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Opinion | International break offers chance to take Chinese Super League stock
Shanghai SIPG, Shandong Luneng and Guangzhou R&F lead the way with the only 100% records remaining after two games ahead of China’s Fifa World Cup qualifiers with South Korea and Iran
It might be a bit early to right off the chances of a team winning the Chinese Super League title after just two games, but the upcoming international break does give us time to reflect on the opening two rounds of the 2017 domestic season.
Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai SIPG and Jiangsu Suning are in AFC Champions League action this week, but in terms of the Super League, we will see you in April as China resume their already doomed qualifying campaign for the 2018 Fifa World Cup at home to South Korea and away to Iran.
That means things won’t get any easier for Marcello Lippi and his charges with China still yet to record a win in group A having drawn at home to Qatar in November and lost to Syria on home soil in October.
Iran and South Korea are Asia’s top two sides, who sit at the top of group A, and to be honest China will do well to pick up a draw from either ties, especially a trip to Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.
Lippi’s players should still be fresh with the games against Syria and Qatar coming at the end of the 2016 Super League season, so they can’t use that excuse of being tired after just two games in the new Super League for most.