Tag: Marcello Lippi

Straight Outta Canton: What does 2015 hold in store for Guangzhou Evergrande?

Guangzhou Evergrande’s 2015 season began with a whimper in the Chinese Super Cup earlier this month, a competition which the four-time Super League champions have largely treated as a sideshow over recent campaigns. Given the Cantonese side sent… Read More

Life after Conca a bumpy road but Evergrande still on top: Mid-Season Review

The double-winning Cantonese side’s 2013 was always going to be a hard act to follow, and the departure of pivotal midfield maestro Dario Conca in the winter hasn’t made it any easier. Performances have been wildly variable over… Read More

Elkeson hat-trick seals Evergrande win in Hangzhou

Elkeson scored his second perfect hat-trick for Guangzhou Evergrande to send him back to the top of the CSL goalscoring charts (level with Shanghai East Asia’s Tobias Hysen) and his team three points clear of Beijing Guoan at… Read More

WEARE CANTON News & Preview: Hangzhou v Evergrande

With their top of the table showdown against the other boys in green looming large, Evergrande travel to Hangzhou to face a club buoyed by this week’s big CSL news – the visitors’ owner Xu Jiayin has apparently inspired Alibaba founder Jack… Read More

Atkins: Own goal? Liao Lisheng’s development deserves praise

Guangzhou Evergrande fell to a 1-0 defeat to Cerezo Osaka at the Tianhe Stadium on Tuesday night in a game that ultimately mattered little to the result of the tie. Evergrande now progress to the quarterfinal stage of… Read More

WEF Exclusive: Dejan Damjanovic on World Cup qualifiers, Montenegro and Chinese talent

A three time K-League top-scorer, twice K-League winner and thorn in the side of England during 2014 World Cup qualification, Dejan Damjanovic was quite a catch for Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Sainty in the winter transfer window…. Read More

ACL Round of 16 first leg: Evergrande crush Cerezo in Osaka

After an unsteady stumble through Group G, ACL holders Guangzhou Evergrande kicked off the knockout stage of their title defence by spectacularly eviscerating Cerezo Osaka on their own turf. One point in three away group games may have… Read More

Dong Xuesheng helps much-changed Evergrande past Shenxin

A goal from in-form striker Dong Xuesheng helped a much-changed Guangzhou Evergrande side continue their dominance of the 2014 Chinese Super League season as the reigning champions claimed a 1-0 away victory over Shanghai Shenxin. CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE… Read More

Lippi accepts blame as Evergrande fall to ten-man Jeonbuk

Italian manager Marcello Lippi took full responsibility on Wednesday evening as his Guangzhou Evergrande side were defeated 1-0 by Jeonbuk Motors in South Korea. AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND 4 Jeonbuk Motors 1 Leonardo 76′ Guangzhou Evergrande 0 Lippi’s… Read More