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Nicolas Anelka put in a scintillating performance and Didier Drogba opened his Chinese Super League account as Shanghai Shenhua annihilated Hangzhou Greentown 5-1 at Hongkou Stadium last night. The much-maligned French striker finally showed why Shenhua are paying… Read More
In a Yangtze Delta Derby absolutely over-flowing with incident, two controversial penalties saw Jiangsu Sainty twice take the lead over regional rivals Shanghai Shenhua, who twice equalized to tie the game 2-2. A pre-match fight at a motorway… 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
Shanghai Shenhua must have really angered the karma gods back on June 11 at Hongkou Stadium when they had the good fortune to come back from 2-0 down to beat Jiangsu Sainty 3-2 with a last minute winner…. Read More
Shanghai Shenhua kept up their atrocious record against east China derby opponents Hangzhou Greentown with an insipid performance that led to a 1-0 away defeat on Saturday night. Since Hangzhou’s promotion to the Chinese Super League in 2007,… Read More
You’ll have to forgive me for the delay in my match report. I’ve spent the past few days trying to keep my mind off the devastating events I witnessed last Saturday night in Shanghai. It was a match… Read More
This is the first match report on this game, giving a Shenhua fan’s perspective. Coming soon elsewhere on the site is an account from ‘s Kenneth of how Jiangsu Sainty fans saw it. In a match that will… Read More
An absolutely stunning 35-yard freekick from Shanghai Shenhua midfielder Xiao Zhanbo just three minutes from time was not enough to give his side victory in an East China derby match with Chinese Super League new boys Zhejiang Lvcheng…. Read More
