Football fans express support for earthquake victims

Source: CRI | 05-19-2008 14:38

BEIJING, May 19 -- An unusually warm hearted match-up in the 2008 Chinese Football Super League (CSL) between the Chengdu Blades and the Changsha Jinde ended in a one-one tie on Saturday.

The Chengdu Blades football team, from the capital of the  earthquake ravaged Sichuan Province, unfold a red scroll  proclaiming "Let's Face the Disaster Together," in Changsha  on Saturday, May 17, 2008.(Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/hnol.net)

More than 10,000 spectators simultaneously cheered in Sichuan dialect "Sichuan, Xiongqi (Keep Going)" at the Helong Stadium in Changsha the capital of central China's Hunan Province, web site hnol.net reports.

Disaster relief became the goal of the game, not victory, on the heels of Monday's earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province.