On July 12, in the 19th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL), Beijing Guoan suffered a humiliating 1-5 defeat against Shanghai Haigang. After the match, journalist Madxing gave his assessment.
Madxing wrote on his personal Weibo, “Continuous ‘bloodbaths’ in Shanghai – last round it was Shandong Taishan, disgraceful; this round it’s Beijing Guoan, even more disgraceful! Shandong Taishan was clearly playing with resentment; what about Guoan? Sigh, they sent out all the young players on loan and kept the old ones – that’s the bitter fruit! If not for the help of the post blocking four shots, Guoan might have seen a repeat of the ‘1-9’ scoreline! Utter disgrace!!!”
