Vitor Pereira’s unbeaten domestic start at Shanghai SIPG ended against Changchun Yatai.
Vitor Pereira criticised his Shanghai SIPG side’s lack of discipline on Sunday evening as the Chinese Super League leaders lost for the first time in domestic competition this season.
Odion Ighalo struck twice as Changchun Yatai took all three points with a 2-1 win over SIPG to allow Shandong Luneng to reduce the gap at the summit to a solitary point.
“Our opponents taught us a lesson today,” Pereira said after his side’s defeat. “Football is actually very simple. When you attack, everyone attacks…
Yu Hanchao’s stoppage-time winner saw Guangzhou Evergrande defeat Jiangsu Suning.
Yu Hanchao’s injury-time header earned Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande a last-gasp 1-0 win over Jiangsu Suning on Saturday to keep the pressure on leaders Shanghai SIPG.
Fabio Cannavaro’s side bounced back from last week’s draw with Beijing Guoan to claim all three points and move on to 17 points, two shy of SIPG, who face Changchun Yatai on Sunday.
Yu headed home Zhang Wenchao’s cross from the right from six yards out a minute into injury time to hand Jiangsu their first defeat…
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Arsene Wenger is readying for what could be his final Premier League showdown with Jose Mourinho, as the outgoing Arsenal manager leads his team to Old Trafford for a Sunday match against Manchester United.
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Schalke have announced a five-year deal with Hebei China Fortune.
Schalke have entered a strategic partnership with Hebei China Fortune and will help the Chinese Super League club to develop players.
The deal, reportedly worth €20 million, was announced on Thursday and will run for five years.
In a statement on their official website, Schalke said they “are to enter into large, long-term and economically attractive partnership with Hebei China Fortuna FC.”
“Unlike any other Bundesliga team we can offer an immense knowhow when it comes to building youth talent,…
Shanghai Shenhua head coach Wu Jingui.
Defending Chinese FA Cup champions Shanghai Shenhua were forced to issue a public apology on Wednesday evening after they were knocked out of this year’s competition by third tier side Nantong Zhiyun.
Shenhua threw away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 and exit the competition in the fourth round, when Chinese Super League sides enter the competition, and comes just five months after winning the title for the first time since 1998.
“For the last two games, the team has had problems both in attack and…
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Henan Jianye have parted company with coach Dragan Talajic after the club’s loss to Chongqing Lifan on Friday evening saw them slip towards the Chinese Super League relegation zone.
Alan Kardec scored twice for Chongqing as Paulo Bento’s side moved up to fourth in the standings, but the result brought the end of Talajic’s time at Henan just seven games into the season.
“After cordial discussions between Henan Jianye and Dragan Talajic, the contract between the two parties has been invalidated,” the…
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…
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,…