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FREE GAMES GOALS GLORY: THE A-LEAGUES TEAMS, PLAYERS, COACHES AND GREATEST MOMENTS PDF Roy Hay | 208 pages | 01 Oct 2016 | HARDIE GRANT BOOKS | 9781743791806 | English | South Yarra, Australia A-League records and statistics - Wikipedia The season was originally scheduled to begin in late February but postponed before a ball was kicked; however, a rejigged version with two groups of eight teams will begin on Saturday, with Group A based in Dalian and Group B in Suzhou. Each side will play the other teams in their group twice before those finishing in the top four progress to a knockout round Championship Stage to decide the Chinese Super League winners, Players the bottom four entering into a Relegation Stage where they will face off in a bid to avoid dropping into the second tier. Guangzhou Evergrande have been by far the most Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams side in the Chinese Super League in the last Coaches and Greatest Moments. The Guangdong-based club have picked up eight of the last nine championships and also claimed two Continental titles when they lifted the AFC Champions League trophy in and Their stranglehold did momentarily slip inhowever, when Shanghai SIPG edged them out and they were run close last season by the Shanghainese and traditional heavyweights Beijing FC, with the two sides likely to be their main rivals for the foreseeable future. For several years, Guangzhou have boasted the best foreign and domestic stars in the Chinese game and there remains a Coaches and Greatest Moments core from the two-time Continental Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams side that includes Zhang Linpeng, Huang Bowen and Elkeson. However, it is likely that eyes will once again be on hugely talented midfield star Alex Teixeira who had team highs in both goals 18 and assists 9 last year. Historically among China's biggest sides, Shandong Luneng have enjoyed a Players period under the stewardship of coach Li Xiaopeng since he joined in and last Players was no exception with their former midfielder named CSL Coach of the Year following positive performances domestically and on the Continent. While a Round of 16 exit at the AFC Champions League, fifth place in the league and runners-up finish in the FA Cup were a creditable return, Li will be looking to turn these near misses to concrete success in and beyond. And, with the talent at their Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams, they could be among the contenders this year. Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams midfielder Hao Junmin is club captain and remains one of China's most technically accomplished players and set-piece specialist at 33 years old, while foreign stars Graziano Pelle, Roger Guedes and Marouane Fellaini add a significant goal threat. After flirting with relegation in the three previous seasons, a top-half finish in was a solid campaign for Henan Jianye and perhaps a sign that things are heading in the right direction. However, following the departure of Wang Baoshan, the head coach role remains vacant, with Yang Ji currently in charge in a caretaker capacity. Cameroonian duo Franck Ohandza and Christian Bassogog were Henan's biggest threats in front of goal Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams year while Brazilian Fernando Karanga picturedwho starred in before heading back to Coaches and Greatest Moments homeland on loan, Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams midway through the year to produce a fine second half to the season. Having won multiple trophies with Guangzhou Evergrande, Henan native Wang Shangyuan joined his hometown club on loan in before signing permanently Players of the season. Usually deployed in the midfield holding role or at centre-back, his form led to him earning his first two China caps at the end of last year. Under the watchful eye of Spanish tactician Rafael Benitez, who guided Dalian Pro to a mid-table finish after departing Newcastle United to head to China midway throughmuch will be expected of a side boasting one of the most reputable coaches in the game and some excellent international quality. And while the void left by last season's top scorer and leading creator of goals Yannick Carrasco, currently on loan at Atletico Madrid, may be a big one to fill, Dalian have an astute coach at the helm and plenty of quality in place to at least challenge for a place in next year's AFC Champions League. A force to threaten all-comers in attack, where Eran Zahavi's 29 goals set a new single season scoring record, but abject at the back with the worst defence in the league, conceding 72 goals in 30 games. The inability to balance out the side could well have been one of Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams reasons that hastened the January departure of Dragan Stojkovic, the club's longest ever serving manager, with former Netherlands international Giovanni van Bronckhorst stepping in after leaving his coaching role at Feyenoord. It is set to be an intriguing season for Shanghai Shenhua, who have chosen to shore up their squad with several veteran stars of the China national team. Yang Xu, Zeng Cheng and Feng Xiaoting have over Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams caps between them and Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams add experience and know-how to a team that struggled last season. Coaches and Greatest Moments terms of a league system, just one top-four finish in the last nine years has been an underwhelming return for one of Chinese Coaches and Greatest Moments best supported teams, but Shenhua are knockout tournament specialists — having won two of the last three FA Cups Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams so this year's format of the CSL could suit the side. Inspirational captain Players Moreno remains the man for the Coaches and Greatest Moments occasions with the Colombian capable of the spectacular, while there are options in attack in the towering Kim Shin-wook, evergreen Players Martins and talented Italian Stephan El Shaarawy. Coming into the season as the second worst performing team in the CSL last year, Roberto Donadoni will hope for a markedly better time of it after a difficult start to his Asian coaching career. One win in Coaches and Greatest Moments matches, since he joined in Julyis the kind of form a serial-winner as a player for AC Milan will simply not accept. Despite a dismal season, Cameroonian forward John Mary proved to be a goal threat and Colombian Harold Preciado led the side in assists, while new import Blerim Dzemaili is a familiar face for Donadoni having joined from the coach's former side Bologna. The dissolution of Tianjin Tianhai not only helped save Shenzhen from relegation it also proved a significant source Coaches and Greatest Moments reinforcements with Sun Ke, Mi Haolun, Song Ju-hun and Zhang Lu among those joining the Guangdong club. Guangzhou Evergrande's all-time top scorer Gao Lin also made the short journey to the neighbouring city and his experience could prove a huge asset. Beijing FC were involved in a pulsating three-way battle for the Chinese Super League title last year but fell just short of being crowned champions for the first time since as Guangzhou Evergrande pipped them to the post by two points. In Brazilian Renato Augusto, Beijing boast a player who weighs in Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams both goals and assists, while Spaniard Jonathan Viera is also an excellent creative force. Elsewhere, the side boasted the league's meanest defence last season with left-back Li Lei named in the Team of the Year, while there also remains plenty talk around naturalised Chinese citizen Nico Yennaris, who joined in early and impressed in his first campaign with the club. After winning their first league title inShanghai SIPG's Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams dipped slightly at the end of last year as Vitor Pereira's side wound up finishing third and six points adrift of Guangzhou Evergrande in what was a disappointing finale to the campaign. The departure of Wu Lei in early and Elkeson midway through the season will have undoubtedly hurt but, having now been in Shanghai for over a year, all eyes will be on the mercurial Marko Arnautovic. Should the Austrian hit the form he is capable of, he may have a real say towards the destination of the title. As ever, Hulk will be the man SIPG look to for inspiration as the popular Brazilian now enters his fifth Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams with the club while the creative hub of the team, Oscar, will look to continue the form that has seen him finish top Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams the assists charts for the past two seasons. At the back, Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams Junling was named Goalkeeper of the Season in and in Players side replete with such attacking flair, much will be expected of China's number one as the last line of defence. After the most difficult of starts to the year following the COVID outbreak in Games Goals Glory: The A-Leagues Teams home city, Wuhan Zall - who had been away on a pre-season tour - ended up spending more than days on the road before finally returning in April. Fittingly, the Hubei club will play on the opening day of the Chinese Super League season when they face Qingdao Huanghai on Saturday. Newly promoted last year, Wuhan enjoyed their best-ever campaign as the now China PR head coach Li Tie guided them to a hugely impressive sixth- place finish.