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Round 9 sees Shanghai Shenhua welcome free-scoring Guangzhou R&F to Hongkou. Can the southerners prick the bubble of the Batista bounce and begin to improve their away record? Yuexiushan News and Preview by Donald Ross R&F eased to… Read More
This Saturday sees the third Shanghai derby of the season, as East Asia play host to Shenhua at Shanghai Stadium. In what should undoubtedly prove to be a much closer encounter than the last Shanghai derby – East… Read More
Despite Shanghai Shenhua’s recent Batista-inspired resurgence there were to be no surprises at Tianhe Stadium this weekend, as last season’s 2-1 win was replicated by a Guangzhou Evergrande side absent several usual starters. CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 7… Read More
Fresh from their third loss of the season away to Melbourne Victory midweek, Guangzhou Evergrande this evening host a Shanghai Shenhua side revitalised by the return of Sergio Bastita to the dugout. With the make-or-break final ACL group… Read More
Gio Moreno was the hero of Hongkou once again as he scored a goal in each half to bring Shenhua a thoroughly deserved victory against a under-par Dalian Aerbin side. The result saw Sergio Bastita grab victory in… Read More
Sunday evening sees two sides looking to bounce back from late-game disappointments last round. Will Shenhua get a first win of the second Batista era when Dalian Aerbin come to Hongkou? Club News Sergio Batista has wasted little… Read More
A perplexing goalkeeping blunder from Shenhua’s Geng Xiaofeng cost the Shanghai side a vaulable three points away to Changchun Yatai and continued their miserable 8-year run of not having won a CSL match in the Dongbei city. The… Read More
It’s a second debut for Shenhua’s returning manager — will Sergio Batista be able to fire up a sleepwalking Shenhua for their Sunday afternoon trip to the north-east? Club News The return of Sergio Batista, replacing the man… Read More
Nine months after leaving over unpaid wages former Argentina manager Sergio Batista is back in the Shanghai Shenhua hotseat, with the club’s top striker Firas al-Khatib hailing the South American’s return a new start for the club. In… Read More
A limited Henan side escaped with a point, while a more coherent Shanghai Shenhua could consider themselves unlucky to draw another blank at home. CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 4 Shanghai Shenhua 0 Henan Jianye 0 An uneasy truce… Read More
