[Mhiz Rebecca]

Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel played
his first game for his new Chinese club,
Tianjin Teda FC in a friendly against
Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach
on Wednesday, but the game ended in 2-1
defeat in favour of the Germans.
The former Chelsea midfielder who recently
joined the Chinese Super League outfit had
his first training session couple of days ago
and subsequently featured for the club in
their build up for the new season.
The visitors scored first quite early 10
minutes into the game, before Tianjin Teda
got the equalizer 14 minutes later. The
German team continued mounting pressure in
the second half, but finally got their reward
towards the 80th minute mark by scoring the
match-winner when it really mattered in the
game.
The club finished 10th in the Chinese Super
League last season, but hopes to improve as
the season gets underway, especially with
the new additions in the team.