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In this week’s Pub Talk your intrepid correspondents go where no man has gone before – the mind of Nicolas Anelka. The Frenchman was up to his old tricks again in the eyes of many, but Bcheng and… Read More
After a great road victory, their first of the year, Beijing Guoan return to Worker’s Stadium and Friday night under the lights for a match against struggling Dalian Aerbin. With Aerbin close to the bottom of the table… Read More
Yesterday Shenhua were in the international news headlines yet again, when Anelka threatened to leave Shenhua, ostensibly over the imminent arrival of former Argentina manager Sergio Batista. News outlets quoted a Xinmin Evening News report published on Monday… Read More
Shanghai Shenxin 0-1 Hangzhou Greentown Attendance: 12,359 The winning ways continued for Okada who seems to have found the right setup for Chinese football as Shenxin suffer a tough home defeat. Dalian Aerbin 1-1 Jiangsu Sainty Attendance: 15,061… Read More
A shocking miss from youngster Fan Lingjiang was responsible for Shanghai Shenhua’s seventh defeat of the season away to Henan Construction on Saturday night. Shenhua continued their non-scoring ways, this time away from home, but Mario Bozic was… Read More
Marcello Lippi made his debut as Guangzhou Evergrande manager only days after being named to the position and thanks to a late free kick goal, his side came away with all three points. There was a lot of… Read More
After having not won an away match since October of last year, Beijing Guoan finally won on the road, defeating Changchun Yatai 1-0 yesterday. Piao Cheng scored his third league goal of the year (and second in two… Read More
Dalian Aerbin and Jiangsu Sainty played to a 1-1 draw this past Saturday afternoon at Jinzhou Stadium. The mostly one sided match was the sight of many bizarre happenings, including a missed PK, a fan kicking a linesman,… Read More
It’s a busy discussion in the pub this week, as your dynamic drinking duo get stuck into Guangzhou Evergrande for sacking their manager when top of the league. They also discuss the prospects for the Cantonese’ new boss… Read More
World Cup-winning boss Marcello Lippi has become the highest profile manager to take over the reigns of a Chinese Super League club after Guangzhou Evergrande officially announced he had signed a two-year deal to coach the Cantonese giants…. Read More
