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Journeyman Scottish defender didn’t set the Gongti alight during his season-long stay at Beijing last year – he looked slow and was “lost” at times according to Guoan-supporting blog Modern Lei Feng. But it seems Ross himself wasn’t… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s slender championship hopes were laid to rest in last night’s China Derby, as defensive botch-ups handed bitter rivals Beijing Guoan an easy 4-1 victory at the Workers Stadium. Second-placed Shenhua needed a win to try to… Read More
It’s that time again – the Jing-Hu Dazhan (京沪大战), or “China Derby” between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua. Both teams go into this match in less than ideal circumstances – under-performing Guoan fired head coach Hong Yuanshuo during… Read More
For the third year running, the Beijing-Shenhua game has been inconveniently-scheduled, making it very difficult for visiting fans, who have a 2,000 km round trip, to get to the game. Shenhua fan group’s plans have been thrown into… Read More
A hard fought victory for Shanghai Shenhua in Liaoning and a revenge win for Beijing over Shandong Luneng at the Workers’ Stadium, putting Shenhua just three points behind Shandong, and setting the scene for an exciting championship run-in…. Read More
The Chinese Super League gets back on the road after the international break, but no sooner has the season resumed, than it could all be over, if Shenhua fail to beat Liaoning away from home. Failure to beat… Read More
I read about the brawl between Beijing Guoan’s S-League youth team and Singapore’s Young Lions a few days ago, but didn’t think it was worth posting on. Why? Because such brawls are commonplace in football at all levels…. Read More
[singlepic id=5 w=320 h=240 float=right]The last couple of weeks’ Chinese Super League action has seen a 5-6 way fight for the title reduced to a two horse race, with one hooved beast way out in front, having won… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan conjured up an absolutely fantastic game of football on Saturday night, stirring Hongkou stadium into frenzied cauldron of passion, which spilled out into the streets at the final whistle.
China’s biggest grudge match is even spicier than usual today. For the first time ever, Beijing Guoan come to Shanghai as defending Chinese Super League champions in the most eagerly-awaited fixture on the Chinese football calendar – the… Read More
