On Thursday, starting with 11:35, the Guangzhou Evergrande – Jiangsu Suning match will be played, within the final of the China Super League play-off, the return leg. In the round, the two teams drew, score 0-0. Cosmin Olaroiu and Fabio Cannavaro have met 7 times so far, the Italian ticking 3 victories, the Romanian two, and two of the disputes ended in a draw.
Guanzghou Evergrande is the most titled team in the China Super League, with 8 trophies won. The “Tigers” team is coached by the Italian Fabio Cannavaro, their former player, with whom they won the title of champion and the Chinese Super Cup last season. After eliminating Hebei Fortune and Beijing Guoan in the play-off for the title, Guanzghou Evergrande has a real challenge with Jiangsu Suning, a team that has managed two defeats in the last 4 matches played.
Cosmin Olaroiu is one step closer to entering the history of Jiangsu Suning, if he wins the first trophy in the China Super League. The “yellow-blue” group also won the Chinese Cup in 2015, with Dan Petrescu on the bench, but also the Chinese Super Cup in 2013, after a duel won against Guanzhou Evergrande, then trained by Cannavaro’s compatriot, Marcelo Lippi. The team of Jiangsu Suning looked great 5 minutes into the match after stopping a shot by the visitors’ Olaroiu.
Guangzhou Evergrande will dominate Thursday’s game, Jiangsu Suning will most likely target overtime and possible tiebreaks, and the slightest mistake will send the trophy to the opponent.
Guangzhou Evergrande won 8 Chinese champion titles;
Jiangsu Suning won the China Cup (2015), with coach Dan Petrescu;
Cannavaro defeated Olaroiu 3 times, lost twice, and two of the duels were draws;
Guangzhou Evergrande: Dianzuo – Linpeng, Guangtai, Ji-Soo, Shaocong – Zhi – Fernandinho, Xiuwei, Paulinho, Kesen – Talisca
Jiangsu Suning: Chao – Boyu, Ang, Miranda – Cheng, Xi, Wakaso, Tianyi, Jing – Eder, Teixeira
PREDICTION: Guangzhou Evergrande to win @ 1,85
