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China won their final pre-Asian Cup warm up match 4-1 over Oman in a low key game. The contest was brought forward two days from its originally scheduled date of January 5th and was played in the fashion of… Read More
There were two major surprises when China’s final 23-man squad for the Asian Cup was confirmed on Tuesday, as Guangzhou Evergrande’s defensive pair of Feng Xiaoting and Li Xuepeng were both left off of the list. Feng’s omission… Read More
China continued to show a worrying lack of cutting edge as they toiled to a goalless draw against Palestine in their final warm-up game before departing for next month’s Asian Cup in Australia. Having beaten lowly Kyrgyzstan in… Read More
North Korea have qualified for next summer’s EAFF East Asian Cup in Wuhan, China, following a recent round-robin tournament in Taipei, which promised litte but ended up delivering plenty. The first round of matches were held on a… Read More
China comfortably defeated a poor Kyrgyz side in what amounted to little more than a training match for Alain Perrin’s men in the somewhat obscure location of Chengzhou, Hunan. Wu Lei’s 35th minute strike added to a 19th… Read More
Formerly known as the East Asian Football Championship, the EAFF East Asian Cup has emerged in recent years as a competition taken somewhat more seriously than straight-up friendly international matches – by China, at least. The preliminary rounds… Read More
Alain Perrin continued to experiment ahead of the Asian Cup as he made six changes to a side which played out an uneventful scoreless draw with Honduras in Xi’an. The teams managed just one shot on target a… Read More
The Chinese Olympic football team put on an encouraging second half display before eventually falling 2-1 to a Brazilian team full of players based in Europe’s biggest leagues. The game was the culmination of a four team tournament… Read More
There was disappointment in Nanchang as China conceded a late goal and had to settle for a draw against a young New Zealand team in a contest they should have won. Captain Zheng Zhi’s spectacular 43rd minute strike… Read More
Zheng Zhi and Wu Lei scored early goals and China held on against a late rally to defeat Paraguay 2-1 in Changsha, Hunan. Following a comfortable win against a weak Thailand in Wuhan on Friday night, Alain Perrin’s… Read More
