[ ifeng Net]Evergrande Sets Historic First with 3:0 against the US

2010/02/03 00:13 ifeng Net.

At 19:45 on February 2, with the completion of Wei Wei s (a famous singer) classic song Hero, the long-expected 2010 Evergrande China-USA volleyball dual meet raised its curtain in Guangzhou Gymnasium. This is the first match for EWVT after its success into the first division group A with a mythology of twelve games winning streak in 2009. After two hours of fierce battling, Lang s Evergrande finally defeated its rival at 3:0. Scores of the three games are 25:20, 25:14, and 25:19.

This match is broadcast live by CCTV5, with more than ten million TV watchers in the world. Before it, the two teams have contested 52 times since 1981, resulting in China s dominance with 35 victories and 17 losses. However, the contests in the past were between the two national teams, and this time EWVT from a club challenges the American national team and wins over it, creating a historic first in China.

Also invited to this match are the famous sports veteran commentators from CCTV -- Song Shixiong and Sun Zhengping -- for narration on the scene. This is their first time to jointly commentate the same match. It is interesting that the commentators mistook EWVT for Chinese Team for several times probably because they have formed the habit by narrating the national team so many times and three players from the golden generation as well as old and new national players join the team.

Indeed, led by Lang-the former coach of Chinese team, the current Evergrande has famous veterans Zhou Suhong, Feng Kun, Yang Hao and Yin Yin, with the same line-up as the national team.

In addition, it is noteworthy that this high-level contest has attracted so many fans throughout the country that you can find quite a few fans from other provinces and even Hong Kong. VIP tickets were sold out as early as January 25 and all the tickets were out three days in advance. Guangzhou Gymnasium which is soon to be the venue for volleyball matches in the Asian Games leaves no vacancy, making it a red sea with thousands of fans in red T-shirts.

Zhang Bin, the host on the spot, says emotionally of the heated atmosphere, This is the most heated match at home after Beijing Olympics in 2008. EWVT is the first and so far the only women s professional volleyball club. We hope that the emergence of Evergrande enables us to see the new trend of women s volleyball!