Autumn wind sends a refreshing breeze, October 13th Jinan Times came the good news: Shandong Province, the first professional soccer stadium, Rizhao International Football Center Stadium, with its excellent hardware facilities, won the praise of many players.

Just last week in the Chinese Super League, Guoan and Taishan launched a goal feast at their home ground in Rizhao, with the two sides combining for six spectacular goals, ending in a 3-3 draw in an intense and exciting spectacle.

This Rizhao International Football Center stadium, since the completion of acceptance in April this year, has not yet spent its first birthday. According to Lu media reports, the soccer center is fully designed by AFL Architects, a famous British sports architectural planning company, and is the first professional soccer stadium in Shandong Province and the seventh in the country to be planned according to European standards. Most of the equipment in the stadium originated from the UK, and the planning of the changing rooms and other areas was borrowed from the experience of the English Premier League.

Previously, not only the Beijing Guoan team, but also the relevant person in charge of the Chinese Football Association gave high praise to the hardware facilities of the Rizhao International Football Center. In the match on the 9th, the players of Taishan team also expressed their satisfaction with the facilities here: "This is a very professional stadium, the whole atmosphere is very good, the lighting and other equipment is also very ideal, especially the dressing room is spacious and comfortable, which is very helpful for the players' recovery and relaxation after the match." So said player Song Long.

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