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Your two intrepid correspondents are back this week and talking about the Chinese national team’s failure, amazingly the name Ma Chongchong comes up. There’s also discussion of the CFA Cup (11/19, 16:00 kick off) between Shandong and Tianjin. … Read More
If you swat a bee and don’t kill it, you have to be careful because it’s going to sting you. Guoan took plenty of strikes at Shenhua, a SB(ee), but failed to connect and in the end it… Read More
Nanchang Hengyuan did just enough in a rather bland encounter on Saturday afternoon with Shanghai Shenhua to maintain their Chinese Super League membership for another year, consigning Chengdu Blades to relegation in the process. With just one game… Read More
If a week is a long time in politics, then six years is an eternity in the Chinese Super League. When your correspondent first started following Shenhua regularly in 2005, Dalian Shide v Shanghai Shenhua was the biggest… Read More
Imagine China facing off against Brazil in a men’s Olympic football final, sound like a dream? What about losing narrowly to Spain in an international football semifinal? While Chinese football is once again in the duldrums, there is… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua have encountered a real buzz about the CFA cup in northern China – although not in the way they may have imagined. The club are mystified as to why their training sessions ahead of their CFA… Read More
Sunday 16th October 2011 is a day that will live long in the memory of every Guangzhou Evergrande supporter, it was a time to celebrate their team’s first ever league title and reflect on a job well done…. Read More
One of the very few positives to come out of Shanghai Shenhua’s 2011 season has been the emergence of midfield playmaker Cao Yunding. Whilst perhaps not making as obvious an impact in his first season as fellow promising… Read More
An outbreak of violence between Shenhua Shenhua and Hangzhou Greentown fans which erupted a few blocks away from Hongkou stadium last Wednesday was in retalitation for an incident at last year’s Hu-Hang derby in Hangzhou which left several… Read More
Season 2011 will surely go down as Shenhua’s most bizarre season ever. In contention for the Chinese Super League title up until the half way point of the season, the team then crashed spectacularly, taking just 7 points… Read More
