In the late afternoon of May 8, Shanghai Seaport Football Club landed in Dalian on a special plane and then moved into the Dalian People's Football Club's training base using a closed-loop management model. So far, two teams from the epidemic-hit areas - Shanghai Shenhua and Seaport - have successfully completed the transfer task, marking the first crucial step in this season's Chinese Super League after a difficult and dangerous experience.
The day before, Shanghai Shenhua had successfully ended the transit and entered the Dalianren base ahead of schedule. National players Wu Xi, Zhu Chenjie and other members of the team arrived earlier than the team, Zhu Chenjie due to the epidemic, the national team training has been stranded in Haikou after the end, has not returned to Shanghai; and Wu Xi after visiting his family in Nanjing, Nanjing, direct flight from Dalian to meet with the team.
Harbour team internationals Yan Junling and Stanley Wang returned to Shanghai first to reunite with their families after the training in Haikou, after all, they had been separated for a long time and missed each other more than they could express. Afterwards, they followed the team in a suburban hotel in Shanghai for a week of isolation, and finally departed for Dalian. New internationals Zhang Linpeng and Xu Xin met up with coach Leko and Paulinho in Guangzhou and flew to Dalian together.
Also arriving in Dalian with Shenhua are Shi Xiaotian and Li Songyi, who have been in closed training at Shenhua's Kangqiao base for nearly a month. After completing their isolation in Dalian, they will meet with their new owners. It is worth mentioning that the name of Shenhua's former foreign aid worker Adrian appeared in the list of the harbor chartered plane. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, he has been living in a rented house in Shanghai, and flew to Dalian with the harbor chartered plane this time.
Before departing from Shanghai, both teams underwent multiple nucleic acid tests. After arriving at the Dalian People's base, they will implement a single person, single room, not to leave the house epidemic prevention measures, the entire isolation period lasts one week. During this period, the players are not allowed to leave the room, and three meals will be sent to the room by a special person. In addition, in the next seven days, the medical staff to the door once a day to carry out nucleic acid testing.
At the end of the quarantine period, if there are no abnormalities, the two teams will conduct their daily training at the Dalian People's Base, but they will still be required to execute closed-loop management on a team-by-team basis to ensure that there is no contact between the two teams.