On December 30th, under the night curtain, the 20th round of the Chinese Super League title fight was fiercely unfolded, with Beijing Guoan and Shandong Taishan shaking hands to make a 1-1 draw. The game also became the farewell performance of international player Li Lei, who will leave for Switzerland on January 4 to join Grasshopper Club.
After the game, Li Lei bid a fond farewell in the team's WeChat group, he wrote:
Thanks to my brothers!
I have spent seven years in Guoan, leaving the best time here, I have no complaints, my body has long been flowing with green blood.
I hope you will continue to work hard, and when you leave or retire one day in the future, you will realize that the platform of Guoan has brought you much more than you can imagine.
Until the moment I left, I didn't deeply realize what a blessing it is to play for such a club. May you give your all for Beijing and Guoan and have no regrets.
Li Lei said goodbye.
It is worth mentioning that Guoan's press officer also shared the scene of Li Lei's farewell in the locker room on his personal social media platform, writing:
After the game, I casually threw a bench shirt to Li Lei, not realizing that it was Housen's jacket.
After the game, Li Lei in the locker room and each teammate high-five, and Tao finger embrace, emotions once out of control. Over the years, Li Lei and Housen played side by side in the locker room, Housen has been silent after the game, appeared depressed.
After washing up, Li Lei was ready to leave the stadium and Housen was waiting there. The two of them hugged tightly and finally couldn't hold back their tears of sadness.
Li Lei also updated his social media platforms, writing, "I'm lucky enough to have 'us' in this world with so many people." (DD)
