Tag: Rafa Jordá

What goes around comes around: Shenhua ship two-goal lead to Guizhou

Guizhou Renhe 2-2 Shanghai Shenhua Jorda 64, Sun Jihai 90; Al-khatib 8, Moreno 19 (pen) Attendance: 18,356 After racing into an early two-goal lead away to Guizhou Renhe on Saturday night, Shanghai Shenhua suffered the same fate they… Read More

WEF Exclusive: Rafa Jorda on Guizhou Renhe talent and their hopes for 2013

Rafa Jordá moved to China in 2012 from Levante UD off the back of spells at established Spanish sides Alicante and Numancia, winning the Segunda Division with the latter. At Guizhou Renhe, alongside fellow countryman Nano, he helped… Read More

Snoop Dogg, NYE in Iran, dodgy haircuts – welcome to the CSL twittersphere!

‘In the Country of the Blind the One-Eyed Man is King’ as the saying goes and to tamper with it slightly, ‘In the Middle Kingdom, Weibo is King’. Long has China’s internet control been discussed as global favorites… Read More

CFA Cup final: Evergrande recover to share first leg spoils with Guizhou

Guizhou Renhe 1-1 Guangzhou Evergrande CFA Cup Final 1st leg Rafa 10; Barrios 49 Marcello Lippi’s Guangzhou Evergrande side took a step closer to securing a domestic double on Saturday with a 1-1 away draw at Guizhou Renhe… Read More

CSL Round 30: Attendance, Hightlights, and all the goals

Last Saturday the last round of the 2012 season took place on pitches in rainy late autumn China when teams competed in CSL Round 30. A tumultuous week has since eclipsed a goal-rich and fine end to this… Read More

CSL Round 27: Attendance, highlights, and all the goals

The two kick-offs opening Round 27 of the CSL at 3.30 pm on Saturday had implications for the race to secure ACL football next season, and they also provided plenty of goals. Guizhou Renhe FC – Shanghai Shenhua… Read More

Sad Shenhua’s 11 game unbeaten run smashed by Guizhou

Guizhou Renhe 4 Shanghai Shenhua 2 CSL Round 27 Rafa Jordá 16,  Đulbić 38,  Zhang Chenglin 57, Shen Tianfeng 78′ Griffiths 63, Drogba 89 An unbeaten run stretching back over three months came to an abrupt halt for… Read More