After more than 500 long days, the river city of Wuhan once again echoed with the passionate shouts of its fans. Changjiang Daily reporter Ren Yong captured the moment.
Passionate Wuhan fans were on hand to cheer on the team, and Changjiang Daily reporter Ren Yong recorded the scene with his camera.
Wuhan Sanzhen team's foreign aid Edmilson celebrated joyfully after scoring a goal, and Ren Yong, a reporter from Changjiang Daily, recorded the exciting moment with his camera.
CK Daily News, April 27, 2012
After a long wait of more than 500 days, the river city of Wuhan was once again immersed in the cheers of its fans! At 19:00 on April 24th, the 2021 China League One kicked off in Wuhan at the Wuhan Five Ring Sports Center. Despite the drizzling rain in Wuhan that day, 12,297 enthusiastic fans flooded the stadium to witness Wuhan Sanzhen's victory in their hometown debut.On April 30th, Wuhan Sanzhen will be back in action to meet the challenge of Heilongjiang Bingcheng.
More than 500 days of waiting - the city of Inglourious Basterds is back in action!
Wuhan finished 6th in the Chinese Super League that year as a newcomer on December 1, 2019 at Wuhan Five Ring Sports Center. As they dispersed, the fans talked enthusiastically about the surprises in Wuhan soccer next season.
However, the outbreak of the epidemic put an end to the fans' desire to return to the stadium. It wasn't until the end of July that the Chinese professional soccer league was rekindled. Wuhan soccer players fought back in full force and achieved brilliant results. The Wuhan team successfully relegated, leaving the qualification for the Chinese Super League in Wuhan; Wuhan Chegu Jiangda Women's Super League won the championship; Wuhan Three Towns won the Championship in the Chinese B League, and successfully promoted to the Chinese A League.
With the arrival of the 2021 season, Wuhan applied to the CFA and successfully passed the review, becoming one of the three host cities for the new season of the Central League. The Wuhan Three Towns team is ready to host all the big guns of the Central League.
On the evening of April 24th, it was raining hard in Wuhan, but the rain did not abate during the 19:00 opening ceremony of the China League of Nations. However, this could not stop the enthusiasm of Wuhan fans, from 5:00 p.m., there are a large number of fans from all directions to the East and West Lake District of the five rings of the sports center, and the last time such a scene, but also back to more than 500 days ago.
During the New Coronavirus Pneumonia epidemic, the people of Wuhan, like the Han army soldiers on the soccer field, defied the odds and fought the epidemic with tenacity. Now, this heroic city has once again renewed its enthusiasm and vigor, ushering in the grand tournament of the Central League, which once again allows the people of Wuhan to feel the joy and excitement brought by soccer.
At the opening ceremony, five Wuhan representatives, including Wuhan three town captain Deng Zhuoxiang, sang the song Wuhan Saeki for the fans, they sang the heart of every Wuhan people, sang their love for the city. 10 Wuhan local youth training players entered with flowers in their hands and offered flowers to the five representatives as a way of expressing respect for the heroes. One of the small players also said to Deng Zhuoxiang: "I want to grow up, like uncle, play soccer, for the country to win." Deng Zhuoxiang also encouraged the young players to cheer for the national team soccer and cheer 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, while Wuhan is the opening ceremony and the opening game of the tournament area, the CCTV also specializes in this in Wuhan, the opening game of the Chinese A live broadcast.
On the podium, national team skipper Li Tie, who also followed CFA President Chen Xuyuan to watch the game, said on social media, "This used to be the place where I fought." Indeed, in the 2019 season, Li Tie led the Wuhan team, which had just broken through to the Super League, to perform well in the Chinese Super League, and eventually achieved 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 feel a lot of emotions.
At 7:30 p.m., the opening game was finally played, and Wuhan Sanzhen team, which made its debut in the Central League, had no sense of nervousness. In the previous preparation period, they increased the attraction efforts, recruited a large number of powerful reinforcements, Deng Zhuoxiang, Rong Hao, Ren Hang, Geng Xiaofeng and many other players 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.
Wuhan Sanzhen scored just five minutes into the match. Captain Deng Zhuoxiang kicked a corner kick, and midfielder Luo Senwen leaped up high in the penalty area to score a header against the goal of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). The whole Five Ring Sports Center was filled with cheers. The long-lost game, the long-lost goal, the long-lost cheers, this moment returned to Wuhan, which has an incomparable love and deep understanding of soccer.
At the end of the first half, Deng Zhuoxiang left pass, foreign aid Edmilson in front of the penalty area shot, for Wuhan Sanzhen team to extend the score to 2:0. The second half of the Beijing Institute of Technology team although back to a city, but the substitute Sang Yifei to create a penalty kick and personally manipulate shot, his goal also completely extinguished the Beijing Institute of Technology team to equalize the score of the hope of the Wuhan team to beat the opponents with 3:1, won the season! Wuhan Sanzhen team finally defeated the opponent 3:1, won the season "open red".
As Sanzhen's head coach Alberto said before the game, they are fighting for the city of Wuhan, and the new season has thus begun. As a "newcomer" in the Central League, Wuhan Sanzhen still has a long way to go, and we are looking forward to the new force of Wuhan soccer to bring more joy to the fans in the coming days.
