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This is a post I’d been thinking about for a few weeks that got a major assist from Stephen Marbury himself when he showed up at Guoan’s match a few weeks back (and has promised to go next… Read More
Away at Nanchang is the kind of game that’s easy to slip up with, playing an average (at best) side in front of a large home crowd, often times complacency sets in and especially when the game is… Read More
Fantastic scenes last night. Shenhua scored a last-minute goal to beat defending champions Shandong Luneng 1-0 right at the death – and Hongkou erupted into a boiling froth of unrestrained celebration. In their last Hongkou outing, Shenhua were… Read More
Bcheng and the Editor meet for a virtual pint and discuss this Mayday holiday weekend’s upcoming Chinese Super League fixtures. Clash of choice Shenhua v Shandong, Guoan’s away trip to Nanchang, and Bcheng’s sadness over Buster “Davi” Gonad… Read More
Revenge is sweet! Last year it was shortly after the World Cup break that Guoan went to Dalian and gave one of their worst performances of the year, one of the few toward the second half of the… Read More
Monday night football will take a whole different meaning tonight when the club takes on Dalian at Worker’s Stadium. An Andy Lau concert forced the move to Monday and after last night’s practice session on the Gongti pitch,… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua put behind them the dissapointment of losing to Sydney in the last minute of their ACL clash last week with a solid 2-1 win away to Henan yesterday. Luis Salmeron scored a penalty for his fourth… Read More
According to the Chinese government, there are 56 recognized ethnicities in China. In the past, majority of the players in the Chinese national team were of the dominant Han ethnicity which comprise 92% of China’s population. However, lately… Read More
We’re only 3 matches into the season and some things are already making me mad. I’m not going to make general complaints about the lack of skill or how bad the refereeing is. I’ve gotten past those things,… Read More
We’re just three weeks into the new season is about to begin, what is your hope for your team and the league as a whole going into the season? BCheng (Beijing Guoan fan ): I still see the… Read More
