In a report on August 3, Beijing Youth Daily revealed that the Beijing Guoan club's pre-inspection team had completed a field study of a potential "home" in Rizhao, Shandong Province. At present, this site selection work is progressing steadily, and the final results are expected to be announced soon.
The Chinese Super League officials announced the new fixtures from round 11 onwards last weekend. Due to various reasons, Guoan is temporarily unable to host home matches in Beijing, and therefore relocated their home ground to Haikou. However, the choice of Haikou was not ideal due to practical factors such as weather and distance. Guoan continued to look for alternatives and finally set their sights on Rizhao, Shandong Province.
Shandong's emphasis on sports, especially in the field of soccer, is obvious to all. Rizhao City has a number of stadiums in excellent condition, among which Rizhao International Football Center, as a key project, has attracted much attention for its professional facilities. The delegation of Guoan feedback that the hardware conditions of the soccer center are satisfactory, especially its excellent acoustics, which will bring a unique game experience to the players.
Guoan's delegation in Rizhao was not only limited to site inspections, but also had in-depth exchanges with the local and higher authorities, discussing a variety of issues such as anti-epidemic measures, team security and fans watching the game. Although there is no final decision yet, according to the plan, Guoan is expected to play its first home game in Rizhao in the 14th round of matches, i.e. on August 22nd, against Guangzhou City.
It is reported that the entire Guoan team, which is actively preparing for the match in Beijing, is expected to travel to Zhengzhou on Saturday to prepare for Sunday's match against Henan Songshan Longmen. Despite the fact that the next three rounds of matches are all on the road, the team hopes to return to Beijing after the matches and follow the regular pace of road preparations. However, it will all depend on the epidemic control situation in Beijing and the destination cities.
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