Colorful Guizhou Network News (Reporter Luo Yanan from our website) Recently, the "Village Super" in Rongjiang, Guizhou announced the schedule of the first season of the National Food and Football Friendship Tournament. The teams from Deyang Chansi Rabbit in Sichuan and Kaijiang Laohuguo in Rongcheng, Sichuan were invited to participate in the first season of the "Super Saturday" competition.

On August 26th and September 16th, Guizhou Tianzhu Tuya Team and Guizhou Xixiu Sour Soup Team will face these two Sichuan teams.

Sichuan team debuts in the "Village Super League" for the first time

We are a group of people who love football because football is gathered together, regardless of age or profession, and there is only love. "Gao Xiyu, from Deyang, Sichuan, is the leader and captain of the Sichuan Deyang Chansi Rabbit Team. He told reporters that in 2014, a group of football enthusiasts who often played together formed a team. The players included company employees, designers, chefs, film projectors, construction workers, doctors, and others from all walks of life, with a wide age range, but they were all passionate about football.

We are the most grassroots team, "Gao Xiyu said. Although the players are grassroots, the team participates in the Deyang 5-player, 8-player, and 11-player municipal league all year round, with a certain level of competitiveness.

Upon learning of the invitation from the Guizhou Rongjiang Village Super Organizing Committee, everyone was extremely excited.

We will be the first Sichuan team to make an appearance in the village super league. We hope to showcase the excellent tradition of 'Sichuan Army' in the game and showcase the unique spirit of perseverance and courage in the 'third line' of Deyang people. In this game, we hope to use football as a medium to bring Deyang's unique products and delicious food to Guizhou, deepen mutual communication and interaction. We also welcome everyone to travel to Deyang and play football in Deyang! "Gao Xiyu said excitedly.

On August 26th, the Sichuan Deyang Chansi Rabbit team will face the Guizhou Tianzhu Tuya team in Rongjiang.

They kicked from Kaijiang to Chengdu, from Chengdu to Guizhou

Kaijiang County is located in the eastern part of Sichuan, at the southern foot of Daba Mountain, and enjoys the reputation of "China's Tiancheng".

Football is the spiritual totem of several generations of Kaijiang people. In 2015, several Kaijiang people who work in Chengdu and love football formed the Chengdu Kaijiang Football Team. Eight years later, this team developed to over 360 Kaijiang players.

At first, we formed a team and only wanted to facilitate a few Kaijiang brothers who worked in Chengdu to gather and play football together. Unexpectedly, there were too many fellow villagers who loved playing football, one by one, and the team continued to expand. According to Zhang Tianrui, one of the team's founders, in 2020, the team had already surpassed 100 people and needed more intensive matches. Therefore, the team began organizing internal leagues in the first and second half of the year.

In 2021, the team also crowdfunded and opened a hot pot restaurant. This is also the first hotpot restaurant in Chengdu to open through crowdfunding, with grassroots football as the theme and local place names as the name.

In Zhang Tianrui's view, being invited to participate in the Village Super League, in addition to achieving certain results in recent years' matches, is more about the team's adherence to the concept and high compatibility with the spirit of the Village Super League.

There are many delicious foods in Kaijiang, such as crayfish, bean sprouts, lamb grills... "Zhang Tianrui said, hoping to use the stage of 'Village Super' to let more people understand Kaijiang and Kaijiang football; Bring the cuisine and football culture of Kaijiang to Guizhou and the whole country, and welcome everyone to come and play in Kaijiang!

September 16th, Thursday