However much I dislike Tianjin, you never want to see a player stretchered off the pitch, especially with a bad neck injury. Luciano Olguin, who has worn the captain’s arm band at Tianjin and been a big part of that side for two seasons, was taken off the pitch and immediately to the hospital on Saturday night, he underwent surgery on Sunday morning for his neck injury and is said to be doing well, more updates will be forthcoming.
Liaoning gets an important win as the young tigers Yu Hanchao and Yang Xu combine for the goal. A controversial late goal line save and then a late, frustrated tackle leads to end of match handbags in Shenyang.
Two penalties, a 5 goal second half, a goal from 40 yards out, it was one exciting contest as Shandong earn a critical win keeping them in the Asian Champions League race while Nanchang remain in the midst of relegation.
Changchun’s earned some big wins beating Guangzhou and Beijing recently, but they learn how difficult it is going to Dalian, only coming away with a point.
Guangzhou provide one of their finest performances of the year, crushing a tough Tianjin side who must have been frustrated and dejected after not being given two obvious penalties and losing their captain Luciano to a very bad injury.
In his first match in charge, Gao Hongbo led his charges to Jiaxing, but neither side was able to score meaning they both stay in the ACL picture for another round, barely.
A massive crowd came out to watch the home side take down Shanghai and move up to just three points away from an ACL spot, for more on yet another difficult loss for Shenhua, check out the full writeup.
Brandon Chemers aka B. Cheng aka A Modern Lei Feng – is a name which may be familiar to many in the Chinese blogosphere.
He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Wild East Football and is one of the lonely souls writing about Chinese football in English for the last 10 years.
Chemers' credentials are second to none – his former blog focused not only on the fortunes of his beloved Beijing Guoan FC, but a multitude of other aspects of Beijing life. He’s deservedly built a reputation in the Chinese blogosphere as an insightful observer of not only Chinese football, but also the wider picture of life in modern China and its many layers.
For WEF, beyond writing about Guoan, he often focuses on fan culture and the business of Chinese football.
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