Guangzhou Evergrande fell short in their epic comeback, losing 5-4 on penalties to nine-man Shanghai SIPG.
The buildup to one of the most hotly anticipated Shanghai derbies of recent times could hardly be more different for the two sides.
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China finished the campaign on a high but it wasn’t enough to seal progress.
A 2-1 victory over Qatar in Doha on Tuesday evening saw China’s 2018 World Cup qualification campaign end on a high, with back-to-back victories seeing the side fall just a point short of a playoff berth.
But the side’s qualification campaign never really got off the ground with a slow start to the final stage leaving Russia 2018 a distant dream. Under Marcello Lippi’s management, however, it was a dream kept alive until the very end.
Attention will swiftly switch towards the potential of qualification…
Gao Lin’s penalty in the 84th minute gave China its margin over Uzbekistan.
China’s journey to a possible place at the 2018 World Cup has been an epic rollercoaster spanning three years, three head coaches and no shortage of drama. Having crept through to the final round of qualification and fallen well behind in the running to advance to next summer’s tournament, China somehow kept their faint hope of qualification to Moscow alive with a 1-0 victory over Uzbekistan in Wuhan on Thursday.
Dubious though the Gao Lin-converted penalty which gave Team Dragon the winning margin…
Guangzhou Evergrande coach Luiz Felipe Scolari needs to take advantage of a soft upcoming schedule.
Having progressed to the quarterfinals of the 2017 AFC Champions League while also topping the Chinese Super League table, the level of uncertainty surrounding Guangzhou Evergrande these days can be hard to comprehend. Yet, the six-time CSL champions have undoubtedly found the 2017 season somewhat of a chore thus far.
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