The joy of victory was like a quickly tightened pants chain as Beijing Guoan, after losing back-to-back games to the Shanghai duo, celebrated their first win of the new season in a seemingly easy game against Dalian, and manager Bilic finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Guoan's victory was not as easy as it seemed. The absence of Wang Gang and Kim Min Jae made the defense reorganization, the first half of Guoan also encountered challenges, Gao Tianyi's shot was not accurate, Dalian counterattack once threatened the Guoan goal. Bieira's accidental injury caught Guoan off guard, midfielder Wu Wei's ferocious foul triggered a conflict, Bieira fell to the ground in pain, Guoan players were indignant, how to adjust in the second half, became unknown.
For Guoan, this win meant avoiding a loss and they had to play their offense to the max. In the 48th minute, the whole stadium chorused in memory of the late former international player Zhang Enhua, and then Guoan blew up the offense.
Bieira left the field, Zhang Xizhe and Zhang Yuning played well, the former assisted the latter, and the latter assisted the former, a series of tacit cooperation, so that Guoan scored two goals in a short period of time. Dalian defense instantly collapsed, two goals are Zhang Yuning's credit, a direct assist, an indirect assist.
Guoan were on the attack and Zhang Yuning pulled the strings again, Li Ke received a half-volley and fired a shot, but Zhang Chong was quick to pounce on it. Zhang Yuning's assist was strong, but this time it was blocked by goalkeeper Zhang Chong. Dalian's psychological pressure increased, Tong Lei was sent off for a stamping foul, Guoan was two goals down, and with one man in the battle, Dalian had no way back.
Toward the end of the game, there was a suspected handball in the Guoan penalty area, but the VAR looked back and did not award a penalty. The referee failed to penalize Jin Taiyan's apparent handball, and even if the penalty was awarded, there was nothing to be done about it. Time had run out and Dalian lost again in the controversy.
