On the morning of October 7th, Shanghai Harbour Football Team kicked off their media day at Century Park. Newly joined Brazilian star Paulinho appeared in Peking Opera Guan Yu costume, which not only attracted warm applause from the fans, but also became one of the highlights of the day.
Since 2019, Harbour Football Salon has organized a welcome ceremony for each new player. However, due to the epidemic, this season's Premier League has adopted a matchday system, resulting in Paulinho not being able to meet the fans in time. Nonetheless, his expectations from the fans are growing with each passing day as he has appeared in five matches, starting four, and contributing two goals and two assists just a month after joining the team.
The Harbour Saloon has given high priority to Paulinho's joining the team and has been preparing for the welcome ceremony since August. In view of the epidemic prevention and control and the team's schedule, it finally chose to make up the ceremony for him on the team's open day during the National Day Golden Week.
This is the 6th time that the Salon has organized this meeting with the new players, and the activity adopted the form of players in disguise on the stage, aiming to draw the distance between the new players and the fans closer. Paulinho's Guan Yu shape not only fits his image, but also symbolizes loyalty and righteousness, hoping that he can take this opportunity to learn more about the Chinese culture and become a "literacy and martial arts" general in the team.
The jersey presentation ceremony was retained as a courtesy for new members, even though Paulinho has already played five matches in a Harbour shirt. At the end of the meet-and-greet, Salon Chairman Zhang Min personally handed Paulinho the No. 9 jersey, marking him as an official member of the Harbour family.
