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Round seven brings up a couple of derby fixtures — not least the first proper Shanghai derby in many a year. How does the immovable object fare against the sometimes-stoppable force? Read on before Sunday’s game… Last Time… Read More
Insurrection! Your regular drinkers BCheng and Shanghai Ultra find themselves locked out of the pub this week, as the Beijing-Shanghai axis is finally overturned. With the Guangzhou derby on Saturday evening, this week’s Pub Talk has an unashamedly… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande defender Zhang Linpeng will turn 24 in two weeks time, and will do so with a world of opportunities at his feet over the next couple of years. Tall, powerful and technically sound, Zhang has perhaps… Read More
Urawa Reds 3-2 Guangzhou Evergrande AFC Champions League Group Stage Match 5 Koroki 52′, Abe 63′ Marcio (pen) 67′ ; Barrios 37′, Muriqui 87′ Attendance: 19,687 Guangzhou Evergrande fell to their first defeat of the 2013 Asian Champions League,… Read More
Being an away supporter is much harder in China than in many other countries because of the vast distances involved. Apart from the Cantonese derby, the closest away trip for Guangzhou R&F fans is the 630 mile haul… Read More
Beijing Guoan 2-0 Pohang Steelers AFC Champions League group stage match 5 Guerron 47′, Shao Jiayi 87′ Attendance: 33,205 With everything resting on this match, Beijing Guoan came through with a massive victory, their first ever against a… Read More
Shanghai East Asia 1-0 Tianjin Teda Chinese Super League round 6 Wu Lei 68 Attendance: 7,400 Shanghai East Asia got their second win of the season with a close-fought victory over struggling Tianjin, in the first-ever clash between… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande 6-1 Changchun Yatai Chinese Super League round 6 Elkeson 30, 44, 48, Young-Gwon Kim 35, Conca (pen) 74, Muriqui 90; Ze Carlos 70 Attendance: 32,467 Elkeson bagged his second hat-trick of the season as Evergrande beat Changchun… Read More
Qingdao Joonon 1-1 Shanghai Shenhua Chinese Super League round 6 Li Jianbin (OG) 39; Dady 90 Attendance: 11,832 In a dreadful game of football played between two teams lacking competency, an injury time equalizer against Qingdao from Cape… Read More
Wuhan Zall 0 – 2 Guangzhou R&F Chinese Super League Round 6 Rafael Coelho 15’, Zhang Yuan 90+2’ Attendance：18,313 Guangzhou R&F finally got their first win of 2013 but their hosts Wuhan are still winless. Rafael Coelho’s… Read More
