Reporter Wang Wei reports On the evening of May 11, Meizhou Hakka Team, with the goals of Ye Chugui and Wang Jianan, led Beijing Guoan with two goals in the half court in the 11th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League, forcing Suarez to play four centers in the second half. However, the turning point of the final game occurred in the 74th minute. Pan Ximing, the central defender of Meizhou Hakka, was sent off by the referee Zhihong for a foul. Beijing Guoan, who played one more player, scored three goals in eight minutes. Finally, Meizhou Hakka was reversed 3-2 by Beijing Guoan. After the game, Pablo, the coach of the Meizhou Hakka team, said that it was a pity that he could not win the game. It was really hard to resist the counter attack of Guoan Team with one less player.
In this round, the injured and suspended players of Meizhou Hakka team basically returned to the team. The captain Shi Liang recovered from the injury. The central defenders Liao Junjian and Pan Ximing, who were suspended for red cards in the last round, also returned to the starting line-up. The Brazilian foreign aid Rodrigo, who recovered from the injury in the last round, sat on the bench and stood ready at any time. Pablo made a change to the defensive end of the team in this game. Wang Jianan replaced Ru Zinan as the right wing back.
In the first two seasons, Meizhou Hakka team and Guoan team won 3 draws and 1 loss in four matches, but in the work sports, Meizhou Hakka team has the confidence of being unbeaten. When Meizhou Hakka team challenged Beijing Guoan away in the first round of the league last season, Ye Chugui was the first to break the deadlock. In that game, Guoan team finally pulled the score to 1-1 with Zhang Xizhe's penalty kick.
It is also because of the experience of last season's away game, Meizhou Hakka is not afraid of the stage this time. After the start of the game, although Beijing Guoan Team controlled the game, Meizhou Hakka Team used a counter attack in the 19th minute to score a low shot from Ye Chugui on the line of the restricted area. This goal was the same as the first goal in the Workers' Stadium last season.
After Meizhou Hakka took the lead, Guoan was forced to adjust its personnel. Suarez replaced full back He Yupeng with Fang Hao in the 38th minute. However, this change did not stop the Meizhou Hakka team's quick flash. Before the end of the first half, the Meizhou Hakka team's right wing guard Wang Jianan scored a goal with a sliding shovel, and the Meizhou Hakka team took a 2-0 lead at half time.
In the Workers' Sports Team, which was 2-0 ahead of Guoan Team, Meizhou Hakka frequently made a big move against Suarez. In the second half, Lin Liangming replaced Cao Yongjing, then Yu Dabao and Zhang Yuan, strengthening the control of the front court. In order to recover the score, Guoan Team put several forwards in the attack, with Fabio, Zhang Yuling and Yu Dabaoding at the front, Lin Liangming and Fang Hao attacking on the two flanks, and the five attackers took turns to attack Meizhou Hakka's defense line.
In the first 20 minutes of the second half, Meizhou team did not panic under the tide of attack of Guoan team. The five guards had a clear division of labor, leaving no room for Zhang Yuling, Fabio and other forward players to take the ball. However, in the 74th minute of the game, Pan Ximing, the guard of Meizhou Hakka, kicked Fabio behind his back and was directly sent off. This red card became the turning point of the game.
Two minutes later, Li Lei of Beijing Guoan Team made a bottom pass and assisted Lin Liangming to score a goal in front of the goal, 1-2. Seeing that Guoan team, which hopes to equalize, replaced Guga, the midfielder, with Wang Ziming, the striker, and made a desperate effort to fight back, at the moment, Beijing Guoan has released six attackers in the front court.
In the 82nd minute, Yu Dabao's curling shot outside the restricted area equalized at the far corner, 2-2. In the 84th minute, Fabio assisted Fang Hao to steal a header in front of the goal to finish the counter attack, 3-2. The Beijing Guoan team had three cities in eight minutes, and the Meizhou Hakka team finally made two concessions to three, regrettably missing the good game.
After the game, Wang Jianan, a player of Meizhou Hakka, said: "The whole team made their best efforts in this game, and the 2-0 lead in the first half was the result of everyone's joint efforts." However, the 2-3 defeat of Meizhou Hakka in the end could not hide the regret of Meizhou Hakka.
The real turning point of this game was Pan Ximing's foul straight red on the 74th minute. Although Pablo adjusted his personnel as quickly as possible, he finally let Beijing Guoan's three goals overturn. It is worth mentioning that Pan Ximing has just returned from the red card suspension. He received a red card in the home game against Qingdao West Coast on April 30, and suspended in the home game against Cangzhou Lion on May 5.
After the game, Pablo said: "In the warm atmosphere of the new sports team, we took a 2-0 lead in the first half and lost the game, which was a pity. However, the efforts and team spirit of the whole team are worthy of recognition, especially when one person was sent off in the second half. Guoan Team attacked on a large scale when two goals were behind. The whole team was very tenacious, but still could not withstand the other's counterattack."
