Fabio Cannavaro is hoping his Guangzhou Evergrande side will come back from the Chinese Super League’s two-month World Cup break mentally refreshed after the seven-time champions dropped further off the pace with a 2-0 loss against Beijing Renhe on Sunday.
Benjamin Moukandjo and Augusto Fernandez scored for the newly promoted side as Evergrande dropped five points behind leaders Shanghai SIPG, who defeated Jiangsu Suning 2-0 to return to the summit ahead of the finals in Russia next month.
Guangzhou…
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Wu Xinghan’s 93rd-minute winner moved Shandong Luneng to the top of the Chinese Super League standings as Li Xiaopeng’s side handed Tianjin Teda a last-gasp 2-1 defeat on Friday.
The win moves Shandong three points clear of Shanghai SIPG, who play fourth-placed Jiangsu Suning on Sunday evening in the final round of matches before the league takes a two-month break for the summer’s World Cup finals.
But despite the win — Shandong’s seventh from 11 league games so far this season — Li was far from…
Cosmin Olaroiu paid tribute to his players as Jiangsu Suning moved to within a point of the summit of the Chinese Super League on Sunday with a 1-0 win over Dalian Yifang.
Huang Zichang scored the only goal of the game midway through the second …
Shanghai SIPG retained their position at the top of the Chinese Super League standings despite being held to a 1-1 draw by bottom side Guizhou Zhicheng, after Shandong Luneng and Guangzhou Evergrande were also held to draws on Saturday.
Shandong…
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Andres Iniesta’s move to Chongqing Lifan is in doubt after the Chinese Super League club said they would not pay the Barcelona midfielder an irresponsibly high salary.
Iniesta announced last month that he would be leaving Barcelona after 22 years, and the 33-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Chongqing Lifan, whose sponsor confirmed they were ”positive on introducing Iniesta.”
Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported last Thursday that Iniesta had an offer on the table for three…
Gregorio Manzano is in danger of losing his job in Guizhou.
Shandong Luneng missed the chance to move into sole possession of top spot in the Chinese Super League on Sunday as Li Xiaopeng’s side was held to a 0-0 draw by Beijing Renhe, while Guizhou Hengfeng coach Gregorio Manzano took a step closer to the exit door.
Manzano’s Guizhou were handed a 5-1 thrashing by Tianjin Teda and are now three points adrift at the bottom of the table, having picked up just one win in the first nine games of the season.
Frank Acheampong and Hui Jiakang both scored…
.Henan Jianye’s Ricardo Vaz Te battles for the ball with Hebei China Fortune’s Zhunyi Gao.
Shanghai SIPG lost for the second consecutive game as Beijing Guoan handed the Chinese Super League leaders a 2-1 defeat on Saturday.
SIPG won their first six games but have picked up just one point from their last three games, and Shandong Luneng could move into first on Sunday if they win against Beijing Renhe.
SIPG looked as if they would bounce back from last week’s loss against Changchun Yatai when Elkeson put them in front after 28 minutes, but two goals in the first five minutes of the second…
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Chinese Super League club Shandong Luneng denied reports that Arsene Wenger will join the club when he leaves Arsenal at the end of the Premier League season.
Wenger, 68, will stand down from the role at the Emirates Stadium after almost 22 years at the helm of the club, with speculation concerning his next destination rampant.
But Shandong issued a statement on their social media outlets on Tuesday to deny Wenger would be hired to replace current coach Li Xiaopeng.
“We are surprised to learn from…