On a hot summer day, the 13th round of the Central League was played in Nanjing on August 5. The match between Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic and Beijing North Sports University ended in an overwhelming 3-0 victory for Shaanxi. However, the hot weather was a major challenge for the match. After the match, a number of players from the Shaanxi team had to be rushed to the hospital by ambulance due to severe dehydration.
The day's game started at 4:00 p.m. sharp, and the surface temperature in the Nanjing area climbed to a staggering 50.5 degrees Celsius at one point. Shaanxi player Xu Zhaoji was one of the victims, and he had to be rushed to the hospital after the game due to severe dehydration.
The incident not only attracted the attention of the domestic media, but was also reported by the Korean and Japanese media. South Korean media commented that the Chinese team had been resilient in playing in such extreme heat and that the ambulance had attracted widespread attention. The Japanese media, on the other hand, called the 4:00 p.m. start "harsh" and expressed concern that the match had attracted global attention.
