(Grassroots in the New Year) Chengdu "Football First Village": "Baba Ball" kicks out a new future in the New Year

Chinanews.com, Chengdu, February 4th, title: Chengdu's "Football First Village": "Baba Ball" kicks out a new future in the New Year

　　Reporter He Shaoqing Zhang Lang He Xi

　　Dribbling the ball, jumping the ball, crossing positions... In the early morning of the 4th, the fan Zeng Jian and his friends came to the seven-a-side professional football field in Sanhe Village, Xindu District, Chengdu to play the first game of the Chinese New Year in the Year of the Rabbit .

The simple stands outside the "Baba" ("Pingdi" in Sichuan dialect) stadium are full of villagers watching the game.

Occasionally, the football went out of bounds, and the audience kicked the ball back through the five or six-meter-high fence like a show.

　　Although the area of ​​Sanhe Village is only 2.24 square kilometers, it has a famous name as "the first football village" in Chengdu.

This village with a permanent population of more than 2,000 people not only established the first professional farmer fitness football club in Chengdu, but also has thousands of football players registered with the village organizing committee, and holds nearly 300 rural football matches every year.

　　In the Chinese New Year of the Year of the Rabbit, Sanhe Village is more lively than ever.

All kinds of homestays featuring football features are fully booked in advance. The unrestrained football sculptures in the village are full of tourists taking pictures and checking in. The field drying ground is even more crowded with fans playing and watching football in "Baba".

Chengdu "Football First Village".

Photo by He Xi

　　"Sanhe Village not only has a lot of die-hard fans, but also many hidden masters. Maybe the uncle you passed by has been to the National Games." During the intermission, Zeng Jian waved hello to many golfers from the village.

Zeng Jian told reporters that he, who lives in Xindu, began to come to Sanhe Village to play football in 2019, driving more than ten kilometers each time, for the seven-a-side professional football field that is rare even in big cities in the village.

"Now the football atmosphere in Sanhe Village is getting stronger, especially on weekends. There is a traffic jam before we reach the gate of the village in the morning."

　　Among the crowd watching the game, villager Liu Kelin lovingly carried his 6-year-old grandson on his shoulders, watching with great devotion.

"Working outside is not like having a TV at home, and you can't watch the World Cup in Qatar, but in the past few days, the ball in front of our house has not fallen in every game, which is enjoyable!" Liu Kelin, 54, said in the past. He used to think that he could see the world in a big city , This year, instead, I went home to learn more - "It's a bit strange that there are more member-only player locker rooms in the village that can only be entered by swiping your face, and a 24-hour unmanned supermarket."

　　Liu Kelin recalled that he had never even seen a football field when he was a child. He found a "baba" and built a simple goal with sticks and stones. The children in the village could still play happily all day long.

And his grandson joined the village youth football team when he was 3 years old. He is guided by a professional coach every week. After three years of training, he has already looked decent.

Children compete in Sanhe Village.

Photo by He Xi

　　In order to discover more football "good seedlings", the Sanhe Village Farmers' Fitness Football Club has been making efforts to build a U7, U9, and U11 youth football echelon system in recent years.

"Our youth training is free every Friday. There are interest classes for three and four-year-olds, and there are also promotion classes. As long as you love football, even if you are not a villager in Sanhe Village, you can participate." Zhang Lei, a senior member of the Sanhe Village Farmers' Fitness Football Club, said, free of charge Youth training is the dream of the fans in the village-starting from the basics and making Chinese football better.

　　In addition to youth training, Sanhe Village also created the "Baoyou Cup" football league in 2015.

Today, the "Baoyou Cup" has gradually become the most influential seven-a-side event brand in Sichuan, and even attracted international friends from South Africa, Russia, Nigeria and other countries, as well as international football players such as Liu Xinyi and Zhang Jian.

　　When the reporter walked into the Sanhe Village Farmers' Fitness Football Club, all kinds of trophies at the entrance were eye-catching. These are the "report cards" of members in various football games in recent years.

There are almost no professional players among the members of the club. Among them are construction workers, takeaway brothers, fire brigade members, township government civil servants, and even many local pomelo farmers and migrant workers.

But it is such a grassroots team that has passed all the way in the futsal field of the mass group of the 14th National Games and won the fourth place in the country.

　　Tan Jie, the village branch secretary of Sanhe Village, is also the winger of the Sanhe Village Farmers' Fitness Football Club.

"We love football, love the joy of sports itself, and also love football to gather popularity and drive grapefruit sales while developing tourism." Tan Jie introduced that Sanhe Village introduced drone football last year, and plans to explore aerial football matches to make the village more Many children learn about cutting-edge football through "black technology" and are always curious about the world. In the future, they can truly win the "Hercules Cup" on the road to a well-off life.

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