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Tension will fill the air this evening at Hongkou Football Stadium when China meets Japan in a major continental club football competition. Shanghai Shenhua play host to J-League Champions Kashima Antlers in the Asian Champions League in an all-or-nothing encounter which will decide who qualifies for the knockout rounds.

By Orlando Crowcroft

A 2-1 victory for Shenhua was the outcome of Saturday's challenge match against its sister club Sydney FC at Hongkou football stadium. A healthy 10,000 crowd turned up to pay their respects to club legend and Chinese sports personality Xie Hui, for which the match doubled as a testimonial of sorts.

"A local education official who organised the song and dance performance, Kuang Li, locked herself in the toilet, keeping out children who suffocated, according to Chen's blog. Kuang was jailed for four years."

Japanese champions Urawa Red Diamonds roll into town today to take on Shanghai Shenhua in an Asian Champions League clash which looks set to be dampened somewhat by a bizarre kick-off time.

Xiamen Lions travel north tonight to take on Shanghai Shenhua with the home side hoping to put their Asian Champions League woes behind them and get back to the mini-run of form they have enjoyed of late in the CSL.

Shanghai Shenhua finally got their season underway with their first victory of 2007 — against none other than last year's runaway CSL champions, Shandong Luneng Sunday afternoon.

Shanghai Shenhua's troubled start to their 2007 campaign continued Wednesday night at Yuanshen Stadium in Pudong after they slipped to a 2-1 defeat to A-League side Sydney FC in the Asian Champions League.

The match signifies the dawn of a new era in Asian football, as the A-League side enter the Asian fray for the first time since Australia quit the Oceania confederation a year ago to join the Asian one.

Yesterday, for the first time since China launched it's professional football league in 1994, Beijing Guoan beat Shanghai Shenhua on their own turf.

Carsten Jancker is expected to make his CSL debut for Shanghai Shenhua tonight against Dongbei side Liaoning FC.

The self-proclaimed "special one", Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho (or Jose Moaninho as he's known to British football fans) was not feeling quite so special last night as Barcelona over-powered his dull Chelsea side in every department. Despite running away with the Premier League this year and last year, Chelsea have faultered in the Champions League, even with the benefit of not-so-squeeky-clean Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich pouring money into the team (440 million pounds -- $765.3 million -- in total since he bought the club in 2003, half of that going to buy new players).

Shenhua FC brought the curtain down on their 2005 season at Hong Kou Stadium with a 1-1 draw against Wuhan Huanghelou to clinch the runners-up spot in the China Super League (CSL), Shanghaiist observed Saturday afternoon.

Inter Shanghai took the honours in the final Shanghai derby of the China Super League season yesterday, whooping Pudong-based Shanghai Zobon 3-0.