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This week the boys look back on last week’s derbies, and a bumper round for fan numbers, with the weather leading some to be naked from the waist. China’s squad for upcoming friendlies is covered, who is in?… Read More
China interim coach Fu Bo has named a training squad for an 11-day camp at the start of next month, with home friendly fixtures arranged against Singapore and Malaysia on 5 and 9 September respectively. Once more there… Read More
The Chinese Super League set an all-time attendance record last weekend with a total 197,548, fans watching eight top-flight fixtures – the highest number to watch a single round since professional football was re-launched in China in 2004…. Read More
Beijing Guoan 4-0 Dalian Aerbin Chinese Super League Round 22 Guerron 21′, Zhang Xizhe 34′ (pen), 70′ (pen), Shao Jiayi 86 Attendance: 41,131 On a day when Beijing Guoan skipper Darko Matic missed out through suspension and former… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande 2-0 Lekhwiya AFC Champions League Quarter Final First Leg Conca 72′ (pen.), Elkeson 76′ Evergrande will revisit Arabia next month with a two goal advantage in this tie after a tense, tight, and often compact game… Read More
When Argentine midfielder Dario Conca joined Guangzhou Evergrande in July 2011, his US$10 million transfer fee and astonishing US$14million-per-year wages left the football world aghast. Conca may have been the Brazilian Championship Player of the Year in 2010, but… Read More
Shandong Luneng 3-2 Shanghai Shenhua Love 56,70, Yang Xu 89; Dady 2,34 Chinese Super League Round 20 Shanghai Shenhua blew a two goal lead away to Shandong Luneng to crash 3-2 to the CSL’s second-placed team as late… Read More
Beijing Guoan 3-3 Jiangsu Sainty Chinese Super League Round 19 Zhang Xizhe 15′, Shao Jiayi 70′, 86′; Wu Xi ’72, Krimets 73′ (OG), Sun Ke 78′ Attendance: 43,500 In a true back-and-forth, extremely entertaining clash for neutrals, Beijing… Read More
The CSL returned this week after a break for national games, with Evergrande continuing their dominance, and Jiangsu once more showed how vulnerable a team they are. Ten men against Evergrande is ‘Mission Impossible’ The start of the… Read More
Beijing Guoan fell to a 3-0 defeat at Guangzhou Evergrande’s Tianhe Stadium on Wednesday night in a game that only served to show the clear gulf in class between the two sides at the present moment. There were… Read More
