As night falls, on December 30th, Beijing time, the 20th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) championship battle for honor is fiercely unfolding. Beijing Guoan shook hands with the newly crowned Shandong Taishan in a 1-1 draw. For Guoan, this game means the farewell of a veteran - international player Li Lei will soon end his career at Guoan, and he will leave for Switzerland on January 4 to officially join Grasshopper Club.
After the game, Li Lei said a fond farewell in the team's WeChat group, words full of affection:
Thanks to my brothers!
I have spent seven springs and autumns in Guoan, leaving my most precious time here, I have no regrets, and the green spirit of Guoan has flowed in my 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 today, I never really felt how happy I am to play for such a club. May you give your best for Beijing and Guoan without a single regret.
Li Lei salutes.
It is worth mentioning that Guoan's press officer also took to his personal social media platforms to share the moment when Li Lei said goodbye in the locker room, as he lamented:
In the post match interview, I casually took a jacket from the bench to Li Lei, not realizing that it was Housen's.
In the locker room, Li Lei one by one with teammates high-five, and the embrace with Tao finger is emotionally out of control. Li Lei and Housen's position in the locker room has been adjacent to each other, Housen has been sitting silently after the game, did not say a word.
After washing up, Li Lei was ready to leave the stadium, just at the moment he stepped into the car, Housen happened to be standing there, and the two of them embraced tightly and finally couldn't hold back their tears and cried that much.
Lee Lei also updated his status on his social media platforms, writing, "There are so many people in this world, and I'm so lucky to have a team like ours." (DD)
