Cheer for Guangzhou Football, Support Sichuanese Sufferers Tonight

Source: Lifeofguangzhou.com

The home match of Guangzhou against Zhengjiang of the Chinese Premier Football League this evening will be played for charity for the earthquake-hit Sichuan Province.

All the ticketing revenue of the game will be donated for the quake victims via the Guangzhou Red Cross Association. Each ticket is for RMB 30 (USD 4.2).

Wu Pingfeng (in blue) , Guangzhou's attacking midfielder, dribbles against a Dalian player during a winning match at the Yuexiu Shan Stadium in Guangzhou on May 10. (Guangzhou Daily)   [Match video]

The match will kick off at the Yuexiu Shan Stadium (just north to the Sun Sat-sen Memorial Hall) in Guangzhou at 19:30.

The Guangzhou Football Club and the Guangzhou Football Fans Union will co-set up donating boxes at the pitch to collect spectators’ goodwill money during the game.

A charity sales plus supporting signatures is being held today at the Yuexiu Shan Stadium for the victims as well.

A package of one match ticket (or one POCO food Discount Card), one book and one pictorial both about Guangzhou football is being sold for RMB 100 (USD 14). All the income is also for the suffering Sichuan Province.

A group of Cantonese supporters cheer for Guangzhou with banners of "Guangzhou" in Chinese character  during a winning match at the Yuexiu Shan Stadium in Guangzhou on May 10. (Guangzhou Daily)

Charging Guangzhou Team face “Derby”

Guangzhou Team, newly-promoted this season, are in good shape and enjoy a streak of three wins, including two victories at home. They are ranked the second in the league table.

Their rival, Zhengjiang, are regarded as underdogs and still struggling in the bottom half. Interestingly most of the coaching members used to be famous Cantonese players and head coach in the heyday of Guangzhou football in 1990s.

The match will be like a “Cantonese Derby”.

(By Ronald Li)

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Editor: Ronald Li