Tag: Lucas Barrios

Guangzhou Evergrande 2013 Squad – Ranking the Players

After the second leg of the CFA final last Saturday, which saw Guizhou Renhe deny Guangzhou Evergrande the treble, four Evergrande supporters and sometime contributers to (Damian, Piers, Fee, and GZBiffo) gathered to discuss which players had been… Read More

Barrios goes AWOL amid exit speculation

Guangzhou Evergrande’s Paraguayan striker Lucas Barrios has failed to return to the club following international duty, with speculation as to an impending departure growing by the day. Having travelled to Asuncion for a World Cup qualification fixture with… Read More

Barrios cameo brings Liaoning back down to Earth

Guangzhou Evergrande 4-1 Liaoning Whowin Chinese Super League Round 10 Elkeson 39′, Zhang Linpeng 61′, Barrios 66′, 81′; Edu 90+2′ Attendance: 38,442 Despite fielding a line-up shorn of a few regular starters, Guangzhou Evergrande eased to a home… Read More

Urawa Reds 3-2 Guangzhou Evergrande: Lacklustre defeat in Japan

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

Another game of two halves as Evergrande hammer Muangthong

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

Elkeson answers critics as Evergrande lay down marker for CSL 2013

Guangzhou Evergrande 5-1 Shanghai Shenxin CSL Round 1 Conca 50′, Elkeson 61′,71′, Gao Lin 65′, Muriqui 88′; Yang Jiawei 89′ Guangzhou Evergrande got their 2013 CSL campaign off to a flying start with a 5-1 victory against Shanghai… Read More

Previewing the sides: Guangzhou Evergrande

With the 2013 CSL kick-off imminent, it’s finally time for to preview last year’s league and cup double winners, big-spending Guangzhou Evergrande. The manager: Legendary Italian manager Marcello Lippi was hired by Evergrande a couple of months into the… Read More