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Shanghai Shenhua’s current incarnation as a tough-to-beat side united by adversity will come up against their biggest test of the season yet when a CSL giant which has awaken from its slumber rolls into town this Saturday. Last Time… Read More
Muangthong United 1-4 Guangzhou Evergrande ACL Group Stage Round 4 Sarawat Masuk 53′; Muriqui 40′, 43′, Zheng Zhi 56′, Feng Xiaoting 86′ Guangzhou Evergrande put four goals past Muangthong United for the second time in a week to almost certainly… Read More
There are few better placed in China to evaluate the football scene than Don O’Riordan. Following a long career in English football, the 55-year-old from Dublin started coaching in the UK then after returning home he managed two… Read More
Shanghai East Asia 2-0 Changchun Yatai Chinese Super League Round 4 Wu Lei 14′, Lü Wenjun 17′ Attendance: 7,774 “Sometimes, three points are more important than match statistics”, Shanghai’s manager Gao Hongbo said after East Asia won their… Read More
Hangzhou Greentown 0-0 Shanghai Shenhua Chinese Super League Round 4 Against all odds, Shanghai Shenhua are now back on zero points after a close season punishment deduction, thanks to a goalless draw with Hangzhou Greentown last night. For… Read More
The Chinese Super League’s Round 4 started on Friday night with Beijing Guoan taking all three points away from Jiangsu Sainty who finished second in the CSL last year. Saturday afternoon witnessed Dalian Aerbin fighting their way to… Read More
Qingdao Jonoon 1–1 Guangzhou R&F Chinese Super League Round 4 Melkam 76’; Yakubu 34’ High flying Qingdao were pegged back as Guangzhou R&F claimed their first point of the season after a match played in cold and windy… Read More
Jiangsu Sainty 0-1 Beijing Guoan Chinese Super League Round 3 Joffre Guerron 19′ Attendance: 32,155 A first half Joffre Guerron goal was all Beijing needed to defeat Jiangsu Sainty and win its second straight road match, a feat… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande 4-0 Muangthong United AFC Champions League Matchday 3 Conca 51′, 90′, Muriqui 57′, Gao Lin 84′ Attendance: 39,841 In what’s becoming a familiar pattern this season, Guangzhou Evergrande exploded into life after a frustrating first half… Read More
The boys hit the pub early to take advantage of China’s tomb-sweeping public holiday. There’s news discussed which many would prefer buried, Shenhua’s continuing soap opera and refusal to pay the league their fine for the 2003 disgrace,… Read More
