Baihelam passed + dyed red, and the Guangdong team defeated the defending provincial and Hong Kong cups

Reporter Wang Wei reports On the evening of January 22, the second leg of the 43rd Provincial Hong Kong Cup Football Match was held at the Hong Kong Stadium. Guangdong successfully defended their title by winning 2-1 away from home with goals from Baihelam and Xia Dalong, winning 3-2 on aggregate over two legs, which was the 26th time in the history of Guangdong to win the provincial-Hong Kong Cup.

In this year's Provincial and Hong Kong Cup, the Guangdong team was formed by the players of the Shenzhen Xinpengcheng Football Club of the Chinese Super League, and at the same time joined the players of Meizhou Hakka and Guangdong Guangzhou Leopards, and continued to be coached by local coach Zhou Suian, and the Italian head coach of Shenzhen Xinpengcheng team, Latanzio, served as the executive coach.

In the first leg, the Guangdong team adopted an offensive formation of 343, and in Guangzhou Yuexiu Mountain, the two teams fought 1-1 with goals from Jiang Zhipeng and Stephen Penglina.

In the second leg of the game on the evening of January 22, the Guangdong team continued to use the 343 offensive formation, but the starting team was adjusted by 7 people, Zhao Shi served as the starting goalkeeper in this game, and the back line was Yang Yiming, Hu Ruibao, Yu Rui, and the midfield was composed of Jiang Zhipeng, Zhang Xiaobin, Zhang Wei and captain Zhang Yudong, and the front line was Nansong, Baihelam, and Xia Hezati.

The starting list of the Hong Kong, China team is goalkeeper Ng Wai Him, the back line is composed of Yu Weilian, Alexzu, Zeng Yixing, Zeng Letu, Hu Jinming, Huang Haojun, Stephen Penleyna, Li Xiaoheng, Ai Hua, and striker Liu Jiaqiao is at the front.

Hong Kong, China, who were at home, launched an offensive soon after the opening kick-off, creating danger in front of the Guangdong team on several occasions, but failed to score. After withstanding the opening attack of Hong Kong, Guangdong, Guangdong began to wait for an opportunity to counterattack, and in the 33rd minute, Baihelam broke the deadlock on the field, and maintained the score of 1-0 until the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, the Hong Kong, China team launched a lightning offensive, Liu Jiaqiao drove straight into the ball with the ball, shook off the defenders of the Guangdong team to complete a wonderful goal, and tied the score at 1-1. In the second half of the game, the Guangdong team began to deploy troops, from the Guangzhou Leopards striker Xia Dalong came off the bench, in the 86th minute, the game performed well in the game Bai Helamu made meritorious contributions again, he sent a precise cross on the right side, in the penalty area to receive the Xia Dalong head ball to break the goal, for the Guangdong team to exceed the score again, in the final stage of the game, Bai Helamu received the second yellow card of the game, was sent off. In the final stages of stoppage time, Hong Kong, China won a well-placed free kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area, but Guangdong goalkeeper Zhao Shi successfully held the opponent's shot into his arms and held the victory for Guangdong, and finally Guangdong defeated Hong Kong, China 2-1, and won 3-2 on aggregate over two legs, successfully defending the title.

Xia Dalong, who was substituted due to injury in the first leg of the Provincial and Hong Kong Cup, scored the decisive goal for the Guangdong team in the second leg, "I am very happy to score the winning goal for the Guangdong team and help the team defend the championship of the Provincial and Hong Kong Cup." Xia Dalong said after the game that he will return to the Guangzhou Leopards to start preparing for the 2025 season of the Chinese League, "looking forward to a more exciting performance in the new season." ”

Since 1979, the Provincial-Hong Kong Cup has been held 43 times, of which the Guangdong team has won the championship 26 times, the Hong Kong team has won the championship 17 times, and there have been 9 penalty shootouts. In terms of overall results, the Guangdong team has a slight upper hand.

At the beginning of 2024, the 42nd Provincial and Hong Kong Cup will be held again after four years. The Guangdong team lost 0-2 in the first leg, and returned to the home stadium in the second leg to defeat the Hong Kong, China team 3-1, bringing the total score to 3-3, and finally won the penalty shootout 4-2 to win the 42nd Provincial and Hong Kong Cup, which is also the first time that the Guangdong team has won the championship after seven years. Defending the title this year, the Guangdong team has expanded the number of championships in the provincial-Hong Kong Cup to 26 times.