The drums of war beat, Zhejiang team embarked on the journey, the enthusiasm of the fans as hot lava, ignited the passion of the Super League.
Flight time has become a top priority for fans, and even on a busy weekday afternoon, the airport is still crowded. Send-off team, there are Xu Mingfa old man and his partner, this pair of senior fans for many years to follow the Zhejiang team north and south campaign, this year's battle of Meizhou, they are still there to cheer.
"How can you not give the team a ride when they are on their way?" Lao Xu said with deep emotion, he and his partner's figure in the send-off crowd is particularly eye-catching.
Lao Xu, who is little known in fan circles, served in Xinjiang in the 1970s, and the soccer boom in the army made him fall in love with the sport. "At that time, trying to get
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information, the only way to go through the reference news, everyone grabbed the newspaper." Lao Xu lamented. Back in Hangzhou, his love for soccer remains undiminished. Whether it was the national team or a local team's match, Lao Xu would be there to support them: "At that time, tickets cost only a few cents, while the monthly salary of a worker was only 36 yuan, and a cadre was only 35.5 yuan."
When Hangzhou didn't have a top team in the A-A era, Lao Xu traveled to Shanghai at his own expense to watch high-level matches on business trips.In 2007, Greentown was promoted to the top of the league.
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In 2007, Lao Xu joined the fan organization Green Soul: "I often go to watch Greentown games, but Green Soul is mostly young people, I'm not good at fanaticism, so I never joined. 2007, my hometown team to the Super League, I was excited, and since then no longer hesitant." Lao Xu shows up at the Huanglong Sports Center for almost every home game, and occasionally jumps in for a few minutes at away games. He has traveled more than 30 hours by train to Harbin and Chongqing to watch the matches: "I bought a sleeper, and some fans have been on hard seats for dozens of hours, and I am in awe of them!"
In order to let his partner to support their own soccer, Lao Xu made a "little trick". His partner likes women's volleyball, so whenever the women's volleyball game, Lao Xu will turn on the TV, make a good tea, accompanied by her to watch: "I do not love to watch volleyball, but I will pretend to be very involved. This way she will also support me to watch soccer." Gradually, my partner followed Lao Xu to watch the Greentown game. "Last year's game in Meizhou was not easily accessible and many games were not open to fans, so we didn't go." Lao Xu said, "This year, the super group, my partner and I intend to go to Chengdu for a long time, watched three games. In addition to watching the game, we also traveled to Sichuan and Chongqing, had a very pleasant time. Nowadays she even knows the rules of the game, the players' names come out of her mouth, and her enthusiasm for watching football exceeds mine."
Unfortunately, the Zhejiang team lost the Super League last year, and Lao Xu said he will continue to support the team this year: "If Greentown is not in the top league, we will help it to the top. I still want to see Zhejiang soccer win the championship. If I can't in ten years, I'm afraid I won't see that day ......"
