The Brazilian played in his usual position at his usual level
They broke a negative streak and won the game 2-1
There was no last minute surprise. Luiz Felipe Scolari lined up with Paulinho in midfield, and the Brazilian played 90 minutes as his side won 2-1 against Shandong Luneng in the 17th match of their Chinese Super League season.
The Brazilian put his transfer links to Barcelona to one side and got down to business. Guangzhou directors have no intention of seeing their star man leave, while Barcelona do not want to pay his 40 million release fee.
With freedom to join the attack, Paulinho started as part of a double pivot, alongside Xu Xin, in a 4-2-3-1. Despite the heat the Brazilian did well and helped in the second line of attack, as his coach asked him to.
