I will pass judgment on the A league now, its on par with CSL, it sucks, though, that's a good thing, because it will make things interesting. Can't wait to see the ACL next year... I guess Li Tie is finally cleared to start practicing, so I think there's still a bit of hope we'll see him in some of the holiday fixtures (or shortly thereafter).
*sings*SINGING AYE AYE YIPPY LI TIE SINGING AYE AYE YIPPY LI TIE LIKE THE FELLA IN THE CHIPPY SINGING AYE AYE YIPPY AYE AYE YIPPY LIE TIE*sings*
I just read about this from Gao Leilei's blog. One big problem is that unlike Gao and Li who have signed only 2 months contracts, some players have signed multi-year contracts with NZ knights. As you know their contracts are only ensured until the end of this season. So now they are pissed off and threatened not to play the remainder of the season.
...QU SHENGQING MATCH UPDATE... 12.15.06 - Did not dress. 3-2. W [Newcastle Jets] 12.10.06 - Did not dress. 1-1. D 12.01.06 - Did not dress. 1-3. L 11.25.06 - Did not dress. 0-2. L 11.19.06 - Did not dress. 1-2. L 11.11.06 - Did not dress. 1-0. W 11.05.06 - Did not dress. 3-2. W 10.27.06 - Played full match. 1-2. L 10.22.06 - Did not dress. 4-2. W 10.15.06 - Substituted in 64'. 1-0. W 10.06.06 - Did not dress. 3-1. W 10.02.06 - Did not dress. 1-4. L 09.22.06 - Ejected 58'. Red card 58'. 0-0. D 09.16.06 - Substituted out 67'. 3-0. W 09.08.06 - Played full match. Scored 28'. 5-1. W 09.02.06 - Substituted out 68'. 0-1. L 08.25.06 - Played full match. Yellow card 21'. 0-2. L 08.19.06 [Friendly] - Substituted in 70'. 1-1 [Penalties: 5-4]. W 08.11.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 2-1. W 08.04.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 1-0. W 07.30.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 0-0. D 07.22.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 0-0. D 07.16.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 1-0. W Next match 12.28.06 - ADELAIDE UNITED are 3rd and 12 points behind 1st.
...SHAO JIAYI MATCH UPDATE... 12.16.06 - Substituted in 70'. 0-0. D [Stuttgart] 12.09.06 - Substituted in 75'. 1-2. L 12.02.06 - Substituted out 60'. 0-1. L 11.26.06 - Substituted out 70'. 1-3. L 11.18.06 - Substituted out 66'. 2-4. L 11.11.06 - Substituted out 89'. Yellow card 51'. 0-0. D 11.08.06 - Substituted in 58'. 0-1. L 11.04.06 - Substituted in 64'. Yellow card 89'. 1-1. D 10.28.06 - Substituted in 57'. Scored 83'. 2-0. W 10.21.06 - Substituted in 73'. 2-1. W 10.15.06 - Did not play. 2-3. L 10.06.06 [Friendly] - Played full match. Scored 52' and 76'. 3-2. W 09.30.06 - Did not play. 1-3. L 09.24.06 - Substituted out 46'. 1-1. D 09.16.06 - Played full match. 2-0. W 09.09.06 [German Cup 1st Round] - Substituted in 71'. 0-1. L 09.01.06 [Friendly] - Substituted in 46'. 4-3. W 08.26.06 - Played full match. Yellow card 29'. 1-0. W 08.19.06 - Substituted out 46'. 2-2. D 08.12.06 - Played full match. Yellow card 67'. 0-2. L 08.05.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 67'. Yellow card. 0-0. D 08.01.06 [Friendly] - Did not play. 7-0. W 07.30.06 [Friendly] - Played full match. Scored 25' and 43'. 5-1. W 07.29.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 5-0. W 07.26.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 57'. 1-1. D 07.22.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 62'. Scored 8'. 1-1. D 07.20.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 46'. Scored 45'. 1-1. D 07.16.06 [Friendly] - Played full match. 2-2. D 07.14.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 66'. 2-2. D 07.12.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 3-1. W 07.08.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 11-1. W 07.05.06 [Friendly] - Did not play. 13-0. W WINTER BREAK - ENERGIE COTTBUS are 15th and 19 points behind 1st.
