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On a wet and steamy summer’s evening, the gods overlooking Hongkou Stadium threw down a cruel and unusual punishment on Beijing Guoan as a badly under-strength Shanghai Shenhua side grabbed a 3-1 victory in the China Derby, despite… Read More
The Hongkou curse reared its ugly head once again on Saturday night as Beijing Guoan looked the better side for much of the match, but in the end fell to Shanghai Shenhua 3-1. There was a lot of… Read More
Another edition of the “China derby” is upon us as Beijing Guoan heads south to take on Shanghai Shenhua. The last one was a classic, with Mao Jianqing scoring late to give the Beijingers a 3-2 victory, will… Read More
Shenhua’s biggest fixture remaining this season comes a little early for Didier Drogba, but the time may be right for a resurgent Shenhua squad. Our Shenhua fan’s-eye preview is looking forward to the big one. Last Time Out… Read More
It’s Derby time this week in the pub, and, following on from last week’s rumpus theme in Nanjing, the gloves are off as the big one comes around again – Beijing v Shanghai, the China Derby. Little really… Read More
The recent transfer window has brought an influx of new foreign talent to the Chinese Super League. The arrival of Frederic Kanoute to Beijing Guoan has many excited, I included, but I think Joffre Guerron will prove to… Read More
After having gone toe-to-toe with Guangzhou Evergrande last weekend, Beijing Guoan returned home to face off against Guangzhou R&F Saturday night and managed to pull off a 1-0 victory in a very tight match. With Evergrande having drawn… Read More
With Sunday night’s match, Beijing Guoan has played 15 games this year and has 15 remaining. It’s been an odd first half of the season for the Beijingers, if you told me they’d be where they are now… Read More
The following is a report of last weekend’s top-of-the-table CSL clash from the Guangzhou end – click here for the Beijing view. Finally, a CSL team has come to Tianhe and put up a fight. What Beijing lacked… Read More
Yesterday’s match between Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou Evergrande was a display of the Chinese Super League at its finest, a hard fought, well played match between the league’s two strongest clubs, unfortunately for Guoan, they came up just… Read More
