Now every citizen has started to have his own football club, it has given an opportunity for Chinese football to connect with the community.
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One summer day in the city of Suchau, 40,000 spectators flocked to a stadium to watch a game. An equal number of people flocked to large screens in various parts of the city to watch its live broadcast. Now it has become a topic of interest for everyone in China. That is, non-professional football. Chinese professional football has recently been involved in a series of corruption scandals, so the general public is not interested in it.
On the contrary, the non-professional league football there has started to attract everyone's attention. On the one hand, this has started a positive football rivalry between cities. On the other hand, domestic tourism has also increased. In Suzhou, a city near Shanghai, tickets to a local club match were sold out in an instant. They were very happy after their 17-year-old Kou Cheng scored against Yangchow.
Many wore bright red jerseys. It is connected to the city of Suchau. Many spectators brought paper fans to feel the cold, even if only a little. Compared to other competitions, many people are interested in this non-professional football. Even those who don't understand football like this competition, the atmosphere is also fun, said 35-year-old Chin Chunyan. Millions tune in to
live broadcasts on social media. It has also started to come into the limelight in small and lesser known cities. This has also increased economic activity in the city during the games. Initially, the sponsors in these non-commercial leagues were small restaurants. But due to its growing popularity, Alibaba and JD.com have come forward as sponsors.
A supporter of this league told APF, this league is very ordinary and there is no big investment like in professional league. Wang Xiangsou is a supporter of Suchou Football Club. He says, "So far, no big corporate sector has been involved in this league. So it's purely football. For now, even winning and losing doesn't have much meaning, purity is the most important element.'
Professional football in China tends to focus more on match-fixing and betting. It also includes the top division Super League. Even in international football, the performance of the Chinese national team has been consistently weak. That is why there is a lot of criticism within China, especially through social media. Many people remember that Chinese President Xi Jinping insisted that China should play the World Cup.
But China is 94th in the FIFA ranking. China has played the World Cup once so far in 2002. China was defeated in all three games. The team could not score a single goal in these matches. In the non-professional league, there are more such players, whose status is either school students or government employees.
It also includes Tai Hu, General Secretary of the Chinese Village Communist Party. The Chinese news agency Xinhua has also given priority to the photo of him playing football. Jin San, a football expert at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, says, "There can be no better example of community football than this." Now every citizen has his own football club. It has given football an opportunity to connect with the community.'
