In the 16th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan sat in the Gongti to face the visiting Cangzhou Lions. Guoan has 28 points in the first 15 rounds, 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, 14 points behind the top Harbour in 5th place, and needs to rebound strongly as soon as possible if they want to compete for next season's AFC Champions League qualification. Cangzhou Lions currently have 4 wins, 3 draws, 8 losses, 15 points, ranking 15th in the standings, and the goal is relegation. In the last 6 league meetings between the two teams, Guoan has a clear advantage of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and has recently won 3 consecutive wins, including 2 games with 5 goals +, and the performance is very strong.
In the 5th minute, Lin Liangming took the ball in the Cangzhou Lions penalty area, but failed to form a shot under the pressure of the defenders; Fabio scored in the 6th minute, but the offside position was invalidated for the first goal; In the 12th minute, Fabio fell in response to the penalty area, and the referee did not say anything; In the 13th minute, Fabio received a cross from his teammates and headed the goal, but unfortunately the ball was deflected; In the 15th minute, Oscar stepped forward, stopped the ball and shot with his feet, and the ball was kicked directly away;
In the 17th minute, the balance on the field was broken, Ngadewu sent a long pass to assist Adebenro to stab the goal, Guoan led 1-0; In the 23rd minute, Guoan got an excellent set-piece opportunity in the front field, and Zhang Xizhe kicked it slightly; In the 31st minute, the Cangzhou Lions counterattacked, Oscar stepped forward into the penalty area, and then shot with his feet, and the ball missed again;
In the 32nd minute, Guoan rewrote the score again, Adebenro assisted Fabio to score, and Guoan opened the gap 2-0; In the 43rd minute, Ever fell in the Guoan penalty area, but the referee did not award a penalty;
Yibian fought again, in the 51st minute, Guga advanced with the ball in the middle of the front field, and after a slight adjustment at the top of the arc of the big penalty area, he shot from a distance, and the ball was high; In the 58th minute, Ngadewu scored, but the offside was invalid; In the 65th minute, Guoan made 2 substitutions, with Yu Dabao and Fang Hao coming on as substitutes; In the 77th minute, Oscar stepped forward again to get a chance to shoot, Han Jiaqi struggled to save, but the linesman also raised the flag to signal offside;
In the 80th minute, Wang Ziming grabbed a header in front of the goal, and the ball was deflected; In the 84th minute, Yang Liyu shot from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball went straight into the far corner, and Guoan completely sealed the victory 3-0. With a big lead, Guoan fans celebrated collectively in the audience;
In the 92nd minute, Wang Ziming burst into the penalty area and was brought down, and the referee did not indicate it, but then VAR intervened. Judging from the slow-motion replay, this was an obvious foul, Zheng Kaimu had lost his position, and the pull behind him caused Wang Ziming to lose his balance and fall to the ground. Sure enough, the referee went to the sidelines to watch the replay and then pointed to the penalty spot, and Wang Ziming personally took the penalty shot, 4-0! At the end of 6 minutes of stoppage time, Guoan defeated the Cangzhou Lions at home, got a hearty victory, and overtook Taishan to rise to 4th place in the standings.