Paulo Sousa wants his team to take their ACL form into domestic competition.
Paulo Sousa is hoping his Tianjin Quanjian players can carry their AFC Champions League form into the Chinese Super League after a 3-2 win over Japan’s Kashiwa Reysol confirmed their place in the round of 16.
Tianjin face Guangzhou Evergrande in an all-Chinese clash next month after finishing second in Group E behind two-time champions Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea, who beat Hong Kong’s Kitchee 3-0 to seal top spot and set up a meeting with Thailand’s Buriram United.
“This is our debut season in…

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Beijing Guoan.
Cedric Bakambu helped rescue a point for Beijing Guoan as Roger Schmidt’s side fought back from going two goals down to draw 3-3 with Chongqing Lifan on Sunday evening.
Bakambu, signed in the winter transfer window from La Liga side Villarreal, netted five minutes into the second half to pull his side level after a frantic first half had seen Chongqing go into the break with a two-goal lead.
Goals from Fernandinho Silva and Peng Xinli in the opening eight minutes gave the home side the perfect start,…

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John Obi Mikel scored his first goal of the season as Tianjin Teda beat Guangzhou R&F.
Dalian Yifang coach Bernd Schuster claimed Brazilian striker Diego Tardelli was the deciding factor as his side slipped to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Shandong Luneng on Saturday evening.
Tardelli scored both goals as Li Xiaopeng’s side moved back to within six points of Chinese Super League leaders Shanghai SIPG, who won their sixth game in a row on Friday evening against Hebei China Fortune.
Shandong now sit just a point behind defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande in third place while Dalian,…

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Shanghai Shenhua’s Zhu Jianrong scored the first goal in a draw against Guangzhou Evergrande.
Shanghai SIPG opened up a five-point gap at the top of the Chinese Super League table on Friday as they handed Hebei China Fortune a 2-0 defeat .
SIPG racked up a league-record sixth straight win to maintain their perfect start to the campaign with Hulk and Wu Lei finding the back of the net for last year’s runners-up against Hebei.
But it was Yan Junling who earned the praise of coach Vitor Pereira for denying Ezequiel Lavezzi 11 minutes before half-time, when the goalkeeper kept out a spot kick…

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Alan Carvalho’s ban rules him out until July 21.
The Chinese Football Association has banned Guangzhou Evergrande striker Alan Carvalho for eight games after he was sent off for elbowing Tianjin Quanjian’s Liu Yiming last month.
Carvalho will be ruled out until July 21, when Evergrande face Chinese Super League leaders Shanghai SIPG when the league resumes following a two-month break for the World Cup.
The 28-year-old, who has scored six times in four league games, has already served one game of the ban, missing Sunday’s win over Shandong Luneng.
Carvalho…

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Bernd Schuster remains winless in charge of Dalian Yifang.
Dalian Yifang threw away a two-goal lead to leave Bernd Schuster still looking for his first win since taking over as head coach of the second division champions, who were pegged back to a 2-2 draw by Chongqing Lifan in the Chinese Super League on Saturday.
Nicolas Gaitan set up Wang Jinxian to open the scoring after just 18 minutes before the Argentinian put his side further in front 11 minutes into the second half.
But Zhu Xiaogang’s sending off on the hour mark for a second bookable offence threw…

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