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A game of passion: Spanish traveler joins the 'Su Chao' craze

By Yu Liang, Feng Yuxin, Su Yingxiang, Alvaro Lago, Zhong Wenxing, Yu Le, Zhou Jinjia
08:15, August 06, 2025 People's Daily Online

The Jiangsu Football City League, known as "Su Chao," is drawing growing crowds, with over 180,000 spectators attending matches so far. After a one-week break, the league resumed last weekend, drawing more than 30,000 fans to the Xuzhou Olympic Sports Center for a high-energy matchup between Team Xuzhou and Team Yangzhou.

Join Spanish traveler Alvaro Lago as he enjoys the deafening cheers, the fierce competition on the pitch, and the citywide passion for football!

(Zhang Shuojing, as an intern, also contributed to this article.)