After taking seven games to score his first goal in the Chinese Super League, Socceroos hero Tim Cahill has now scored six times for Shanghai Shenhua including five goals in his last six appearances.
His latest goal came against the top team in the competition, Beijing Guoan. Coming into the match Beijing had only lost once in 18-matches but Shanghai Shenhua produced a solid performance at home to win 3-1 and move into sixth on the ladder.
Cahill’s goal was the second of the night and came in the 58th minute when he pounced on a header from his teammate Avraam Papadopoulos.
Cahill’s importance to the team is shown by the fact he’s played almost every minute of the CSL season and out of his six goals, four have been the first goal for Shenhua in the match, including his second last appearance against Tianjin Teda where he scored a header.
He also suffered a nasty boot to the groin in that match from Brazilian player Lucas Fonseca, who escaped a yellow card as the referee saw it as accidental.
With 12 matches to play in the 2015 season, Cahill’s Shenhua will need to keep winning if they’re any chance of catching fellow Shanghai side SIPG which is three games clear in third sport for the all important final AFC Champions League qualifying position.
Fadida
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Will it have a special pocket in the shoulder to keep their chip?
kevin dustby
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"turn back the clock" has he returned to a top flight league? no hes in China showing how an ageing superstar can still dominate at a low level
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Really on hot form in China, hopefully he can carry that while we are at home against Bangladesh, never seen this type of goalscoring run from him since probably his everton days i may be wrong, i do recall him having a run like this with New York Red Bulls where he may have scored 4 in 4 i think. Love to see the legend still battling it out at a reasonably high level, with the likes of Demba Ba and Sissoko now - nothing compared to Phil Jags and Steven Pienaar hahha - coming from an Everton Fan!!!
Bondy
Timmy's ensconced into a new environment/world and within a month has assessed the scene and familiarised , and now scores pretty much a goal a game , priceless true professional ...
onside
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Off topic ,sorry, but your article is the only football story on the Roar main page menu. In what is a world first, Liverpool are unveiling the clubs 2015/16 strip at 5 PM today in Brisbane.
Bfc
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Tim Cahill..."Socceroos legend..."!