Jason Dasey and PJ Roberts look ahead to the biggest games in the CSL with Tianjin and Shanghai SIPG looking for key wins.
Jiangsu Suning continue to look for their first win of the league campaign.
Eran Zahavi scored twice in the second half as Guangzhou R&F inflicted a 2-1 defeat on struggling Jiangsu Suning on Friday evening to maintain their place at the top of the Chinese Super League standings.
Jiangsu, runners-up last season but who are second from bottom after six games of the season so far, took the lead through Alex Teixeira 10 minutes before the break as Choi Yong-soo’s side continue to look for their first win of the league campaign.
But goals from Zahavi in the 62nd and 77th minutes…
Shanghai SIPG were held to a 1-1 draw away at Tianjin Quanjian in the Chinese Super League.
Alexandre Pato scored a most amusing goal as Tianjin Quanjian hosted Shanghai SIPG.
Hulk missed a penalty for Shanghai SIPG as his side were held at Tiangin Quanjian.
Carlos Tevez has had a disappointing start to Shanghai’s season.
Gustavo Poyet has sought to temper expectations of Carlos Tevez as Shanghai Shenhua’s high-profile signing misses his side’s trip to Changchun Yatai on Saturday due to injury.
The Argentinian, who arrived from Boca Juniors amid claims he would earn a world-record salary, has been ruled out of the game due to a calf injury as his disappointing start to the season continues.
Tevez shone in his side’s opening game, a 4-0 thrashing of last season’s runners-up Jiangsu Suning, but since then he has failed…
Axel Witsel was stamped on by Qin Sheng.
Shanghai Shenhua midfielder Qin Sheng has been fined and dropped to the reserves after his stamp on Axel Witsel at the weekend.
Qin stamped on the Tianjin Quanjian player in the 24th minute of a game that ended in a 1-1 draw.
The 30-year-old has been fined RMB300,000 (£35,750) and his salary reduced to the minimum permitted by the club for the duration of his time with the second string.
“In the 24th minute, Greenland Shenhua player Qin Sheng deliberately stamped on the foot of his opponent,…
Axel Witsel rescued Tianjin Quanjian after Alexandre Pato’s penalty miss.
Axel Witsel scored five minutes from time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Tianjin Quanjian against 10-man Shanghai Shenhua on Saturday evening, but Alexandre Pato’s poor start to life in the Chinese Super League continued as the Brazilian missed a penalty that would have secured all three points for Fabio Cannavaro’s side.
Giovanni Moreno gave Gus Poyet’s side the lead with 15 minutes to go despite Shanghai playing almost three quarters of the game a man down following Qin Sheng’s sending off in the 24th…
Alexandre Pato signed for Tianjin Quanjian in January.
Fabio Cannavaro blamed the quality of the pitch at Yuexiushan Stadium for Alexandre Pato’s poor performance on his Chinese Super League debut for Tianjin Quanjian as the newly promoted side slipped to a 2-0 defeat against Guangzhou R&F on Saturday.
Pato missed a string of chances as Xiao Zhi and Renatinho scored to give Dragan Stojkovic’s side all three points on the day when big-spending Shanghai SIPG thrashed Changhun Yatai 5-1 and Felix Magath’s Shandong Luneng notched up a 2-0 win over Tianjin…
With the CSL transfer window shut, will we see Wayne Rooney or Ashley Young head to China in June?
Axel Witsel has played in all four of Belgium’s 2018 World Cup qualifying matches to date.
Roberto Martinez believes Axel Witsel can remain a key part of his Belgium side despite seemingly sacrificing his international career by moving to China.
Witsel joined Tianjin Quanjian in a €20 million move from Zenit St Petersburg in January, and will earn a reported €18m annually over the three years of his contract.
Though he acknowledged his massive payday was key to him making the switch and reportedly rejecting overtures from Juventus in the process, Witsel insisted he still harboured…