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Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 Shanghai East Asia Chinese Super League round 7 Xu Liang 72, Moreno 97; Wu Lei 40 (pen) Attendance, 22,356 For the fourth time in a season just seven games in, Shanghai Shenhua came from behind… Read More
Guangzhou R&F 0-2 Guangzhou Evergrande Chinese Super League round 7 Elkeson 19,77 Attendance: 14,535 Guangzhou Evergrande notched their first ever win in the Guangzhou derby at Yuexiushan stadium yesterday, with a goal from red-hot forward Elkeson propelling the… Read More
Tomorrow sees the first “proper” Shanghai derby in seven years as Shenhua take on newly promoted Shanghai East Asia – a match the local media are billing as the long-awaited return of a genuine Shanghai football rivalry. ‘s… Read More
Round seven brings up a couple of derby fixtures — not least the first proper Shanghai derby in many a year. How does the immovable object fare against the sometimes-stoppable force? Read on before Sunday’s game… Last Time… Read More
Insurrection! Your regular drinkers BCheng and Shanghai Ultra find themselves locked out of the pub this week, as the Beijing-Shanghai axis is finally overturned. With the Guangzhou derby on Saturday evening, this week’s Pub Talk has an unashamedly… Read More
Last week one of the most popular Dalian Shide weibo news accounts made its final ever post, bidding a final farewell to the world, following the tragic demise of the club over the close season. The disappearance of… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande defender Zhang Linpeng will turn 24 in two weeks time, and will do so with a world of opportunities at his feet over the next couple of years. Tall, powerful and technically sound, Zhang has perhaps… Read More
Urawa Reds 3-2 Guangzhou Evergrande AFC Champions League Group Stage Match 5 Koroki 52′, Abe 63′ Marcio (pen) 67′ ; Barrios 37′, Muriqui 87′ Attendance: 19,687 Guangzhou Evergrande fell to their first defeat of the 2013 Asian Champions League,… Read More
Being an away supporter is much harder in China than in many other countries because of the vast distances involved. Apart from the Cantonese derby, the closest away trip for Guangzhou R&F fans is the 630 mile haul… Read More
Beijing Guoan 2-0 Pohang Steelers AFC Champions League group stage match 5 Guerron 47′, Shao Jiayi 87′ Attendance: 33,205 With everything resting on this match, Beijing Guoan came through with a massive victory, their first ever against a… Read More
