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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
Though I should be in the office right now, I’m not. Instead I’m sitting in a hotel room and as I look otu the window, I can see Hongkou Stadium through the rain. I took two days off… 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
It was a party atmosphere at Gongti yesterday for the final match of the year, mostly a going away party for the likes of Walter Martinez (and possibly Joel Griffiths). Unfortunately the visitors, Shaanxi Chanba spoiled the party… Read More
When even Chinese media starts referring to the “Cultural Revolution” and “Red Guards”, you know you aren’t going down the right path. Such is the situation in Hangzhou these days, manager Wu Jingui has been removed from the… Read More
Dalian Aerbin wrapped up the China League title two weeks back, but the final promotion spot was solidified this past weekend when Guangzhou Fuli defeated Shanghai East Asia while Guangdong Sunray Cave lost to Yanbian. We don’t talk… Read More
The Asian Champions League picture has worked its way out, right now you have five teams (Hangzhou has an outside chance, but it will be hard) battling for one position. Interestingly, among the remaining matches there is only… Read More
]Chengdu 2 – 0 Hangzhou, Attendance 4,000 An impressive win for Chengdu, though it looks like it’s too little, too late. Jiangsu 5 – 2 Guangzhou, Attendance 32,000 A massive crowd comes out in Nanjing to watch the… 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
＃¥）＊％＃＃—¥！ Oh wait, this is my own blog, I can swear if I want…FUCK! Yang Zhi has failed to stop a penalty kick all year long. The CFA Cup semifinal went to penalties on Wednesday night and when… Read More
