Yannick Carrasco earned Dalian Yifang a draw against Jiangsu Suning.
Jiangsu Suning missed the chance to move into the Chinese Super League’s top four after Yannick Carrasco’s late penalty secured Dalian Yifang a 1-1 draw on Sunday.
Alex Teixeira had given Cosmin Olaroiu’s side the lead just after the hour mark, and a win would have seen the Nanjing-based club leapfrog Shandong Luneng into fourth with eight games of the season gone.
But Carrasco’s spot kick — awarded when the video assistant referee confirmed Tian Yinong had handled Marek Hamsik’s free kick into…
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Yannick Carrasco’s stoppage-time strike salvaged a point for 10 man Dalian Yifang as they secured a 1-1 Chinese Super League draw with Henan Jianye on Sunday in their opening game of the season.
Marek Hamsik, signed from Napoli last month, made his debut for Dalian but it was Henan who took the lead via Henrique Dourado’s close-range effort after 26 minutes.
Dalian defender Yang Shanping was sent off eight minutes before the interval for a second booking and Henan looked set to take all three points…
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Signed from Atletico Madrid exactly a year and a day earlier, the 31-year-old endured a nightmare start to his career in China with an 8-0 thrashing suffered at the hands of Shanghai SIPG on the opening day of the 2018 season.
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An agreement for Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik to join Chinese Super League side Dalian Yifang has been found, owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has announced.
Hamsik has been at San Paolo since joining from Brescia in 2007 and is the club’s record goal scorer and appearance maker.
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“An agreement with Dalian has been reached,” De Laurentiis wrote. “I wish Marek happiness in China.
“The doors of Napoli will always be open to him.”
Hamsik has scored 121 goals in 520 matches and won the Coppa Italia…
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Yannick Carrasco was on target as Dalian Yifang’s 2-0 Chinese Super League win over Changchun Yatai spared last year’s second division champions relegation on Sunday.
The result means Changchun finished 15th in the 16-team league and joined Guizhou Zhicheng in dropping into China League One as the top-flight season came to an end.
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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,…