Guangzhou Evergrande is a guest to face J-League team Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In this campaign, Guangzhou Evergrande, which lacked foreign aid general Talisca, lost 0-1 to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in an away game and continued to rank third in the group with 7 points after 5 rounds.

The final battle will be a battle of life and death for Evergrande!

Before this game, Evergrande ranked second in the group with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 7 points.

The opponent Sanfrecce Hiroshima ranked first in the group with 3 wins and 1 loss after 4 rounds, with 9 points.

In the first round of the dialogue between the two sides, Evergrande easily defeated its opponent 2-0 at home.

For Evergrande, if they can score 3 points in the away game, they will be able to qualify as long as they remain unbeaten in the final round.

However, Evergrande's main midfielder Taliska missed the game due to injury, which had a considerable impact on the team's offense.

After the game started, Evergrande, which lacked Talisca, played relatively conservatively and focused on defensive counterattacks.

However, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's attack from the wing created many corner kick opportunities for them.

In the first half of the game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 6 corner kicks, 5 more than Evergrande.

The opponent relied on the corner kick opportunity to cause Li Xuepeng's own goal in the 15th minute and took the lead.

Subsequently, Cannavaro continued to mobilize his troops. After the start of the second half, players such as Zhang Linpeng and Yang Liyu came on the bench.

However, Evergrande still lacked threat in the final pass and final shot, and ultimately lost 0-1 in the away game.

After losing this game, Evergrande continued to accumulate 7 points after 5 rounds.

In another match in the same group, Daegu FC defeated Melbourne Victory 4-0 and scored 3 points. After 5 rounds, they had already scored 8 points, overtaking Evergrande by 1 point to move to second place in the group, while Evergrande could only

Ranked third.

In the final round of the group stage, Guangzhou Evergrande will return home to face Daegu FC for a decisive battle on May 22, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima, which has already qualified, will be a guest to face Melbourne Victory, which has been eliminated from the group.

Since Evergrande is behind Daegu FC in points, if the team wants to qualify, they must defeat their opponents at home.

In the first round of the contest between the two teams, Evergrande lost 1-3 away from its opponent.

Therefore, it is not easy to defeat Daegu FC at home.

Moreover, the most difficult thing for Evergrande is that it is still unknown whether "Thigh" Talisca can return to the team after recovering from injury. The Brazilian has played 11 times on behalf of Evergrande in all competitions so far this season and contributed 10 goals.

In the 4 games of the AFC Champions League, he averaged 1 goal per game.

If he is unable to play in this life-and-death battle, it will be more difficult for Evergrande to win and qualify.