Chongqing guy invested in Philippine professional football club, lost to the second-tier AFC Champions League playoffs and will play in the challenge league

The teams are divided into the same group and stand on the professional court in China. Sha Shuo introduced that for this dream, the team made major adjustments to the lineup in the offseason: the team has introduced three new Gambian foreign players and five Filipino domestic players.

This playoff, because the Philippines' AFC technical points are higher than that of Indonesia, the Manila Diggers could have played at home. However, the club is mainly sponsored by Shashuo Investment and the local Hebei Chamber of Commerce. The funds are not abundant, and the stadium is not the natural grass stadium required by the AFC. Shashuo revealed: "The rent of the natural grass, coupled with the reception expenses of the referee team and technical officials, will cost about US$35,000, which is a considerable expense for the club."

In the end, the club decided to give up the home court and go to Bandung to play, so that the AFC can get a $50,000 travel subsidy, and the team's travel cost will not exceed US$20,000. "This can also make US$30,000 for the preparations for the new season." As a giant in the Indonesian league, the Bandung Club quickly agreed to the request to change the venue.

The game on the evening of the 13th also attracted the attention of many Chinese fans and club "cloud shareholders". Before the end of the half, the Manila Diggers conceded a goal first due to the goalkeeper's cooperation error with the defender, but they relied on Gambian foreign aid Chev to equalize in the 66th minute of the second half. Then, the Bandung scored another goal by Brazilian foreign aid in the 73rd minute and maintained the lead until the end of the game. After the

play-off, the entire Manila Diggers took a group photo. Photo provided by the interviewee

Sha Shuo said that the outside world was not optimistic about the team in this game and thought it would lose a big score. "As a result, we fooled our opponents in the first half, and the opponent's coaches were so angry that they jumped. "The players were all very confident. Although they were behind in the halftime, they were very confident in playing back. ”

Although he lost his opponent in the last goal, the Manila Digger, who participated in the AFC play-off for the first time, not only won the first intercontinental goal, but also gained confidence. "The supervision of this game comes from China. He said that our performance was better than I imagined, and I am also proud of the team's performance. ”

According to reports, the Manila Diggers will participate in the third-level club event under the AFC in October - the AFC Challenge League East Asia. The participating teams have been confirmed. Sha Shuo said that the challenge league will be held in a tournament system, and the semi-finals will only be held at home and away games, which will relieve the financial pressure for the team. "We will strive for the championship and continue to rush next! ”