Went to watch China vs Ghana here in Xi'an last summer.  Was ok, nothing special. Atmosphere was alright, but the ground was only half full, even though international matches are extremely rare in Xi'an.  This perhaps gives an indication of the Chinese lack of affection for (non-EPL) football.

I know the game you are talking about. They aired that game last night. It was guoan vs. some team from Korea. Guoan won the game! I have never been to a game and I've heard that tickets are hard to get because most of the people that go there have year round passes. I might try to go to a game. The biggest game I know of was Guoan vs. the team that Messi plays on. That game was probably a year or two ago. 

soccer, football , whatever, went to a game in jinan , they played hangzhou lost 2 to 1, surprised no food was sold while in the seats, had to go down and could only buy a coke at halftime, dont care for the taste of coke in china , no beer sales and the rudest crowd i have ever seen, calling the coach a stupid bastard in chinese and the pusillanimous pigs, sorry cops, had mounted cameras on tripods all around the track to photograph troublemakers.

for 90 rmb , i m glad my ticket was a gift from the school . would never go again.

I'd been wondering about being able to drink/eat at the games. That's not surprising that they wouldn't want thousands of spectators getting wasted together. My university back home did the same thing...so people would just get wasted before entering the stadium. That sucks about the rudeness too. Luckily I probably wouldn't be able to understand most of what they're saying anyway. 

For 90 rmb....maybe it's still worth doing once just for the experience.