan Jiuniu, a strong team in the Central League, fought to a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes, but in the penalty shootout to 2-3 hate, the total score of 3-4 regret to go out, stopping the 32 rounds of the AFC Cup.
Before the match, Beijing Guoan manager Bilic revealed that the performance of young players will be the focus of the game. In the face of six international players were drafted, foreign aid failed to return to the team, the Croatian coach cleverly will be the old and new with the lineup on the field, in addition to Liang Shaowen, Chen Yan Park and and Xiaoqiang 3 first-team rookies, the rest of the position by the Chinese Super League "veterans" sit in the town.
Facing Sichuan Jiuniu, who have just finished the third stage of the Central League and are in good form, Beijing Guoan has obviously not found their best form. After all, their last official match was a bye against Shanghai Shenhua on August 15th. Although Wang Ziming scored the first goal with an assist from Cao Yongjing in the 28th minute, the superior Sichuan Jiuniu equalized with Zhang Jiaqi in stoppage time before halftime.
Both sides were unable to rewrite the scoreline and drew 1-1 in 90 minutes of regulation time. According to the rules of the AFC Cup, the match went into a penalty shootout. The first player, Wang Ziming, missed the penalty, and although Housen saved Xiao Kun's shot in the third round, Liu Huan and Yang Fan conceded penalties in the 4th and 5th rounds, losing 2-3 and being eliminated by Sichuan Jiuiu on aggregate score of 3-4.
After the first round of the first two match days of the main round of the competition, the top 16 list of the AFC Cup has been revealed, four Chinese Super League teams stopped in the round of 32, respectively, Guangzhou (lost to Qingdao Youth Island), Guangzhou City (penalty kicks against Sichuan Rongcheng), Beijing Guoan and Hebei (0-1 loss to Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic). It is worth mentioning that these four teams are all teams in the Chinese Super League title contention group this season.
