The Chinese soccer team “timed itself unhappy” and was wandering for 104 days Soccer

Hundreds of singing fans welcomed the team to the local train station on Saturday night, Chinese media said. The players were away from home for 104 days. For example, they did an internship in Spain for a month and a half, when Wuhan was locked up. Now that the measures have been relaxed, the returning players received flowers from fans dressed in orange, the club’s color. They all wore mouth masks.

Coach José González arrives with his players.

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“After more than three months of wandering, nostalgic Wuhan Zall team members have arrived in their hometown,” the club said on Weibo. The players of Spanish coach José González will now spend a few days at home. Training will resume on Wednesday. “The club is very grateful to the families of the players for their support and understanding,” he said.

In early January, the team began training in Guangzhou for the new Super League season, which closed indefinitely. They then traveled to the Spanish city of Malaga in late January for an internship. Meanwhile, severe measures were imposed in Wuhan due to the crown outbreak. In March, the team returned to China, where the number of infections decreased.

However, Wuhan was still locked up. After a stopover in Germany, the players arrived in Shenzhen on March 16. They were quarantined there for three weeks, followed by training sessions in the nearby city of Foshan. On Saturday night, the players would travel by high-speed train from Guangzhou to Wuhan.