MATCHDAY 15 Chinese Super League (Games 1-6):
Changchun Yatai - Guizhou Renhe 2:1 (1:1)
0:1 Sejad Salihović (9.), 1:1 Pei Shuai 裴帅 (19.), 2:1 Han Deming 韩德明 (70.)
Guangzhou R&F - Henan Jianye 1:2 (0:0)
0:1 Javier Patiño (70.), 1:1 Aaron Olanare (72.), 1:2 Ivo (87.)
Liaoning Whowin - Shanghai SIPG 1:3 (1:1)
1:0 Yang Chaosheng 杨超声 (17.), 1:1 Kim Yoo-Jin (32., OG), 1:2 Tobias Hysén (68.), 1:3 Dario Conca (75., PG)
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Shandong Luneng 1:1 (0:0)
1:0 Xu Bo 许博 (65.), 1:1 Zhao Mingjian 赵明剑 (89.)
Tianjin Teda - Chongqing Lifan 0:3 (0:2)
0:1 Chen Lei 陈雷 (6.), 0:2 Emmanuel Gigliotti (38.), 0:3 Feng Jing 冯劲 (81.)
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty - Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 3:2 (2:0)
1:0 Sammir (7.), 2:0 Wu Xi 吴曦 (11.), 2:1 Tim Cahill (52.), 2:2 Wang Yun 王赟 (56.), 3:2 Viðar Kjartansson (73.)
WORKER’S STADIUM RAMBLINGS: GUOAN NEEDS TO MAKE IT TWO FOR TWO AT TIANHE
It’s once again time for what could be called the new “China Derby”, as Guangzhou Evergrande hosts Beijing Guoan on Thursday night. Since Evergrande has joined the CSL in 2011 they’ve of course won the league four times in a row while Guoan has finished second and third two times each.
There have been some epic battles between these sides the past few years, with neither able to win at the other’s ground until Shao Jiayi’s late free kick winner at Tianhe last season changed that. This year, Beijing needs a similar bit of heroics from somebody if they plan on seriously breaking Evergrande’s grip on the title.
With both teams tied at the top, why is it critical for Guoan and not Evergrande? While last year’s victory was important, it came so late that Evergrande still controlled their own destiny going into the season’s last match. The Cantonese side is going through a spot of chaos lately, with their captain suspended and having just changed managers, a win for the visitors would further impact their spiral and give the Men in Green a mental boost going into the second half of the season. Guangzhou are still dealing with a number of injuries
Draws have ruled the day when these two sides have met, with half the matches ending with them splitting the points and that’s most likely what will happen tomorrow, but Evergrande have been here before, they’ve won four straight titles, it’s Beijing that needs to step up and take all three points, especially as they’re more likely to need the cover down the road. With the transfer window just opened and changes likely all around, this is a good opportunity that needs to be taken advantage of by the Beijingers. A failure to do so could lead to regrets when we get into October.
CHENG: NEW LEVELS OF INSANITY AS TIANJIN BREAKS BANK FOR SUN KE
Last week,Tianjin Teda signed midfielder Sun Ke from Jiangsu Sainty for RMB66 million, blowing away the previous transfer record of RMB50 million for Yu Hai. Despite Sun previously stating that he’d be more willing to be a bench player on Jiangsu than start elsewhere, it seems in the face of such a major offer, money talks.
There are a number of oddities to the deal, namely Tianjin’s new sponsor (who gives the club it’s new official name), Quanjian Natural Medicine, don’t seem to have talked much with the people in the club regarding the move. Quanjian is rumored to want to purchase Teda in its entirety and it seems they are in charge of paying Sun (or at least his transfer fee) separately from Teda.
Beyond those oddities, there’s the fact that no matter who it was, someone paid $10.6 million for Sun Ke. Granted, Sun is in the prime of his career, nearing 26 years old, and is a regular starter for the national team, that amount of money is just craziness. Sun’s in his fifth year as a regular starter, he was one of the most important players for Jiangsu the past few seasons, but he’s not a scoring threat, never contributing more than four league goals a year. As a comparison, the three Yu’s (Hai, Hanchao, and Dabao) all have put up very similar statistics to Sun (though all are a year (Dabao) or two (Hai & Hanchao) older) and all cost substantially less.
It is still unclear if this was just Quanjian trying to make a name for itself and is thus an anomaly or if it represents yet another bump (bubble?) in the ever rising domestic transfer market. I’m leaning toward anomaly on this one, Sun is likely to be the biggest name to move this summer and most other domestic moves will be for far lower numbers. Wu Lei is probably the only player who may be able to attract more, but he’s likely happy with his situation at SIPG and few teams have the kind of money to make a serious bid for him.
Tianjin’s willingness to spend big despite the likely lack of return on investment that will come from their purchase shows how, in the wacky world of the transfer market, the CSL’s is the weirdest of them all.
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