Marcello Lippi will not take Zheng Zhi to Japan for the East Asian Championships.
China captain Zheng Zhi must wait for his 100th cap after being left out of Marcello Lippi’s squad for next month’s East Asian Championships in Japan.
Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder Zheng, who has played 98 times for China, is not part of the 23-man selection.
Clubmates Feng Xiaoteng, Gao Lin, Zeng Cheng and Yu Hanchao are also among those not selected by Lippi.
Shanghai SIPG’s Wei Shihao is one of four uncapped players called up after the 22-year-old impressed in the final weeks of the Chinese…
Zheng Zhi has made 98 appearances for China so far.
Guangzhou Evergrande’s Zheng Zhi will miss China’s friendly internationals against Serbia and Colombia later this month due to injury, meaning the veteran midfielder will have to wait to earn his 100th cap for his country.
Zheng, who has played 98 times for China, missed the last two Chinese Super League matches as his club claimed the domestic title for a record seventh time.
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Relentlessly and predictably, Guangzhou Evergrande further cemented their status as China’s dominant force, securing a seventh straight Chinese Super League (CSL) crown last week, with two games remaining. It makes them the envy of their deep-pocketed, big spending counterparts for another season at least.
Billions of renminbi have been spent collectively by Shanghai SIPG, Hebei CFFC, Tianjin Quanjian and others in an attempt to prize the domestic title out of the hands of the southern Chinese giants….
Guangzhou Evergrande brushed aside Guizhou Zhicheng to clinch their seventh straight Chinese Super League title. Guangzhou Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi has vowed to continue playing next season after helping steer his club to a record seventh st…
Ricardo Goulart’s double led the way for table-leaders Guangzhou Evergrande’s comfortable win over Changchun Yatai.
Luiz Felipe Scolari will make a late decision over whether to include Zheng Zhi in his starting line-up as Guangzhou Evergrande face a huge task to overhaul a four-goal first-leg deficit in the second leg of their Asian Champions League quarterfinal with Shanghai SIPG.
SIPG handed the two-time Asian champions a 4-0 thrashing in the first game at Shanghai Stadium, and the teams face off again on Tuesday evening at Evergrande’s Tianhe Stadium with Guangzhou facing a humiliating elimination.
The six-time…
Zheng Zhi came in for praise following Guangzhou Evergrande’s win on Friday.
Luiz Felipe Scolari hailed evergreen Guangzhou Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi after the Chinese Super League champions extended their lead at the top of the current standings to 11 points on Friday evening.
Evergrande, who are on track to claim a seventh straight league title in a row, handed Changchun Yatai a 3-1 defeat to extend their advantage over Shanghai SIPG, who face Tianjin Teda on Saturday.
Ricardo Goulart scored twice while fellow Brazilian Alan Carvalho was also on the scoresheet. But…
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Ricardo Goulart’s double led the way for table-leaders Guangzhou Evergrande’s comfortable win over Changchun Yatai.
Luiz Felipe Scolari hailed evergreen Guangzhou Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi after the Chinese Super League champions extended their lead at the top of the current standings to 11 points on Friday evening.
Evergrande, who are on track to claim a seventh straight league title in a row, handed Changchun Yatai a 3-1 defeat to extend their advantage over Shanghai SIPG, who face Tianjin Teda on Saturday.
Ricardo Goulart scored twice while fellow Brazilian Alan Carvalho was also on the scoresheet. But…
FC’s Jason Dasey and John Wilkinson preview two of the biggest match-ups in Week 16 action of the Chinese Super League.
Guangzhou Evergrande and China captain Zheng Zhi was given a four-match ban and a fine of 40,000 RMB ($5,880) on Friday as the Chinese Football Association (CFA) continued its clampdown on ill-discipline in the Chinese Super League.
Zheng was handed the punishment after failing to lead his teammates into a postmatch handshake with match officials following a 4-3 defeat against Tianjin Quanjian that reduced Guangzhou’s lead over Shanghai SIPG at the top of the league to a solitary point.
The 36-year-old…