The Chinese Football Podcast

The 2019 CSL season is finally off the mark, with all of last season's title contenders avoiding some potential banana-skin openers - we look back on easy wins for last year's top two and some tight victories for Shandong and Guoan. We discuss the demise of the Shanghai derby as a competitive fixture and a promising start for some key new signings ahead of the first round of Champions League fixtures.There's time for a pod discussion on the media hype surrounding Wu Lei's first goal in Spain - is