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Your weekly Shenhua preview returns in optimistic spirits ahead of this Friday’s bottom-half clash. Last Time Out Shenhua’s tricky start to the season continued with their second early-season local derby. Tigana opted for a more orthodox 4-4-2 featuring… Read More
Three French coaches hand-picked by Shanghai Shenhua manager Jean Tigana have been spectacularly fired by the club due to player dissatisfaction with their training methods, according to Shanghai media. Back in January when Tigana became the latest occupant… Read More
Nicolas Anelka’s second goal of the season was only enough for a tie as rivals Hangzhou Greentown battled out an entertaining match in Zhejiang Province. The tourist city of Hangzhou was the site for Yangtze River Derby on… Read More
Hangzhou hit the bar in the dying seconds of a lively Yangtze Delta Derby as Nicolas Anelka’s early goal gave Shenhua a point on the road in a tricky away fixture on Saturday night. Shenhua made an uncharacteristically… Read More
This week’s fan’s-eye preview looks at Saturday’s Yangtze Delta derby, which gives two previously fancied sides the opportunity to kick on from a slow start to the season and pile misery on a local rival. Last Time Out… Read More
A somewhat fortuitous goal gave Guangzhou Evergrande a priceless away victory at Shanghai Shenhua’s Hongkou stadium on a damp and rainy Friday night. The game featured the Chinese Super Leagues two biggest-spending teams, as the league’s two biggest… Read More
It’s one of the most striking aspects of Shanghainese fan culture – thousands of fans massing outside Hongkou stadium for wild celebrations after a big win. Your correspondent was at the scene last Saturday to capture the revelry… Read More
Coming at you live from the Hongkou north terrace, presents the first in a series of fan’s-eye previews of upcoming Shanghai Shenhua matches. Steve Croooks analyzes the glamour tie of this season’s big-spending Shenhua against the reigning champs… Read More
A lovely late goal by Shanghainese playmaker Cao Yunding was enough to give Jean Tigana his first victory as Shenhua manager on Saturday night as his side laboured to a 1-0 win over high-flying Guangzhou Fuli. The result… Read More
Gulp! Burp! Argh! @)#(*)@(*$#)(#)IQ$! That’s how I’m feeling right now after a very rough weekend of celebrating and drinking first with Guoan supporters, then with the “Blue Devils” and finally tonight with a few Brisbane supporters, who took… Read More
