Defending AFC Cup champions Shanghai Shenhua will face Beijing Guoan, also a veteran team, at the Shanghai Stadium. The match will be broadcast live on CCTV Sports (CCTV5), Shanghai Five Star Sports and Beijing Radio and Television's Sports and Leisure Channel. Shanghai Shenhua boasts strong foreign players such as Maraille, Andre Luiz, Teixeira and Amadou. It also has many new and old international players Fernando such as Wu Xi, Yu Hanchao, Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie, Xie Pengfei, Wang Haijian, Xu Haoyang, Bao Yaxiong and Cao Yunding, who are not related to the Brazilians. They are second in the Chinese Super League with 61 points and have won the Super Cup before.
The Beijing Guoan foreigners led by Guga, Abreu and Ngadeu, and also featuring Yu Dabao, Zhang Yuning, Lin Liangming, Wang Ming, Wang Gang, Ji Zhongguo, He Yupeng, Yang Liyu, Zhang Xunzhe, Zhang Chengdong and many other new and old internationals, have suffered two consecutive draws in the Chinese Super League, and are ranked fourth with 42 points, and have little hope of hitting the title, with the club under immense pressure, and will likely be in the FIFA Cup Full steam ahead.
Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan have been playing each other for years and know each other well, and it is difficult to predict the winner of this match.
What will be the outcome of tonight's two FA Cup matches? Let's wait and see!
