The Beijing Guoan Sentinel
Squad5 Mar 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Chico Kim
126 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Beijing Guoan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Lin Liangming keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Beijing Guoan may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
Serginho, 33, rolls back the years — 8.09
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.09 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
Up for the corner, and Dawhan delivers — 7.83
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Dawhan scored, was marked 7.83, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Guilherme Ramos stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Guilherme Ramos and Beijing Guoan agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Words exchanged at Beijing Guoan
Dawhan and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Beijing Guoan
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A row about effort at Beijing Guoan
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Béni N'Kololo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets5 Mar 2029
Door shut on Martín Leal
Beijing Guoan asked and Boca Juniors said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Match Beijing Guoan get the job done against Dalian Yingbo
- Market Beijing Guoan promote Fan Chenliang from within
- Market Beijing Guoan promote Gao Yiming from within