...LI TIE MATCH UPDATE... 12.16.06 - Did not dress. 1-0. W [@Wigan Athletic] 12.11.06 - Did not dress. 2-2. D 12.02.06 - Did not dress. 2-1. W 11.28.06 - Did not dress. 1-0. W 11.25.06 - Did not dress. 0-1. L 11.18.06 - Did not dress. 1-2. L 11.11.06 - Did not dress. 2-2. D 11.04.06 - Did not dress. 1-0. W 10.28.06 - Did not dress. 0-2. L 10.24.06 [League Cup 3rd Round] - Did not play. 2-4. L 10.21.06 - Did not dress. 0-2. L 10.14.06 - Did not dress. 0-0. D 09.30.06 - Did not dress. 2-1. W 09.23.06 - Did not dress. 0-3. L 09.19.06 [League Cup 2nd Round] - Played full match. 1-0. W 09.16.06 - Did not dress. 1-2. L 09.09.06 - Did not dress. 0-0. D 08.26.06 - Did not dress. 0-1. L 08.22.06 - Did not dress. 0-2. L 08.19.06 - Did not dress. 1-1. D 08.11.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 2-0. W 08.08.06 [Friendly] - Did not play. 2-2. D 08.05.06 [Friendly] - Did not play. 1-1. D 08.02.06 [Friendly] - Played full match. 0-1. L 08.01.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 0-0. D 07.29.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 0-1. L 07.28.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 60'. 1-1. D 07.24.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 3-1. W 07.21.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 3-0. W 07.17.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 5-0. W Next match 12.23.06 - SHEFFIELD UNITED are 14th and 24 points behind 1st.
...ZHANG YUNING MATCH UPDATE... 12.16.06 - Did not dress. 3-2. W [@Central Coast Mariners] 12.07.06 - Did not dress. 0-3. L 12.02.06 - Did not dress. 1-0. W 11.24.06 - Did not dress. 0-3. L 11.17.06 - Substituted in 61'. 0-2. L 11.11.06 - Did not dress. 0-1. L 11.05.06 - Substituted out 56'. 0-1. L 10.28.06 - Substituted out 58'. 1-1. D 10.22.06 - Did not dress. 0-1. L 10.15.06 - Did not dress. 2-1. W 10.08.06 - Did not dress. 1-1. D 10.01.06 - Substituted in 65'. 1-4. L 09.22.06 - Substituted in 69'. 0-0. D 09.15.06 - Substituted in 74'. 5-0. W 09.09.06 - Did not dress. 0-0. D 09.01.06 - Did not dress. 3-2. W 08.26.06 - Did not dress. 3-0. W 08.18.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 2-1. W 08.11.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 0-0 [Penalties: 2-4]. L 08.06.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 0-0. D 07.29.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 0-0. D 07.22.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 1-1. D 07.15.06 [Friendly] - Did not dress. 1-2. L Next match 12.29.06 - QUEENSLAND ROAR are 6th and 16 points behind 1st.
...DONG FANGZHUO MATCH UPDATE... 12.16.06 - Played full match. Scored 14' and 70'. 3-0. W [Dender] 12.10.06 - Substituted out 73'. 1-0. W 12.02.06 - Substituted out 86'. Scored 38' and 65'. 3-1. W 11.26.06 - Played full match. Scored 15' and 25'. 5-0. W 11.18.06 - Did not play. 2-2. D 11.12.06 - Played full match. Yellow card 72'. 3-2. W 11.04.06 - Played full match. Scored 62'. Yellow card 86'. 3-0. W 10.28.06 - Played full match. Scored 85'. 2-0. W 10.21.06 [Belgian Cup 6th Round] - Substituted out 61'. Scored 2' and 40'. 4-1. W 10.14.06 - Substituted in 46'. Scored 79'. 3-3. D 10.07.06 - Played full match. 0-0. D 09.30.06 - Played full match. 1-0. W 09.23.06 - Substituted out 65'. 5-1. W 09.16.06 - Played full match. Yellow card 86'. 1-2. L 09.09.06 - Substituted in 81'. 3-3. D 09.02.06 - Did not play. 3-0. W 08.30.06 - Did not play. 1-1. D 08.27.06 [Belgian Cup 5th Round] - Did not play. 4-1. W 08.23.06 - Played full match. Scored 97'. 2-0. W 08.20.06 [Belgian Cup 4th Round] - Did not play. 2-0. W 08.11.06 [Friendly] - Did not play. 3-0. W 08.09.06 [Friendly] - Played full match. Yellow card 25'. 1-2. L 08.01.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 46'. 5-0. W 07.29.06 [Friendly] - Substituted out 71'. Scored 27', 53', and 57'. 10-0. W WINTER BREAK - ANTWERP are 2nd and 5 points behind 1st.
Guo'an loans 19-year-old Zhu Yifan to Benfica for 4 years. At the end of that term Benfica can negotiate to buy Zhu outright. Source: SINA (Chinese)
that cool dong fire again !!!! and the leader fall, Antwerp gonna miss him for the second part of the season