Football match in mire

Players make a mud slide to celebrate victory. [Photo by Long Long / hcwang.cn]

Hechi's grandest grass-roots football match – 7+1 member – recently began at Hechi City Stadium.

Over one month of rainy weather had turned the stadium grounds into a sea of mud. Nevertheless, more than 600 football lovers from 36 teams competed there, set on victory.

This round of football matches will be the last revelry in mire because a new modernized field will replace Hechi City Stadium after 35 years' organization. Although the mud made players' faces and clothes dirty, the participants still concentrated on the football and the match and chased the ball with no hesitation.

A player in white makes a slide tackle in the mire during a 7+1 member football match in Hechi. [Photo by Long Long / hcwang.cn]

Football players become mud men in the 7+1 member football match in Hechi. [Photo by Long Long / hcwang.cn]

Edited by Peter Nordlinger