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Wu Lei’s dramatic last minute equaliser saw Shanghai East Asia maintain their undefeated home record, in a storm-soaked 90 minutes fraught with defensive errors. Torrential downpours and unrelenting lightning strikes set the tone for an action-packed night, which saw the… Read More
It was a bit of an unusual week in the CSL, with plenty of goals from Chinese scorers for a change and a number of matches featuring goals in the first five minutes. On top of that, we… Read More
Club News New signing Imad Khalili could be in line for a first start for Shanghai East Asia this weekend, having started on the bench against Tianjin last week. The Palestinian forward looked comfortable on the ball against… Read More
The fixtures are coming up thick and fast for a patched-up Shanghai Shenhua — next up, a run of local and national derbies. ‘s weekly insight into all things Shenhua casts an eye over the side’s prospects. The… Read More
Lang Zheng is the Chinese football equivalent of Gus Triandos. If you don’t know who that is, you either don’t go very deep in knowledge of 1970s Baltimore Orioles players (very forgivable) and/or you’re not a fan of… Read More
The past few years whenever Beijing Guoan goes on the road, anything can happen and such was the case at Hanghai Stadium on Sunday night as the capital club travelled to struggling Henan Jianye and came home empty… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua’s new-look strikeforce made the difference with a double from Lucas Viatri in a game which saw a Chamanga-inspired 10-man Liaoning almost snatch an unlikely point. CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 16 Shanghai Shenhua 3 Cao Yunding 8′… Read More
Eleilson’s own goal gave Guangzhou R&F a 2-0 lead with half an hour left but Jiangsu’s Brazilian centre back went from zero to hero with a 95th minute equaliser before immediately going back to zero as part of… Read More
It’s a dictionary-definition six-pointer this Sunday evening as Liaoning travel to Hongkou, with both sides looking warily over their shoulders in the second half of the 2014 CSL season. Will a patched-up Shenhua be able to see off… Read More
Domestic football has returned and after the appetiser of the CFA Cup in midweek, the main course of CSL action resumes on Saturday. Both Guangzhou R&F and Jiangsu Sainty had strong starts to the season and only a… Read More
