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The Chinese National Team ran out 3-0 winners over a poor Thailand side and gained some measure of revenge for last year’s 5-1 humiliation at the hands of the Southeast Asians. Despite absolutely dominating possession and playing most… Read More
This week your pubbers return to the pub to discuss the recent international break. Bcheng is once again in despair at the national team’s faltering progress, if you can call it that. Shanghai Ultra has little enthusiasm either,… Read More
Sven-Goran Eriksson, currently coach of high-flying Guangzhou R&F, makes an amazing revelation in an interview originally published in his club’s match day program. The decorated former England, Roma, Lazio and Manchester City coach reveals he once offered to… Read More
While other countries were debating who was in and who was out of their World Cup roster, fans of the Chinese national team (the few that still exist), were left to discuss manager Alain Perrin’s proposed 50 man… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande defender Zhang Linpeng caused a stir this week after revealing damning details of the Chinese National Team’s preparations for a recent Asian Cup 2015 qualifier with Saudi Arabia during an interview with a Hong Kong radio… Read More
It is now confirmed. China will attend the 2014 AFC Asian Cup in Australia next January, but will in effect do so as “lucky losers” having claimed the place offered to the best performing third-placed side in qualification…. Read More
ASIAN CUP QUALIFYING GROUP C Iraq 3 Younis Mahmood 22, 42 Adi Adnan 58 China 1 Zhang Xizhe (pk) 73 Despite an embarrassing 3-1 defeat against Iraq, China will take part in next year’s Asian Cup thanks to… Read More
Alain Perrin and Fu Bo take joint charge of the China national team for the side’s final 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier with Iraq to be played in Dubai on Wednesday. Qualification may be virtually assured, but the… Read More
The Chinese Football Association confirmed on Sunday that they intend to accept an official invitation from Conmebol to enter the 2015 Copa America in Chile as one of two guest nations. It had been expected that Japan, who… Read More
While the Chinese Football Association has yet to make a public announcement at this time, it appears that Alain Perrin will be China’s next national team manager. The Frenchman is currently in Qingyuan, Guangdong, where the national team… Read More
