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The Chinese Super League’s Round 4 started on Friday night with Beijing Guoan taking all three points away from Jiangsu Sainty who finished second in the CSL last year. Saturday afternoon witnessed Dalian Aerbin fighting their way to… Read More
Qingdao Jonoon 1–1 Guangzhou R&F Chinese Super League Round 4 Melkam 76’; Yakubu 34’ High flying Qingdao were pegged back as Guangzhou R&F claimed their first point of the season after a match played in cold and windy… Read More
Jiangsu Sainty 0-1 Beijing Guoan Chinese Super League Round 3 Joffre Guerron 19′ Attendance: 32,155 A first half Joffre Guerron goal was all Beijing needed to defeat Jiangsu Sainty and win its second straight road match, a feat… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande 4-0 Muangthong United AFC Champions League Matchday 3 Conca 51′, 90′, Muriqui 57′, Gao Lin 84′ Attendance: 39,841 In what’s becoming a familiar pattern this season, Guangzhou Evergrande exploded into life after a frustrating first half… Read More
The boys hit the pub early to take advantage of China’s tomb-sweeping public holiday. There’s news discussed which many would prefer buried, Shenhua’s continuing soap opera and refusal to pay the league their fine for the 2003 disgrace,… Read More
Dalian Aerbin 3-3 Shanghai East Asia Chinese Super League Round 3 Peter Utaka ’21, ’34, Guillaume Hoarau ’52; Zhu Zhengrong ’19, ’59, Wu Lei ’57; Attendance: 16,211 “We need at least three games to get used to it”, stated East Asia… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande drew 1-1 at Worker’s Stadium against a stubborn Beijing Guoan side on Friday night. The match’s can be summed up with a good old footballing cliche, it was a game of two halves. In his appraisal,… Read More
Jiangsu Sainty 2-0 Buriram United AFC Asian Champions League Matchday 3 Lu Bofei ’42, Sun Ke ’43 Attendance: 35,756 Facing Thai upstarts Buriram United, Jiangsu Sainty had none of the problems that Guangzhou Evergrande faced last season, cruising… Read More
Bunyodkor 0-0 Beijing Guoan AFC Asian Champions League Matchday 3 Attendance: 7,520 Despite the scoreline, it was an exciting Asian night between two excellent sides, though unfortunately the pitch was unable to meet the standards of the two… Read More
Huang Bowen played his first match at Worker’s Stadium since leaving Beijing Guoan in November 2011, the “homecoming” of sorts was far from warm, instead filled with vitriol and hatred. Huang arrived in Beijing as a 14 year… Read More
