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On the second match day of the FA Cup quarter-finals, Beijing Guoan played away against Shanghai Shenhua. This was the third match between the two teams this season. In the previous two games, Guoan had a record of 1 win and 1 draw, especially the 2-1 home win over Shenhua, which broke the opponent's unbeaten record this season.

Before this game, Guoan had not won in two rounds of the Chinese Super League, drawing 2-2 with Qingdao West Coast away and 0-0 with Zhejiang at home. Although they did not lose, the performance of Guoan players on the field and the on-the-spot command of head coach Suarez had big problems, which caused doubts from many Beijing fans.

In this context, the away game between Guoan and Shenhua is particularly important. Previously, a domestic professional football media reported that if Guoan cannot beat Shenhua away in the FA Cup, then coach Suarez will be dismissed.

Therefore, the Guoan team was very much hoping to beat Shanghai Shenhua away and advance to the semi-finals of the FA Cup. However, the result of this game disappointed everyone. Guoan eventually lost to Shenhua 1-2 and stopped in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

Throughout the game, neither Guoan nor Shenhua played to their true level. Shenhua played a bit timidly in this game because they had just lost to Guoan away from home. They did not do much in the offense, but relied on foreign aid Teixeira's amazing long-range shot in the 12th minute of the first half to break through the Guoan team's goal and lead 1-0.

In the second half, Guoan went all out in attack, but the performances of several offensive players were far from satisfactory. Especially Lin Liangming, who had been in very bad form in the past few league games, but coach Suarez insisted on starting with Lin Liangming. In this game, Lin Liangming once again became the "offensive terminator" of Guoan, making many low-level mistakes in the offense, which destroyed Guoan's offense.

Despite this, Guoan's foreign striker Fabio still had a good chance to score in the second half. In the 51st minute, Wang Ziming's shot in the penalty area hit Fabio, creating a second attack opportunity. Just as Fabio was about to make a supplementary shot, he was pulled to the ground by Jiang Shenglong behind him.

Afterwards, Guoan players collectively complained to the referee Mai Maitijiang and requested a penalty kick. Fabio also showed Mai Maitijiang his torn sleeve. After communicating with the VAR referee, Mai Maitijiang personally ran to the sidelines to watch the video replay and finally determined that Fabio had handballed first and did not award a penalty kick.

The multiple angles of video replays provided by the VAR review system did not show that Wang Ziming's shot hit Fabio's arm, but hit his abdomen, and Fabio did not open his arms. According to the rules, this ball should not be considered a handball.

Jiang Shenglong's pulling action was very obvious, so Mai Maitijiang should have judged that Shenhua committed a foul in the penalty area and awarded Guoan a penalty. Therefore, this penalty also caused great controversy. The official media of Guoan Club even wrote on social media: "Which shot of the broadcast and VAR playback just now showed that the ball hit Fabio's hand?" Publicly expressed doubts about Mai Maitijiang.

After that, Shenhua counterattacked in injury time, and Chen Jinyi scored again. Although Zhang Yuning scored a goal 2 minutes later, Guoan still lost to Shenhua 1-2. After losing the Beijing-Shanghai battle in the FA Cup, whether Suarez will really be fired depends on whether the club has enough courage...