The ’Hit Up’ International Football friendly match hosted by ShanghaiJiao Tong University American Cultural Center and organized by SEIEE Student Union Overseas Center was hold successfully in the south stadium on December 18, 2016.The Deputy secretary of Communist Youth League of SEIEE Mr.XianYi Shao was present at the event and watched the match. This activity received great support from the SJTU Fierce Tiger Football team.

It was a clear sunny and mild afternoon. Student players from China and other countries had arrived in the field early to do some warmups. After almost a month of sifting and training, the contestants had rolled up their sleeves for this match, expecting to the showdown of this dual match. Nearly 200 audiences also arrived in the field early to find a best position to watch the match.  

At 2 p.m., the host announced the start of this match. With a song called ‘Fight Song’ presented by a campus singer from SJTU Singer association, the whole field was ignited.

After the song, the members of two teams enter the field and reached their points under the instruction of the chief umpire. With a whistle by the umpire, players kicked off. The red team and the blue team competed tensely, with the football leaving arcs in the air. The audience shouted and cheered passionately along with the rhythm of the background music.

 

After half of the match, the red team temporarily leaded the game by 15 to 0. The 525 hip hop society brought a wonderful hip hop show to the audience during the break.

The match then resumed. The blue team in disadvantage fought back, and rewrite the score as 15 to 6, which added the uncertainty to the result. The match became tenser and tenser.

At the last part of the match, the red team maintained the score at 21 to 6 till the end of the match and finally won. Mr.XianYi Shao presented medals and trophies to both teams.

The ‘Hit Up’ international football friendly match not only helped keep players in good shapes, but also promoted the communication between Chinese and oversea students, and increased Chinese students’ knowledge and understanding of the US sport culture.