After more than 500 days of silence, the river city of Wuhan once again echoed the fans exciting shouts. Changjiang Daily reporter Ren Yong photographed
Passionate Wuhan fans are cheering for the team. Reporter Ren Yong of Changjiang Daily took photos
Wuhan Sanzhen's foreign aid Edmilson celebrates excitedly after scoring a goal. Photo by Ren Yong, Changjiang Daily
CK Daily News, April 27, 2012
After more than 500 days of anticipation, the stadiums in the river city of Wuhan were once again abuzz with excitement as the first match of the 2021 China League 1 started at 7:00 p.m. on April 24 at the Wuhan Five Ring Sports Center. Despite the drizzling rain in Wuhan, 12,297 fans showed up to witness Wuhan Sanzhen's victory in the first match of the 2021 China League A. On April 30th, Wuhan Sanzhen will face Heilongjiang Bingcheng again.
More than 500 days of waiting - the city of heroes in battle again
On December 1, 2019, Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan finished the last match of the year's Chinese Super League as a new team, finishing in 6th place. As they dispersed, fans were buzzing about the surprises in Wuhan soccer next season. However, the outbreak of an epidemic put an end to the fans' wish to return to the stadium. It was not until the end of July that the Chinese Super League was restarted. The Wuhan soccer team fought back from all sides and managed to survive relegation, the Women's Super League Wuhan Chegu Jiangda team won the championship, and the Sanzhen C.B. team won the championship and was successfully promoted to the Central League.
With the arrival of the 2021 season, Wuhan has successfully applied to be one of the three host cities for the new season. Wuhan Sanzhen, the "new army", is ready to meet the challenges of all the big players in the Central League at home.
On the night of April 24th, Wuhan had torrential rain, which did not stop until the opening ceremony of the Chinese League of Nations. But the rain could not stop the enthusiasm of Wuhan fans, since 5 p.m., there are many fans from all directions to the East and West Lake District is located in the five rings of the sports center, such a scene last appeared to date back to more than 500 days ago.
During the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the people of Wuhan, like the Han players on the field, fought the epidemic against all odds. Now, this heroic city has renewed its enthusiasm and vitality, ushering in the grand tournament of the Central League, allowing the people of Wuhan to once again feel the joy and excitement of soccer.
At the opening ceremony, Wuhan three town captain Deng Zhuoxiang and other five Wuhan representatives for the fans to sing the song Wuhan Saeki, sang the heart of every Wuhan people, expressed the love of the city. 10 Wuhan local youth training young players holding flowers to enter, to the five representatives of the flowers, to express respect for the heroes. One of the small players said to Deng Zhuoxiang: "I want to grow up and play soccer like my uncle, and compete for the country." Deng Zhuoxiang encouraged the young players to cheer for the national soccer team and for the motherland!
5 minutes to score - Wuhan Sanzhen "open the door" in the First League
The new season will be in Meizhou, Chengdu and Wuhan, three regions at the same time, Wuhan is the opening ceremony and the opening game of the tournament area, the CCTV also specializes in Wuhan, the opening game of the Chinese A live broadcast.
Li Tie, head coach of the national soccer team, also came to watch the game along with Chen Xuyuan, president of the Football Association, and said on social media, "This used to be the place where I fought." In the 2019 season, Li Tie led Wuhan's team to perform well in the Chinese Super League, eventually achieving a good result of 6th place. Like all the fans on the scene, Li Tie returned to the Five Ring Sports Center after more than 500 days and could not help but be overwhelmed with emotion.
The opening game officially started at 7:30 p.m. Wuhan Sanzhen, which made its debut in the Central League, performed calmly. In the previous preparation period, they increased their reinforcement efforts and brought in a large number of powerful players, such as Deng Zhuoxiang, Rong Hao, Ren Hang and Geng Xiaofeng, all of whom have been selected for the national team. In the first match against Beijing Institute of Technology, Wuhan Sanzhen team's starting 11 players, in addition to Ogbu and Edmilson, the 2 foreign aid, the other 9 people have played in the Chinese Super League.
Only five minutes into the match, Wuhan Sanzhen scored. Captain Deng Zhuoxiang kicked a corner kick, and midfielder Luo Senwen leaped high in the penalty area to score a header against BIT's goal. The whole Five Ring Sports Center was filled with cheers. The long-lost game, the long-lost goal, the long-lost cheers, at this moment, the love of soccer once again returned to Wuhan.
At the end of the first half, Deng Zhuoxiang left pass, foreign aid Edmilson in front of the penalty area, picking the goal, will extend the score to 2:0. The second half of the Beijing Institute of Technology team although back to the city, but the substitute Sang Yifei created a penalty kick and personally manipulated shot, his goal also completely extinguished the Beijing Institute of Technology team's hope of equalizing the score, and ultimately Wuhan three towns to beat the opponents to 3:1, and obtain the season! Wuhan Sanzhen team finally defeated the opponent 3:1, and achieved the season "open red".
As Sanzhen's head coach Alberto said before the game, this victory is for the city of Wuhan, and the prelude to the new season has thus begun. As a "newcomer" in the Central League, Wuhan Sanzhen still has a long way to go, and we look forward to this new force in Wuhan soccer bringing more joy to the fans in the days to come.
