As the curtain fell on Thursday night, Huzhou Olympic Sports Center witnessed a brilliant moment for Zhejiang - a 3:0 victory over Guangzhou. On the stands, a group of upright "fans" are particularly eye-catching - they are the Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball players who came from afar to cheer for their hometown team.
In order to deepen the friendship between football clubs in the same city, Zhejiang Professional Football Club kindly invited Zhejiang Guangsha Men's Basketball Team to visit Huzhou to watch the Chinese Super League match. Wang Bo, the head coach of Guangsha Men's Basketball Team, led the team to attend and witnessed the victory moment of Zhejiang team.
During the halftime, I had the honor to talk about the game with Wang Bo in the lounge. Recalling that Frank opened the first record for Zhejiang in only 2 minutes after the start of the game, Wang Bo commented, "Zhejiang played positively, and the enthusiasm of the home fans helped them show their character, and we were energized by it in the stands."
Talking about the team came to cheer, Wang Bo emotionally said: "Thank you for the invitation of Zhejiang professional soccer club, this is a rare opportunity for exchange. Soccer and basketball belong to the same three major sports programs, the same city team should support each other, applaud the opponent, and jointly enhance the city's sports atmosphere."
In fact, on the match day of Zhejiang Guangsha Men's Basketball Team in Hangzhou, Zhejiang players and coaches will also go to watch the game. A senior executive of Zhejiang Professional Football Club said, "In the future, we will strengthen communication, invite more Guangsha Men's Basketball to watch the game and go to watch their games, looking forward to the common progress of the two clubs."
CBA officials have announced the opening date of the 2022-23 regular season, which is scheduled to kick off on October 10, with nine rounds of matches in the first phase, ending on October 30th. At present, the first stage will still use the tournament system, Hangzhou is expected to become the host site. If the CBA tournament is held in Hangzhou and open to fans, then "soccer for basketball cheer" scene may return.
In last season's CBA league, Major Wang Bo won the best coach of the regular season and led the team back to the finals after four years, which was a perfect answer to his first season coaching Guangsha men's basketball.
At present, Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team is preparing for the new season of CBA league. Wang Bo revealed, "Two national team players have just returned home and are in isolation, the rest of the players are in centralized training, we are preparing for the new season according to the plan and rhythm, and it is going well."
On September 6, Zhejiang will face Beijing Guoan in Rizhao. The team will travel to Rizhao on September 5 to prepare for the match and try to achieve a third consecutive win.
